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Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
1
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
2
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
3
Buddy Tate
American musician
4
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
5
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
6
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
7
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
8
Benny Morton
American musician
9
Charles Thompson
American pianist
10
Russell Procope
American musician
11
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
12
Quentin Jackson
American musician
13
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
14
Gus Johnson
American musician
15
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
16
Nat Pierce
American musician
17
Don Byas
American musician
18
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
19
Snooky Young
American musician
20
Bobby Plater
American musician
21
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
22
Walter Page
American jazz musician
23
Bennie Green
American musician
24
Milt Jackson
American musician
25
Rudy Rutherford
26
Dennis Mackrel
jazz musician
27
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
28
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
29
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
30
Budd Johnson
American musician
31
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
32
John Clayton
American jazz and classical double bassist
33
Joe Newman
American musician
34
Milt Raskin
American musician
35
James Moody
American jazz musician
36
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
37
Johnny Griffin
American musician
38
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
39
Steve Jordan
American musician
40
Aaron Bell
American musician
41
Doug Lawrence
American jazz saxophonist
42
Jeff Clayton
American musician
43
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
44
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
45
Buster Smith
Jazz alto saxophonist
46
Gene Ramey
American musician
47
Marshal Royal
American musician
48
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
49
Eddie Durham
American musician
50
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
51
Sal Nistico
American musician
52
Emmett Berry
American musician
53
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
54
Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
55
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
56
Jack Washington
American jazz saxophonist
57
Eddie Jones
American musician
58
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
