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Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
1
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
2
Gene Ramey
American musician
3
Benny Morton
American musician
4
Emmett Berry
American musician
5
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
6
Buddy Tate
American musician
7
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
8
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
9
Shad Collins
American musician
10
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
11
Bennie Green
American musician
12
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
13
Al Grey
American jazz musician
14
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
15
Aaron Bell
American musician
16
Everett Barksdale
American jazz guitarist
17
George Matthews
American musician
18
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
19
Henderson Chambers
American musician
20
Steve Jordan
American musician
21
Joe Newman
American musician
22
Quentin Jackson
American musician
23
Russell Procope
American musician
24
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
25
Joe Benjamin
American musician
26
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
27
Earle Warren
jazz musician
28
Henry Coker
American musician
29
Gus Johnson
American musician
30
Rudy Rutherford
31
Budd Johnson
American musician
32
Dennis Mackrel
jazz musician
33
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
34
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
35
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
36
Eddie Jones
American musician
37
George Duvivier
American musician
38
J. C. Higginbotham
Jazz trombonist
39
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
40
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
41
Buddy Morrow
American trombonist and bandleader
42
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
43
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
44
Snooky Young
American musician
45
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
46
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
47
Mousey Alexander
Jazz drummer
48
Booty Wood
American jazz musician
49
Bill Hughes
jazz musician
50
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
51
Nat Pierce
American musician
52
Jimmy Crawford
American musician (1910-1980)
53
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
54
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
55
Frank Rehak
American musician
56
Charles Thompson
American pianist
57
Matthew Gee
American musician
58
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
59
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
60
Walter Page
American jazz musician
61
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
62
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
63
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
64
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
65
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
66
Skeeter Best
American musician
67
Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
68
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
69
Rudy Powell
American jazz musician
70
Åke Persson
Swedish musician
71
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
