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Redd Holt
American musician
1
Young-Holt Unlimited
band
2
Ramsey Lewis
American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality
3
Lorez Alexandria
American musician
4
Lem Winchester
American recording artist, vibraphonist, jazz musician, police officer
5
Cleveland Eaton
American musician
6
Israel Crosby
American musician
7
Vernel Fournier
American musician
8
Al Grey
American jazz musician
9
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
10
Charles Stepney
American record producer
11
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
12
Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
13
James Moody
American jazz musician
14
Joe Newman
American musician
15
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
16
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
17
James Buffington
American musician
18
Jamil Nasser
American bassist
19
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
20
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
21
King Pleasure
American singer
22
Snooky Young
American musician
23
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
24
George Duvivier
American musician
25
Von Freeman
American saxophonist
26
Eddie Daniels
American musician
27
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
28
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
29
Bobby Broom
American musician
30
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
31
Eric Gale
American musician
32
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
33
Joe Sample
American pianist
34
Rudy Collins
American musician
35
Norman Simmons
pianist and arranger
36
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
37
Billy Butler
American musician
38
Eddie Jefferson
American singer
39
Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist
40
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
41
Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
42
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
43
Johnny Pate
American record producer
44
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
