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Rodney Whitaker
American jazz double bass player, educator
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Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
2
Wycliffe Gordon
American musician
3
Terell Stafford
American musician
4
Victor Goines
American musician
5
Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
6
Kenny Kirkland
American musician
7
Russell Malone
jazz guitarist
8
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
9
Ryan Kisor
American musician
10
James Chirillo
Jazz guitar
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Marcus Roberts
American musician
12
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
13
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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James Carter
American musician
15
Henry Johnson
American jazz guitarist
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Delfeayo Marsalis
American trombonist
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Charnett Moffett
American musician
18
Ted Nash
American musician
19
Wessell Anderson
American musician
20
Winard Harper
Jazz drummer
21
Donald Harrison
musician, composer, producer, instructor
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Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
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Regina Carter
American musician
24
Bob Stewart
American musician
25
Seamus Blake
Canadian jazz saxophonist
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Robert Hurst
American jazz bassist
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Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
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Randy Sandke
American musician
29
Herlin Riley
American musician
30
Carl Allen
American jazz drummer
31
Howard Alden
American jazz guitarist
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James Genus
American musician
33
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
34
Mike LeDonne
American musician
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Chuck Findley
American musician
36
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
37
Al Grey
American jazz musician
38
Bob Mintzer
jazz musician
39
Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
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Bobby Watson
composer
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Cecil Brooks III
American musician
42
Marcus Printup
American jazz trumpeter
43
Dan Barrett
American musician
44
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
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Tom Scott
American jazz musician
46
Stephen Scott
American musician
47
Craig Handy
American tenor saxophonist
48
Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
49
Romero Lubambo
Brazilian musician
50
Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist
51
Claudio Roditi
Brazilian musician
52
Chuck Redd
American musician
53
Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
54
Don Grusin
American musician
55
Paul Bollenback
American musician
56
Frank Vignola
American guitarist
57
Paul Humphrey
American musician
58
Dave Taylor
American musician
59
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Charly Antolini
Swiss musician
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Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
62
Dennis Mackrel
jazz musician
63
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
64
Joe Farnsworth
American musician
65
Ken Peplowski
American musician
66
Charles Fambrough
Jazz bassist, composer and producer
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Junko Onishi
Japanese jazz pianist (1967-)
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Chuck Domanico
American musician
69
Bob Sheppard
American musician
70
Willie Jones, III
American drummer
71
Phil Bowler
American musician
72
Harvey Mason
American drummer
73
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
74
Houston Person
American saxophonist
