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David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
1
Cedric Haywood
American musician
2
Ike Quebec
American jazz tenor saxophonist
3
Tom Archia
American musician
4
Amos Milburn
American rhythm and blues singer, and pianist
5
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
6
Charles Brown
American recording artist; songwriter, blues singer and pianist
7
Joe Bridgewater
American musician
8
Sonny Clark
American musician
9
Earl Palmer
American drummer
10
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
11
Clifford Scott
American musician & saxophonist
12
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
13
Willie Bobo
American musician
14
Eddie Chamblee
American saxophonist
15
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
16
Harold Vick
American musician
17
Milt Jackson
American musician
18
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
19
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
20
George Coleman
American musician
21
Butch Warren
American musician
22
Al Grey
American jazz musician
23
Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
24
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
25
Snooky Young
American musician
26
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
27
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
28
Rudy Toombs
American entertainer
29
Onzy Matthews
American jazz musician (1930-1997)
30
Lloyd Trotman
American musician
31
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
32
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
33
Mongo Santamaría
Cuban musician
34
Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
35
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
36
Ray Nance
American musician
37
Jymie Merritt
American bassist
38
Joe Sample
American pianist
39
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
40
Larry Young
American jazz musician
41
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
42
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
43
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
44
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
45
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
46
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
47
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
48
Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
49
Don Ellis
American jazz musician
50
Don Butterfield
American musician
51
Panama Francis
American musician
52
Little Willie Littlefield
American R&B pianist and singer
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Arnett Cobb
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Curtis Amy
American musician
55
Roy Brooks
American drummer
56
James Moody
American jazz musician
57
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
58
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
59
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
60
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
61
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
62
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
63
Fred Jackson
American saxophonist
64
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
65
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
66
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
67
John Adriano Acea
Jazz pianist
68
Emil Richards
American musician
69
Louis Hayes
American drummer
70
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
71
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
72
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
74
Leroy Carr
American blues singer, songwriter and pianist
75
Cándido Camero
Cuban percussionist
76
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
77
Tubby Hayes
British jazz musician
78
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
79
John Patton
American organist
80
Lou Blackburn
American musician
81
Don Lamond
American musician
82
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
83
Duke Pearson
American pianist
84
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
85
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
86
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
87
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
88
Henry Glover
American songwriter, arranger, record producer and trumpet player
89
Addison Farmer
American musician
