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Lenny White
American drummer
1
Roy Ayers
American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer
2
Alex Blake
American musician
3
Jay Berliner
American musician
4
Fred Wesley
American jazz trombonist
5
Will Lee
American bass guitarist
6
Louis Johnson
American bass guitarist, songwriter
7
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
8
Gary Bartz
American musician
9
Joe Sample
American pianist
10
Paul Jackson, Jr.
American musician
11
DeWayne McKnight
American guitarist
12
Funkadelic
American band
13
Tom Scott
American jazz musician
14
George Clinton
American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer
15
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
16
Bobby Broom
American musician
17
Josef Leimberg
18
Parliament-Funkadelic
American band
19
Cindy Blackman
American musician
20
Isaac Hayes
American singer-songwriter, arranger, record producer, and actor (1942-2008)
21
Bernard Wright
American musician
22
Brecker Brothers
American jazz music duo
23
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
24
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
25
Eddie Hazel
American guitarist
26
Ivy Jo Hunter
American songwriter, record producer
27
Bootsy Collins
American musician
28
Garry Shider
American musician
29
Bernie Worrell
American musician
30
Cordell Mosson
American bass guitarist
31
George Adams
musician
32
Phyllis Hyman
American rhythm-and-blues singer (1949–1995)
33
Sérgio Mendes
Brazilian musician
34
Ray Parker Jr.
American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
35
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
36
Lenny Kravitz
American singer and musician
37
Cecil McBee
American bassist
38
James Gadson
American musician
39
David Hungate
American musician
40
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
41
Larry Carlton
American musician
42
Naná Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist
43
Dave Grusin
American composer, arranger, producer, and pianist
44
Robben Ford
American blues, jazz and rock guitarist
45
Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
46
Paul Griffin
American session musician and pianist
47
Jimmy Maelen
musician
48
Chuck Domanico
American musician
49
Don Thompson
Canadian musician
50
Praxis
experimental rock band led by Bill Laswell and Buckethead
51
Raymond Lee Brown
American musician
52
Oliver Lake
American musician
53
Lonnie Liston Smith
American pianist
54
Del the Funky Homosapien
American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer
55
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
56
Bill Summers
jazz musician
57
Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
58
Didier Malherbe
French saxophonist
59
Incognito
British band
60
Dumpstaphunk
American funk and jam band
61
Terry Callier
American jazz, soul and folk guitarist and singer-songwriter
62
Digital Underground
band
63
Fuzzy Haskins
American singer and guitarist
64
Luis Conte
Cuban jazz musician
65
Mike Campbell
American musician
66
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
