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Claire Ritter

American musician

1

Ran Blake

American musician

2

Sara Leib

jazz singer

3

Allan Chase

American musician

4

Christine Correa

American musician

5

Matt Wilson

American jazz drummer

6

Peter Leitch

Canadian musician

7

Tom Varner

American musician

8

Sonny Simmons

American saxophonist

9

John Clark

American jazz horn player and composer

10

Steve Lacy

American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer

11

Bob Brookmeyer

American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer

12

Michael Cain

American pianist and composer

13

Dennis Mackrel

jazz musician

14

Josh Roseman

American musician

15

Dave Holland

British musician

16

Ed Schuller

American musician

17

Tom Harrell

American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist

18

Dave Samuels

American musician

19

Jimmy Giuffre

American clarinet and saxophone player

20

Akira Tana

American jazz musician (1952- )

21

André Previn

German-American pianist, conductor and composer

22

Biréli Lagrène

French guitarist and bassist

23

Mundell Lowe

American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)

24

Mick Goodrick

American musician

25

Eddie Gomez

Puerto Rican bassist

26

Toshiko Akiyoshi

Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)

27

Michael Blake

Canadian saxophonist

28

Casey Dienel

American musician

29

Michael Moore

American jazz bassist

30

Jeanne Lee

American singer

31

Kenny Burrell

American jazz guitarist

32

Curtis Hasselbring

American musician

33

Kenny Aronoff

American drummer

34

Eliane Elias

Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, arranger and songwriter

35

George Schuller

American drummer

36

Eubie Blake

Composer, lyricist, and pianist (1887-1983)

37

Bill Evans

American jazz saxophonist

38

Gene Bertoncini

American jazz guitarist

39

Enrico Rava

Italian trumpeter

40

Jaimie Branch

American jazz trumpeter and composer

41

Uri Caine

American pianist

42

Ryo Kawasaki

Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020)

43

Marc Johnson

American jazz bass player, composer and band leader

44

Mike Lipskin

American musician

45

André Ceccarelli

French musician

46

Pete Levin

American musician

47

Alex Iles

American musician

48

Chris Cheek

American musician

49

Sam Rivers

American jazz musician and composer

50

Melvin Gibbs

musician

51

Gary Burton

American vibraphonist

52

Mike Westbrook

English pianist

53

Julian Lage

American musician

54

Conrad Herwig

American musician

55

Sylvia McNair

American opera singer, soprano

56

Peter Erskine

American musician

57

George Russell

American pianist and composer

58

Barry Galbraith

American guitarist

59

Paul Bley

Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist

60

Brian Lynch

American musician

61

Rodney Whitaker

American jazz double bass player, educator

62

Gil Evans

American pianist

63

Jimmy Rowles

American jazz pianist

64

Jon Faddis

Jazz trumpet player

65

Masabumi Kikuchi

Japanese keyboardist (1939-2015)

66

Helen Merrill

American recording artist; jazz vocalist

67

Henry Lowther

British musician

68

John Abercrombie

American jazz guitarist

69

Shep Shepherd

American jazz musician