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Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
American musician
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Chano Pozo
Cuban musician
2
Benny Harris
American jazz trumpeter
3
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
4
Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
5
Machito
Latin jazz musician
6
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
7
Red Rodney
American musician
8
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
9
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
10
Walter Davis
American pianist
11
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
12
Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
13
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
14
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
15
James Moody
American jazz musician
16
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
17
Ignacio Berroa
Cuban musician
18
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
19
Stan Levey
American musician
20
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
21
Clyde Hart
American musician
22
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
23
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
24
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
25
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
26
Budd Johnson
American musician
27
Freddie Webster
American musician
28
Don Byas
American musician
29
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
30
Sabu Martinez
American musician
31
Joe Guy
American musician
32
J. C. Heard
American musician
33
Chu Berry
American musician
34
Al Haig
American pianist
35
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
36
Stuff Smith
American musician
37
Arturo O'Farrill
Cuban-American musician
38
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
39
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
40
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
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Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
42
Frank Paparelli
American musician and pianist
43
Mike Longo
American musician
44
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
45
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
46
Babs Gonzales
American singer
47
Walter Thomas
American saxophonist
48
Dave Burns
American musician, trumpeter and music educator
49
Keg Johnson
American jazz trombonists
50
Dick Wetmore
American jazz musician
51
Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer
52
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
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Elmon Wright
American musician
54
Al Porcino
American musician
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Hilton Jefferson
American jazz saxophonist
56
Al McKibbon
American musician
57
Sid Catlett
American musician
58
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Cándido Camero
Cuban percussionist
60
Scott Yanow
American jazz writer
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Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
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Elek Bacsik
Hungarian-American jazz guitarist and violinist; cousin of guitarist Django Reinhardt
