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Manolo Badrena
Puerto Rican musician
1
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
2
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
3
Marty Morell
American musician
4
Dave Holland
British musician
5
Cecil McBee
American bassist
6
Howard Johnson
American musician
7
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
8
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
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Yōsuke Yamashita
Japanese jazz pianist, composer, author (1942-)
10
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
11
Jeremy Steig
son of William Steig
12
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
13
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
14
Marvin Peterson
American jazz trumpeter and composer
15
Reggie Johnson
American musician
16
Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
17
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
18
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
19
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
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Eliot Zigmund
American jazz drummer
21
Mike Richmond
American musician
22
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
23
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
24
George Adams
musician
25
Billy Harper
American musician
26
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
27
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
28
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
29
Al Foster
American musician
30
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
31
Roland Hanna
American pianist
32
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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Adam Nussbaum
American jazz drummer
34
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
35
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
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Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Arthur Blythe
American musician
38
Bennie Wallace
American musician
39
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
40
Brian Blade
American jazz musician
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Bob Berg
American musician
42
Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
43
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
44
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
45
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
46
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
47
Gary Peacock
American double-bassist
48
Masabumi Kikuchi
Japanese keyboardist (1939-2015)
49
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
50
Eddie Bert
American musician
51
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
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Dave Taylor
American musician
53
Kenny Barron
American jazz pianist
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Robin Eubanks
American musician
55
Steve Kuhn
American pianist
56
Stanton Davis
American musician
57
Hal Galper
American pianist
58
Mel Lewis
American musician
59
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
60
Daniel Humair
Swiss drummer and painter
61
John Clark
American jazz horn player and composer
62
Joe Beck
American musician
63
Ralph Towner
American musician
64
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
65
Scott Colley
American musician
66
John Ore
American musician
67
Lew Soloff
American musician
68
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
69
Mark Helias
American musician
70
Jerome Harris
American jazz musician
71
Philip Catherine
musician
72
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
73
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
74
Monty Budwig
American double bassist
75
Albert Dailey
American musician
76
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
77
David Williams
American jazz musician
78
Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
79
Carlos Ward
American musician
80
Adam Rogers
American musician
81
Marvin Smith
American musician
82
Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
83
Masahiko Togashi
Japanese jazz percussionist and drummer (1940-2007)
