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Ike Cole
American jazz pianist and composer
1
Freddy Cole
American jazz singer and pianist
2
Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist (1919-1965)
3
Noble Sissle
African-American jazz musician
4
Ted Heath
British musician
5
Claude Williams
American musician
6
Natalie Cole
American singer and songwriter
7
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
8
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
9
Big Boy Goudie
American musician
10
Buddy Collette
American musician
11
Eddie Harvey
British pianist, music educator and jazz musician
12
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
13
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
14
Don Preston
American musician
15
Paul Horn
American flautist in jazz and New Age music
16
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
17
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
18
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
19
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
20
Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
21
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
22
Blanche Calloway
American singer, bandleader and composer
23
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
24
Eddie Higgins
American musician
25
Eddie Harris
American jazz musician, saxophonist
26
Willie Bobo
American musician
27
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
28
June Christy
American singer
29
Lee Young
American musician
30
Randy Napoleon
American musician
31
Reunald Jones
American musician
32
Jimmie Noone
American musician
33
Plas Johnson
American musician
34
Bonnie Bramlett
American singer and occasional actress
35
Jack Costanzo
American musician
36
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
37
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
38
Mark Murphy
American singer
39
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
40
Russell Moore
Pima jazz musician
41
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
42
Buddy Cole
American jazz pianist and orchestra leader
43
Money Johnson
American musician
44
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
45
Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
46
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
47
Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer
48
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
49
Buster Bailey
American musician
50
Bucky Pizzarelli
American Jazz guitarist
51
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
52
Dave Cavanaugh
American composer, arranger, musician and producer
53
King Perry
American musician
54
George Benson
American recording artist, guitarist, singer, and songwriter
55
Johnny Griffin
American musician
56
Willie Smith
American musician
57
Warren Smith
American musician
58
J. C. Heard
American musician
59
Eubie Blake
Composer, lyricist, and pianist (1887-1983)
60
Steve Ellington
American musician
61
Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
62
Papa John Creach
American musician (1917-1994)
63
Ted Nash
Woodwind virtuoso, author and studio musician
64
Charles Neville
American musician
65
Harold Vick
American musician
66
Bobby Troup
American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (1918-1999)
67
Eddie Barefield
American musician
68
Henry Coker
American musician
69
Tommy Ladnier
Jazz cornetist/trumpeter
70
Joe Venuti
jazz violinist
71
Skeets Tolbert
American musician
72
Nick Fatool
American musician
73
Eddie Shaw
African American, Chicago blues tenor saxophonist
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Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist
75
Rose Marie McCoy
American songwriter
