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George Duvivier
American musician
1
Joe Benjamin
American musician
2
Al McKibbon
American musician
3
Jimmy Raney
American musician
4
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
5
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
6
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
7
Seldon Powell
American musician
8
Willie Bobo
American musician
9
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
10
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
11
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
12
Percy Heath
American musician
13
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
14
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
15
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
16
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
17
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
18
Armando Peraza
Cuban percussionist
19
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
20
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
21
Teddy Kotick
American musician
22
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
23
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
24
James Buffington
American musician
25
Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
26
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
27
Don Butterfield
American musician
28
Sonny Clark
American musician
29
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
30
Joe Morello
American jazz drummer
31
Joe Newman
American musician
32
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
33
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
34
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
35
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
36
Gene Ramey
American musician
37
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
38
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
39
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
40
Matthew Gee
American musician
41
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
42
Wyatt Ruther
American musician
43
Larance Marable
American musician
44
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
45
Gerald Wiggins
American pianist
46
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
47
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
48
Paul Horn
American flautist in jazz and New Age music
49
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
50
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
51
Dave Bailey
American drummer
52
Bill Crow
American bassist
53
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
54
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
55
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
56
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
57
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
58
Wilbur Ware
American musician
59
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
60
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
61
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
62
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
63
Mel Lewis
American musician
64
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
65
Ron Crotty
American guitarist
66
Louis Hayes
American drummer
67
George Tucker
American musician
68
Duke Jordan
American musician
69
Eddie Bert
American musician
70
Larry Gales
American musician
71
Connie Kay
American musician
72
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
73
Alvin Stoller
American musician
74
Gildo Mahones
American pianist
75
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
76
George Roberts
American trombonist
77
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
78
Monty Budwig
American double bassist
79
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
80
Eddie Duran
American jazz guitarist
81
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
82
Bobby Jaspar
cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer
83
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
84
Monk Montgomery
American jazz bassist
85
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
86
Frank Butler
American jazz drummer
87
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
