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Tommy Bryant
American musician
1
Cliff Jackson
American pianist
2
Russell Procope
American musician
3
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
4
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
5
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
6
Rudy Powell
American jazz musician
7
Arthur Parker Whetsol
American jazz trumpeter
8
Rex Stewart
American jazz cornetist
9
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
10
Sam Wooding
American jazz pianist
11
Tricky Sam Nanton
American musician
12
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
13
Eddie Locke
American musician
14
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
15
Snooky Young
American musician
16
Alvin Stoller
American musician
17
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
18
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
19
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
20
Les Spann
American guitarist
21
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
22
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
23
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
24
Percy Heath
American musician
25
Eric Weissberg
American musician
26
Lawrence Lucie
American musician
27
Norris Turney
American musician
28
Javon Jackson
American musician
29
Sonny Greer
American jazz drummer
30
Milt Jackson
American musician
31
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
32
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
33
Ray Nance
American musician
34
Quentin Jackson
American musician
35
Porter Grainger
American musician
36
Elmon Wright
American musician
37
Jymie Merritt
American bassist
38
Wilbur Ware
American musician
39
John Simmons
American jazz bassist
40
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
41
Mary Osborne
American musician
42
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
43
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
44
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
45
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
46
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
47
Mercer Ellington
American musician
48
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
49
Frank Hamilton
American musician
50
Louis Hayes
American drummer
51
Bob Fuller
American blues and jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
52
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
53
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
54
Lloyd Trotman
American musician
55
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
56
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
57
Otto Hardwick
American musician
58
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
59
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
60
Happy Caldwell
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
61
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
62
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
63
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
64
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
65
Tate Houston
American saxophonist
66
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
67
Ward Pinkett
American jazz trumpeter and scat vocalist
68
Tiny Grimes
American jazz and R&B guitarist
69
J. C. Heard
American musician
70
Bingie Madison
American musician
71
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
72
Mills Blue Rhythm Band
band that plays jazz
73
Joe Benjamin
American musician
74
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
75
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
