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Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Vinnie Burke
American musician
2
Tal Farlow
American jazz guitarist
3
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
4
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
5
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
6
Red Norvo
American musician
7
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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John Mehegan
American musician
9
Wade Legge
Jazz pianist and bassist
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Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
11
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
12
Duke Jordan
American musician
13
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
14
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
15
Bill Evans
American jazz pianist
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Elmo Hope
American musician
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Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
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Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
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Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
20
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
21
Jackie Paris
American singer
22
Ray Bryant
American pianist
23
Don Byas
American musician
24
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
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Carl Perkins
American jazz pianist
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
27
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
28
Terry Gibbs
American vibraphonist
29
George Duvivier
American musician
30
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
31
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
32
Bill Doggett
American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist
33
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
34
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Erroll Garner
American jazz pianist and composer
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Johnny Pate
American record producer
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Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Denzil Best
American jazz drummer
39
Sam Lazar
American musician
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Freddie Redd
American pianist
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Vince Guaraldi
American jazz pianist and composer (1928-1976)
42
Percy Heath
American musician
43
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
44
Bobby Timmons
American pianist
45
Jack Wilson
American pianist (1936-2007)
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Milt Jackson
American musician
47
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
