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Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
1
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
2
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
3
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
4
Wade Legge
Jazz pianist and bassist
5
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
6
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
7
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
8
Percy Heath
American musician
9
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
10
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
11
Addison Farmer
American musician
12
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
13
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
14
Louis Hayes
American drummer
15
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
16
Don Butterfield
American musician
17
Bobby Jaspar
cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer
18
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
19
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
20
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
21
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
22
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
23
Charlie Rouse
American musician
24
Duke Jordan
American musician
25
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
26
John Jenkins
American jazz saxophonist
27
Milt Jackson
American musician
28
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
29
Duke Pearson
American pianist
30
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
31
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
32
George Coleman
American musician
33
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
34
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
35
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
36
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
37
Peck Morrison
American musician
38
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
39
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
40
Teddy Kotick
American musician
41
Johnny Griffin
American musician
42
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
43
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
44
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
45
Walter Davis
American pianist
46
Al Dreares
American jazz drummer
47
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
48
Bill Hardman
American musician
49
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
50
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
51
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
52
Sonny Clark
American musician
53
Sonny Red
American musician
54
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
55
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
56
Jimmy Gourley
American jazz guitarist
57
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
58
Henry Coker
American musician
59
Teddy Charles
American musician
60
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
61
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
62
George Duvivier
American musician
63
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
64
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
65
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
66
Harold Land
American musician
67
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
68
Joe Puma
American musician
69
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
70
Matthew Gee
American musician
71
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
72
James Buffington
American musician
73
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
74
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
75
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
76
Albert Heath
American drummer
