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Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
1
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
2
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
3
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
4
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
5
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
6
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
7
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
8
Clifford Brown
American jazz musician
9
Joe Newman
American musician
10
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
11
Harold Land
American musician
12
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
13
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
14
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
15
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
16
A. K. Salim
American musician
17
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
18
George Duvivier
American musician
19
Johnny Griffin
American musician
20
Sonny Thompson
American R&B bandleader and pianist
21
Frankie Dunlop
American jazz drummer
22
Seldon Powell
American musician
23
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
24
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
25
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
26
Henry Coker
American musician
27
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
28
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
29
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
30
Patti Bown
American musician
31
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
32
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
33
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
34
Ray Copeland
American musician
35
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
36
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
37
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
38
Walter Perkins
American drummer
39
Ray Draper
American musician
40
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
41
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
42
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
43
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
44
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
45
Benny Bailey
American musician
46
Billy Butler
American musician
47
Eddie Preston
American musician
48
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
49
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
50
Billy Eckstine
American musician
51
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
52
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
53
Quentin Jackson
American musician
54
Specs Wright
American jazz drummer
55
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
56
Jack Wilson
American pianist (1936-2007)
57
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
58
John Simmons
American jazz bassist
59
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
60
Joe Benjamin
American musician
61
Georgie Auld
Canadian jazz musician
62
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
63
Peck Morrison
American musician
64
Keter Betts
American jazz musician
65
Bennie Green
American musician
66
Junior Mance
American musician
67
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
68
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
69
Percy Heath
American musician
70
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
71
Al Grey
American jazz musician
72
Ben Riley
American drummer
73
Arnett Cobb
American jazz tenor saxophonist
74
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
75
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
76
George Coleman
American musician
77
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
78
Joe Gordon
American trumpeter
79
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
80
Bill Doggett
American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist
81
Tate Houston
American saxophonist
82
Tina Brooks
American musician
83
Clifford Scott
American musician & saxophonist
84
George Tucker
American musician
85
Sonny Parker
American blues and jazz singer, dancer, and drummer
86
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
