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Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
1
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
2
Albert Heath
American drummer
3
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
4
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
5
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
6
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
7
Walter Perkins
American drummer
8
Joe Newman
American musician
9
George Duvivier
American musician
10
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
11
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
12
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
13
Al McKibbon
American musician
14
Tommy Potter
American musician
15
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Oscar Pettiford
American musician
17
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
18
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
19
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
20
Art Davis
American double-bassist
21
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
22
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
23
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
24
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
25
Seldon Powell
American musician
26
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
27
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
28
Percy Heath
American musician
29
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
30
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
31
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
32
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
33
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
34
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
35
Vernel Fournier
American musician
36
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
37
Gildo Mahones
American pianist
38
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
39
Wilbur Ware
American musician
40
Larry Gales
American musician
41
James Buffington
American musician
42
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
43
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
44
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
45
Buster Williams
American musician
46
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
47
Billy Butler
American musician
48
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
49
Bill Hardman
American musician
50
Specs Wright
American jazz drummer
51
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
52
Alan Dawson
American musician
53
Herman Wright
American jazz musician
54
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
55
Aaron Bell
American musician
56
Lex Humphries
American drummer
57
Addison Farmer
American musician
58
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
59
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
60
Ben Riley
American drummer
61
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
62
Don Butterfield
American musician
63
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
64
Budd Johnson
American musician
65
Kevin Toney
American composer
66
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
67
Skeeter Best
American musician
68
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
69
Lennie McBrowne
American musician
70
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
71
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
72
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
73
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
74
Joe Benjamin
American musician
75
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
76
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
77
Roland Hanna
American pianist
78
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
79
Cal Massey
American musician
