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Karl Drewo

Austrian saxophonist

1

Michael Mantler

Austrian musician

2

Ernie Caceres

American musician

3

Jimmy Woode

American bassist

4

Hans Koller

Austrian jazz musician (1921-2003)

5

Jimmy Owens

jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator

6

Leszek Żądło

Polish jazz musician

7

Stafford James

American musician

8

Julian Argüelles

British musician

9

Bob Brookmeyer

American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer

10

Joe Gallivan

American musician

11

Bobby Shew

American musician

12

Larry Elgart

American jazz bandleader (1922-2017)

13

Neal Hefti

American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)

14

Snooky Young

American musician

15

John Dankworth

British musician (1927-2010)

16

Gil Evans

American pianist

17

Count Basie Orchestra

American big band led by Count Basie

18

Pepper Adams

American saxophonist

19

Armando Peraza

Cuban percussionist

20

Russell Procope

American musician

21

Doc Severinsen

American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)

22

Slide Hampton

American trombonist

23

Milt Jackson

American musician

24

Andrzej Trzaskowski

Polish composer and jazz musician

25

Karel Velebný

Czech actor, music educator, musician and vibraphonist

26

Joseph Jarman

American jazz musician

27

Harry Edison

American trumpeter

28

Irene Kepl

violinist and composer

29

Mercer Ellington

American musician

30

Trevor Watts

English jazz musician

31

Wolfgang Puschnig

Austrian saxophonist

32

Carl Fontana

American musician

33

Buster Bailey

American musician

34

Darnell Howard

American musician

35

Frank Wess

American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger

36

Cal Tjader

American Latin jazz musician, recording artist

37

Kai Winding

Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist

38

Rolf Kühn

German jazz clarinetist, composer and big band leader

39

Frank Foster

American jazz musician and bandleader

40

Howard Johnson

American musician

41

Maria Baptist

German woman pianist and composer

42

Warren Smith

American musician

43

Julian Priester

American jazz trombonist

44

Clark Terry

American swing and bebop musician

45

Luis Bonilla

American musician

46

Cat Anderson

American jazz trumpeter

47

Modern Jazz Quartet

American jazz ensemble

48

Richard Davis

American double-bassist

49

Jimmy Knepper

American musician

50

Gerry Mulligan

American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer

51

Marc Secara

German singer and musician

52

John Gross

American saxophone, flute and clarinet player

53

Freddie Green

American jazz guitarist

54

Gerald Wilson

American trumpetist (1918-2014)

55

Jymie Merritt

American bassist

56

Sauter-Finegan Orchestra

57

Jean-Luc Ponty

French musician

58

Chuck Mangione

American jazz musician

59

Art Farmer

American jazz trumpeter

60

Ian Hamer

British jazz trumpeter

61

Jack Six

US-american jazz musician

62

Stan Kenton

American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader

63

John Lewis

American jazz pianist, composer and arranger

64

Dick Morrissey

British jazz musician

65

Al Cohn

American saxophonist