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Haywood Henry
American jazz baritone saxophonist
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Dud Bascomb
American musician
2
Sammy Lowe
American trumpeter, arranger, and conductor
3
Paul Bascomb
American jazz tenor saxophonist
4
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
5
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
6
Bill Berry
American musician
7
Tommy Stewart
American trumpeter
8
Avery Parrish
American musician
9
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
10
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
11
Cleveland Eaton
American musician
12
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
13
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
14
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
15
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
16
Reunald Jones
American musician
17
Nat Pierce
American musician
18
Ray Nance
American musician
19
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
20
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
21
Lloyd Trotman
American musician
22
Bill Ramsay
American jazz saxophonist & bandleader
23
Alberto Socarras
Cuban musician
24
Matthew Gee
American musician
25
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
26
Julian Dash
American musician
27
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
28
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
29
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
30
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
31
Peter Appleyard
Canadian vibraphonist
32
Jesse Stone
American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
33
Herb Jeffries
American singer and actor (1913-2014)
34
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
35
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
36
Budd Johnson
American musician
37
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Jimmy Cheatham
American musician
39
Steve Coleman
American saxophonist
40
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
41
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
42
Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
43
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
44
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
45
Lucky Millinder
American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader
46
Russell Procope
American musician
47
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
48
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
49
Booty Wood
American jazz musician
50
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
51
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
52
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
53
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
54
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
55
Joe Newman
American musician
56
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
57
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
58
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
59
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
60
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
61
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
62
Randy Sandke
American musician
63
Ernestine Anderson
American jazz and blues singer
64
Tito Puente
American musician, songwriter and record producer (1923-2000)
65
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
66
John Pizzarelli
American jazz guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader
67
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
68
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
69
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Irving Mills
American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter
71
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
72
Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
73
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
