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Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
1
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
2
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
3
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
4
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
5
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
6
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
7
Rashied Ali
American jazz musician
8
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
9
Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
10
Robin Eubanks
American musician
11
Al Foster
American musician
12
Art Davis
American double-bassist
13
Christian McBride
American musician
14
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
15
Paul Chambers
American musician
16
Andrew White
American musician
17
Willie Jones
American drummer and music educator
18
Michael Brecker
American musician
19
Donald Ayler
American musician
20
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
21
George Adams
musician
22
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
23
Louis Hayes
American drummer
24
Lee Morgan
American trumpeter
25
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
26
Cecil McBee
American bassist
27
Sonny Greenwich
Canadian jazz guitarist
28
Cal Massey
American musician
29
Gary Bartz
American musician
30
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
31
Ryo Kawasaki
Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020)
32
Grant Green
American jazz guitarist and composer
33
Francisco Mela
Cuban percussionist
34
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
35
Alice Coltrane
American jazz musician
36
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
37
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
38
Joe Lovano
American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist
39
Arthur Blythe
American musician
40
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
41
Jaki Byard
American musician
42
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
