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Larry Ridley
American musician
1
Richard Holmes
American organist
2
Lonnie Liston Smith
American pianist
3
Hoagy Carmichael
American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899-1981)
4
O'Donel Levy
American jazz guitarist (1945-2016)
5
George Adams
musician
6
Carlos Ward
American musician
7
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
8
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
9
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
10
Jazz Composer's Orchestra
American jazz group
11
Roy Ayers
American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer
12
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
13
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
14
Noble Sissle
African-American jazz musician
15
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
16
Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer
17
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
18
Joseph Bowie
American musician
19
David T. Walker
American musician
20
Johnny Socko
musical artist
21
Bill Coleman
American musician
22
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
23
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
24
Malcolm Cecil
English musician and record producer
25
Frank Wright
American jazz musician
26
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
27
Jamiroquai
British acid jazz band
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Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
