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Donald Byrd

American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist

1

Kenny Dorham

American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer

2

Wendell Marshall

American jazz musician; double bassist

3

Art Taylor

American jazz drummer

4

Louis Hayes

American drummer

5

Bill Hardman

American musician

6

Kenny Burrell

American jazz guitarist

7

Red Garland

American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)

8

Hank Mobley

American saxophonist

9

Charlie Persip

American jazz drummer

10

John Jenkins

American jazz saxophonist

11

Walter Davis

American pianist

12

Idrees Sulieman

American musician

13

George Tucker

American musician

14

The Jazz Messengers

American jazz band

15

George Duvivier

American musician

16

Johnny Griffin

American musician

17

Curtis Fuller

American jazz musician

18

Sonny Clark

American musician

19

Bobby Donaldson

American musician

20

Shirley Scott

American jazz organist and recording artist

21

Walter Bishop Jr.

American jazz pianist, recording artist

22

Teddy Kotick

American musician

23

Bobby Jaspar

cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer

24

Jerome Richardson

American jazz multi-instrumentalist

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Roy Haynes

American jazz drummer and group leader

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Philly Joe Jones

American jazz drummer

27

Tina Brooks

American musician

28

Frank Wess

American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger

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Art Blakey

American jazz drummer and bandleader

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Frank Foster

American jazz musician and bandleader

31

Dave Bailey

American drummer

32

Tommy Potter

American musician

33

Jimmy Cleveland

American jazz trombonist

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Sam Jones

American double bassist and cellist

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Oscar Pettiford

American musician

36

Barry Harris

American bebop jazz pianist

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Thad Jones

American jazz trumpeter

38

Joe Benjamin

American musician

39

Gigi Gryce

American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator

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Ray Santisi

Pianist, composer, arranger, college professor, recording artist

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Charlie Rouse

American musician

42

Osie Johnson

American jazz drummer, arranger and singer

43

Julius Watkins

American jazz musician

44

Al Cohn

American saxophonist

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Kiane Zawadi

American jazz musician

46

Duke Jordan

American musician

47

Larry Ridley

American musician

48

Junior Cook

American saxophonist

49

Gene Ramey

American musician

50

Gene Ammons

American jazz tenor saxophonist

51

Max Roach

American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer

52

Kenny Clarke

American jazz drummer

53

Shadow Wilson

American jazz drummer (1919-1959)

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Kenny Drew

American jazz pianist

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Coleman Hawkins

American jazz saxophonist

56

Pepper Adams

American saxophonist

57

Ed Shaughnessy

American jazz drummer

58

Cedar Walton

American hard bop jazz pianist

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Frank Rosolino

American jazz trombonist

60

Percy Heath

American musician

61

Butch Warren

American musician

62

Richard Wyands

hard bop pianist