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Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
1
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
2
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
3
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
4
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
5
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
6
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
7
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
8
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
9
Elmo Hope
American musician
10
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
11
Pops Foster
American musician
12
Bunny Berigan
American musician
13
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
14
Johnny Guarnieri
American musician
15
Billy Taylor
American jazz bassist
16
Artie Shaw
American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader
17
Hal McIntyre
American musician
18
Chick Webb
American musician
19
Ram Ramirez
Puerto Rican born jazz pianist and composer
20
Joe Venuti
jazz violinist
21
Machito
Latin jazz musician
22
Ira Gitler
American sports journalist and music critic
23
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
24
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
25
Al Casey
American jazz guitarist
26
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
27
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
28
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
29
Ernie Caceres
American musician
30
Art Hodes
American musician
31
Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
32
Bill Coleman
American musician
33
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
34
Arthur Parker Whetsol
American jazz trumpeter
35
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
36
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
37
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
38
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
39
Bubber Miley
American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
40
George Lewis
American musician
41
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
42
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
43
Eddie Heywood
American jazz pianist, songwriter
44
Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist
45
Roy Ayers
American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer
46
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
47
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
48
Eddie Edwards
American jazz musician
49
Ziggy Elman
American musician
50
Harry Gibson
American musician
51
Jimmie Noone
American musician
52
Ralph Burns
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
53
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
54
Mongo Santamaría
Cuban musician
55
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
56
Lew Tabackin
American musician
57
Jackie Paris
American singer
58
George Siravo
American musician
59
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
60
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
61
Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
American musician
62
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
63
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
64
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
65
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
66
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
67
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
68
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
69
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
70
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
71
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
72
Art Tatum
American jazz pianist
73
Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
74
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
75
Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
76
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
77
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
78
Snub Mosley
American musician
79
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
80
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
