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Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
1
Trigger Alpert
musician
2
Tom Archia
American musician
3
J. C. Heard
American musician
4
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
5
Norris Turney
American musician
6
Russell Procope
American musician
7
Shorty Baker
American musician
8
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
9
Elmer Snowden
American musician
10
Cyril Haynes
American jazz pianist
11
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
12
Talib Dawud
American musician
13
Tiny Grimes
American jazz and R&B guitarist
14
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
15
Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
16
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
17
Teddy Hill
American musician
18
Roy Milton
American R&B and jump blues singer, drummer and bandleader
19
Alvin Stoller
American musician
20
Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra
American jazz and dance band from the 1920s and 1930s
21
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
22
Roy Webb
American-born composer
23
Jimmy Coe
American musician
24
Panama Francis
American musician
25
John Kirby
jazz bassist
26
Ted Sturgis
American musician
27
Sandy Williams
American musician
28
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
29
Pete Brown
American musician
30
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
31
Buster Harding
Canadian-born American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
32
Scoops Carry
American jazz saxophonist
33
Booty Wood
American jazz musician
34
Joe Guy
American musician
35
Carl Pruitt
American jazz and blues double bassist
36
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
37
Leo Reisman
American musician
38
Bob Hammer
American pianist
39
Kansas Fields
American musician
40
Frank Strazzeri
American musician
41
Eddie Locke
American musician
42
Jimmy McLin
43
Sil Austin
American jazz saxophonist
44
Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay
Swedish trumpeter
45
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
46
Buddy Tate
American musician
47
Jack Webb
American actor, producer, director, author
48
Hal Singer
American musician
49
Richie Kamuca
American musician
50
Stanley Black
British composer
51
Skitch Henderson
American pianist, conductor, and composer (1918-2005)
52
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
53
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
54
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
55
Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
56
Ike Quebec
American jazz tenor saxophonist
57
Ted Heath
British musician
58
Henderson Chambers
American musician
