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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
25
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
26
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
27
Tina Brooks
American musician
28
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
29
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
30
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
31
Dave Bailey
American drummer
32
Tommy Potter
American musician
33
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
34
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
35
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
36
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
37
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
38
Joe Benjamin
American musician
39
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
40
Ray Santisi
Pianist, composer, arranger, college professor, recording artist
41
Charlie Rouse
American musician
42
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
43
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
44
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
45
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)
54
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
55
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
