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Dianne Reeves
American jazz singer
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Patti Austin
American singer
2
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
3
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
4
Mavis Staples
American singer
5
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
6
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
7
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
8
Susan Tedeschi
American blues and soul musician
9
Shirley Horn
American singer
10
Roseanna Vitro
Jazz singer
11
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
12
Big Maybelle
American R&B singer and pianist
13
Al Grey
American jazz musician
14
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
15
Quincy Jones
American record producer
16
Táta Vega
American musician
17
Milt Jackson
American musician
18
Gene Harris
American pianist
19
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
20
Chris Connor
American jazz singer
21
Norah Jones
American singer, songwriter and pianist
22
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
23
Etta James
American recording artist; singer
24
Diane Schuur
American jazz musician
25
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
26
Odetta
American recording artist, singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and civil and human rights activist (1930-2008)
27
Mary Stallings
American singer
28
Gretchen Parlato
American singer
29
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
30
Patti Bown
American musician
31
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
32
Karrin Allyson
American jazz vocalist
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Mindi Abair
American smooth jazz saxophonist
34
Harold Jones
American musician and drummer
35
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
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Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
37
Kurt Elling
American jazz singer and songwriter
38
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
39
Kenny Garrett
American musician
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Rickey Woodard
American jazz musician
41
Eliane Elias
Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, arranger and songwriter
42
Siedah Garrett
American singer-songwriter
43
Lisa Fischer
American vocalist and songwriter
44
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
45
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
46
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
47
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
48
Arthur Adams
American blues musician
49
Billy Eckstine
American musician
50
Theo Croker
American singer
51
Mahalia Jackson
American gospel singer
52
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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Cécile McLorin Salvant
American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots
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Mervyn Warren
American singer
55
Roberta Gambarini
Italian singer
56
Marlena Shaw
American singer
57
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
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Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
59
Rickie Lee Jones
American vocalist, musician, songwriter, producer, actress and narrator
60
Nancy Wilson
American singer (1937-2018)
61
Kelly Price
American songwriter, singer
62
Chaka Khan
American singer-songwriter
63
Keely Smith
American singer (1928-2017)
64
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
65
Phil Driscoll
American musician
66
William Bell
American soul singer and songwriter
67
Ike & Tina Turner
American musical duo
68
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
69
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
70
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
71
Regina Belle
American singer
72
Etta Jones
American jazz singer
73
Lizz Wright
American singer
74
Al Jarreau
American jazz and pop musician
75
Joe Louis Walker
Blues musician
76
Judith Hill
American singer
77
Nikki Yanofsky
Canadian singer
78
Peggy Lee
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, composer and actress (1920-2002)
79
Dottie Peoples
American musician
80
George Benson
American recording artist, guitarist, singer, and songwriter
81
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
