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Tom Harrell

American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist

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Mark Turner

American saxophonist and composer

2

Cedar Walton

American hard bop jazz pianist

3

Vincent Herring

American jazz saxophonist and flautist

4

Junior Cook

American saxophonist

5

Carl Allen

American jazz drummer

6

Javon Jackson

American musician

7

Ralph Peterson, Jr.

American jazz drummer

8

Gary Smulyan

Jazz baritone saxophonist

9

Steve Wilson

American jazz musician

10

Ralph Moore

British musician

11

Benny Green

American musician

12

Ben Riley

American drummer

13

Chris Potter

American musician

14

Mike Moreno

A prominent contemporary jazz guitarist and educator from texas.

15

Freddie Hubbard

American musician

16

Richie Cole

American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger

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Bootsie Barnes

American saxophonist

18

Ed Summerlin

American musician

19

Hadley Caliman

American saxophonist

20

Ralph Bowen

Canadian musician

21

Billy Higgins

American jazz drummer

22

Clifford Jordan

American jazz saxophone player

23

Kenny Garrett

American musician

24

Eric Alexander

American saxophonist

25

Myron Walden

American musician

26

Charles Davis

American musician

27

Benny Golson

American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)

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Renee Rosnes

Canadian pianist

29

John Gilmore

American tenor saxophonist

30

Pete Christlieb

American musician

31

Victor Goines

American musician

32

Jeff "Tain" Watts

American musician

33

Wayne Shorter

American jazz saxophonist and composer

34

Christian McBride

American musician

35

Art Pepper

American musician

36

Cyrus Chestnut

American musician

37

Mike LeDonne

American musician

38

Cecil McBee

American bassist

39

Malachi Favors

American bassist

40

Scott Colley

American musician

41

Tina Brooks

American musician

42

Woody Shaw

American musician

43

Dave Douglas

American jazz trumpeter

44

Joe Cohn

American musician

45

James Buffington

American musician

46

Steve Davis

American musician

47

John Stubblefield

American musician

48

Adam Rogers

American musician

49

Warne Marsh

American tenor saxophonist

50

Rodney Whitaker

American jazz double bass player, educator

51

Billy Drummond

American musician

52

Michael Moore

American jazz bassist

53

Roy Hargrove

American jazz trumpeter

54

Zoot Sims

American jazz saxophonist

55

Sam Rivers

American jazz musician and composer

56

Eddie Gladden

American musician

57

Tim Ries

American jazz saxophonist

58

George Adams

musician

59

James Spaulding

American saxophonist

60

Bernie Glow

American musician

61

David Weiss

American jazz trumpeter, songwriter

62

George Mraz

Czech jazz bassist

63

Peter Leitch

Canadian musician

64

Kenny Werner

American jazz pianist, composer, and author

65

Dave Holland

British musician

66

Manny Albam

musician and composer

67

Jeremy Pelt

American jazz trumpeter

68

Joris Teepe

Dutch jazz musician

69

Muhal Richard Abrams

American musician

70

Roscoe Mitchell

American jazz musician

71

Jimmy Giuffre

American clarinet and saxophone player

72

Marcus Strickland

American jazz soprano, alto, and tenor saxophonist

73

Bob Northern

American jazz musician

74

Kevin Hays

American musician

75

Walt Weiskopf

American jazz musician

76

Ted Nash

American musician

77

Stanley Turrentine

American musician

78

Marion Brown

American saxophonist

79

Marvin Smith

American musician

80

Rufus Reid

American musician

81

Kenny Clarke

American jazz drummer

82

Lewis Nash

American drummer

83

Al Cohn

American saxophonist

84

Tim Hagans

American musician