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Larry Ridley
Larry Ridley
American musician
1
Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes
American organist
2
Lonnie Liston Smith
Lonnie Liston Smith
American pianist
3
Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael
American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899-1981)
4
O'Donel Levy
O'Donel Levy
American jazz guitarist (1945-2016)
5
George Adams
George Adams
musician
6
Carlos Ward
Carlos Ward
American musician
7
Jackie McLean
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
8
Andrew Cyrille
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
9
Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
10
Jazz Composer's Orchestra
Jazz Composer's Orchestra
American jazz group
11
Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers
American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer
12
Cecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
13
Ronald Shannon Jackson
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
14
Noble Sissle
Noble Sissle
African-American jazz musician
15
Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
16
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer
17
Jack McDuff
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
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Joseph Bowie
Joseph Bowie
American musician
19
David T. Walker
David T. Walker
American musician
20
Johnny Socko
Johnny Socko
musical artist
21
Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman
American musician
22
Joe Farrell
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
23
Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
24
Malcolm Cecil
Malcolm Cecil
English musician and record producer
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Frank Wright
Frank Wright
American jazz musician
26
Don Patterson
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
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Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai
British acid jazz band
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Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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jazz funk group
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Funk, Inc. was an American jazz funk/soul jazz group, founded in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, in 1969 by Bobby Watley, Eugene Barr, Steve Weakley, Jimmy Munford and Cecil Hunt. During the 1970s they were signed to the Prestige Records label for whom they recorded five albums, though they later disbanded in 1976.

Former member, Cecil Hunt, who was born on July 27, 1940, died on April 12, 2015 in his birth place of Indianapolis, Indiana.