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Roy Milton
American R&B and jump blues singer, drummer and bandleader
1
Ernie Freeman
American musician
2
Hal Singer
American musician
3
Edgar Blanchard
New Orleans jazz musician
4
Oliver Sain
American saxophonist, songwriter, bandleader, drummer and record producer
5
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
6
Bob Wills
American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader (1905-1975)
7
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
8
J. C. Heard
American musician
9
Jan Garber
American musician
10
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
11
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
12
Johnny Otis
American singer, musician, composer, and record producer
13
Roy Clark
American multi-instrumentalist musician
14
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
15
Camille Howard
American musician
16
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
17
Armando Peraza
Cuban percussionist
18
Milt Buckner
American musician
19
Larry Williams
American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist
20
Bill Coleman
American musician
21
Frank Fields
American musician
22
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
23
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
24
Joe Liggins
American R&B, jazz and blues pianist
25
Walter Thomas
American saxophonist
26
Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
27
Ronnie Boykins
American musician
28
Joe Haymes
American musician
29
René Hall
American musician, performer, and music arranger
30
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
31
Lucky Millinder
American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader
32
Ben Pollack
American musician
33
Bunny Berigan
American musician
34
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
35
Yutaka Shiina
Japanese jazz pianist, composer (1964-)
36
Christian McBride
American musician
37
Walter Page
American jazz musician
38
Willie Jones, III
American drummer
