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Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Freddie Hubbard
American musician
2
Dick Vance
American musician
3
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
4
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
5
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
6
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
7
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
8
Duke Jordan
American musician
9
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
10
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
11
Tommy Potter
American musician
12
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
13
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
14
Ray Draper
American musician
15
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
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Bill Hardman
American musician
17
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
18
Bennie Green
American musician
19
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
20
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
21
Rudy Van Gelder
American recording engineer
22
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
23
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
24
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
25
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
26
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
27
Willie Ruff
American musician
28
Cal Massey
American musician
29
Paul Chambers
American musician
30
Lex Humphries
American drummer
31
Woody Shaw
American musician
32
Frank Rehak
American musician
33
Tina Brooks
American musician
34
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
35
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
36
Nelson Boyd
American musician
37
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
38
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
39
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
40
Louis Smith
American musician
41
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
42
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
43
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
44
Walter Davis
American pianist
45
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
46
Hampton Hawes
American jazz pianist
47
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
48
Jack Sheldon
American musician (1931-2019)
49
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
50
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
51
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
52
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
53
Al McKibbon
American musician
54
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
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J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
56
Les Spann
American guitarist
