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John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
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Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
2
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
3
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
4
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
5
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
6
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
7
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
8
Teddy Charles
American musician
9
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
10
George Coleman
American musician
11
Ted Curson
Jazz trumpeter
12
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
13
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
14
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
15
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
16
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
17
Chico Hamilton
American musician
18
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
19
Woody Shaw
American musician
20
Buddy Collette
American musician
21
Louis Hayes
American drummer
22
George Barrow
American jazz musician
23
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
24
Johnny Griffin
American musician
25
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
American musician
26
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
27
Bobby Jaspar
cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer
28
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
29
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
30
Jaki Byard
American musician
31
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
32
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
33
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
34
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
35
Art Davis
American double-bassist
36
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
37
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
38
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
39
Paul Chambers
American musician
40
Dave Holland
British musician
41
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
42
Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist
43
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
44
Charles McPherson
American jazz alto saxophonist
