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Harry Edison
American trumpeter
1
Gene Ramey
American musician
2
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
3
Joe Newman
American musician
4
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
5
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
6
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
7
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
8
Eddie Bert
American musician
9
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
10
Henry Coker
American musician
11
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
12
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
13
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
14
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
15
Eddie Jones
American musician
16
Budd Johnson
American musician
17
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
18
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
19
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
20
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
21
Reunald Jones
American musician
22
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
23
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
24
Al Grey
American jazz musician
25
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
26
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
27
Buddy Tate
American musician
28
Steve Jordan
American musician
29
Aaron Bell
American musician
30
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
31
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
32
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
33
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
34
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
35
Gene Quill
American musician
36
Jonah Jones
American musician
37
Quentin Jackson
American musician
38
Seldon Powell
American musician
39
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
40
J. C. Higginbotham
Jazz trombonist
41
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
42
Gus Johnson
American musician
43
Åke Persson
Swedish musician
44
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
45
Eugene Wright
American jazz musician
46
George Duvivier
American musician
47
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
48
Herbie Harper
American musician
49
Bill Harris
American jazz trombonist
50
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
51
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
52
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
53
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
54
Benny Bailey
American musician
55
Charles Thompson
American pianist
56
Shad Collins
American musician
57
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
58
Henderson Chambers
American musician
59
Jimmy Raney
American musician
60
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
61
Ray Linn
American musician
62
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
63
Jimmy Crawford
American musician (1910-1980)
64
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
65
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
66
Bennie Green
American musician
67
Hilton Jefferson
American jazz saxophonist
68
Everett Barksdale
American jazz guitarist
69
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
70
Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
71
Frank Rehak
American musician
72
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
73
Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
74
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
75
Jimmy Maxwell
American musician
76
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
77
Matthew Gee
American musician
78
Bill Crow
American bassist
79
Toni Harper
American singer
80
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
81
Cozy Cole
American musician
82
Panama Francis
American musician
83
Conte Candoli
American musician
84
J. C. Heard
American musician
85
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
86
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
87
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
88
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
89
Kansas Fields
American musician
90
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
