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Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
1
Steve Turre
American jazz trombonist
2
Lem Johnson
American musician
3
Don Redman
American musician
4
Lennie Niehaus
American saxophonist and composer (1929-2020)
5
John Kirby
jazz bassist
6
Erskine Hawkins
American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama
7
Buster Smith
Jazz alto saxophonist
8
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
9
Andy Kirk
American jazz saxophonist and tubist, bandleader
10
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
11
Hal Singer
American musician
12
Ben Pollack
American musician
13
Don Byas
American musician
14
Bill Coleman
American musician
15
Hal McIntyre
American musician
16
Jerome Don Pasquall
American musician
17
Willie Smith
American musician
18
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
19
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
20
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
21
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
22
Frank Wright
American jazz musician
23
Bud Shank
American saxophonist and flautist
24
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
25
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
26
Lucky Millinder
American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader
27
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
28
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
29
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
30
Rex Stewart
American jazz cornetist
31
Jack Cooper
American composer, arranger, orchestrator, multireedist, and music educator.
32
Gary Foster
Musician, Instrumentalist
33
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
US big band led by Glenn Miller (1937-1942)
34
Buddy Tate
American musician
35
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
36
Eddie Daniels
American musician
37
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
38
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
39
J. C. Heard
American musician
40
Frankie Trumbauer
American musician
41
Bill Ramsay
American jazz saxophonist & bandleader
42
Mills Blue Rhythm Band
band that plays jazz
43
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
44
Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
American musician
45
Matty Matlock
American musician
46
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
47
Curtis Amy
American musician
48
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
49
Russell Procope
American musician
50
Tex Beneke
American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader
51
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
52
Irving Mills
American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter
53
Don Lamond
American musician
54
Cedric Brooks
Jamaican reggae musician
55
Bill Smith
jazz musician and composer from the United States
56
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
57
Tricky Sam Nanton
American musician
58
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
59
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
