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Houston Person
American saxophonist
1
Sonny Phillips
American musician
2
Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
3
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
4
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
5
Cecil Brooks III
American musician
6
George Duvivier
American musician
7
Kenny Washington
American musician
8
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
9
King Pleasure
American singer
10
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
11
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
12
Della Griffin
American singer
13
Melvin Sparks
American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist
14
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
15
Richard Holmes
American organist
16
Idris Muhammad
American drummer
17
Joe Newman
American musician
18
Larry Young
American jazz musician
19
Harold Vick
American musician
20
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
21
Horace Ott
American musician
22
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
23
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
24
Jay Leonhart
American double bassist, singer, and songwriter
25
Skeeter Best
American musician
26
Whitney Houston
American singer and actress (1963-2012)
27
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
28
Lorez Alexandria
American musician
29
Etta James
American recording artist; singer
30
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
American organist
31
Ernestine Anderson
American jazz and blues singer
32
Minnie Riperton
American singer-songwriter
33
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
34
Norman Simmons
pianist and arranger
35
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
36
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
37
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
38
Billy Sherrill
American record producer, songwriter, and arranger
39
Tracy Nelson
American singer
40
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
41
Norah Jones
American singer, songwriter and pianist
42
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
43
Russell Malone
jazz guitarist
44
Siedah Garrett
American singer-songwriter
45
Barbara Morrison
American singer
46
Joe Beck
American musician
47
Shirley Caesar
American gospel singer, evangelist
48
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
49
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
50
Bob Bushnell
musician
51
Merle Haggard
American country singer, songwriter, and guitarist
52
Earl Coleman
American singer
53
Dawn Robinson
Anerican singer
54
Patti Bown
American musician
55
George Coleman
American musician
56
Benny Green
American musician
57
Ronnie Milsap
American recording artist; country music singer and pianist
58
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
