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Tadd Dameron
American pianist
1
Walter Davis
American pianist
2
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
3
Al Haig
American pianist
4
Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
American musician
5
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
6
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
7
J. C. Heard
American musician
8
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
9
Mike Longo
American musician
10
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
11
Machito
Latin jazz musician
12
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
13
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
14
Milt Jackson
American musician
15
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
16
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
17
Hal Galper
American pianist
18
James Moody
American jazz musician
19
Ray Bryant
American pianist
20
Andy LaVerne
American musician
21
Don Byas
American musician
22
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
23
Percy Heath
American musician
24
Junior Mance
American musician
25
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
26
Carl Perkins
American jazz pianist
27
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
28
A. K. Salim
American musician
29
Hilton Ruiz
American musician of Puerto Rican descent
30
Johnny Hartman
Jazz Singer
31
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
32
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
