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Billy Harper

American musician

1

Reggie Workman

American double-bassist

2

Ari Brown

American musician

3

Sonny Fortune

American saxophonist

4

Eddie Henderson

American musician

5

Freddie Waits

American musician

6

Charles Tolliver

American musician

7

Eric Alexander

American saxophonist

8

Woody Shaw

American musician

9

Louis Hayes

American drummer

10

James Spaulding

American saxophonist

11

Cecil McBee

American bassist

12

Harold Vick

American musician

13

Joe Farnsworth

American musician

14

Antonio Hart

American musician

15

Kiane Zawadi

American jazz musician

16

Steve Davis

American musician

17

Jeremy Pelt

American jazz trumpeter

18

McCoy Tyner

American jazz pianist

19

Pharoah Sanders

American jazz saxophonist

20

Stanley Cowell

American musician

21

Charnett Moffett

American musician

22

Claudio Roditi

Brazilian musician

23

Victor Lewis

American jazz drummer

24

Idris Muhammad

American drummer

25

Joe Ford

American musician

26

Cecil Bridgewater

American jazz trumpeter

27

George Mraz

Czech jazz bassist

28

Jimmy Garrison

American double bassist

29

John Hicks

American jazz pianist and composer

30

Al Foster

American musician

31

Curtis Fuller

American jazz musician

32

Renee Rosnes

Canadian pianist

33

Cyrus Chestnut

American musician

34

John Stubblefield

American musician

35

Billy Higgins

American jazz drummer

36

Art Davis

American double-bassist

37

Junior Cook

American saxophonist

38

Robin Eubanks

American musician

39

Howard Johnson

American musician

40

Joe Chambers

American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer

41

John Gilmore

American tenor saxophonist

42

Marcus Belgrave

American trumpeter

43

Vincent Herring

American jazz saxophonist and flautist

44

Ronnie Mathews

American musician

45

Bennie Maupin

American musician

46

George Andrew Cables

American jazz pianist

47

Bill Summers

jazz musician

48

Ray Drummond

American musician

49

Oscar Brashear

American trumpeter

50

Peter Bernstein

American musician

51

Jim Rotondi

American musician

52

Carlos Garnett

American musician

53

Clifford Jordan

American jazz saxophone player

54

Azar Lawrence

American musician

55

Walter Booker

American jazz double-bassist

56

Michael Carvin

American musician

57

Herbie Lewis

American musician

58

Benny Green

American musician

59

Albert Dailey

American musician

60

Jimmy Hopps

American jazz drummer

61

Bob Cranshaw

American musician

62

Jimmy Cobb

American jazz drummer

63

Billy Hart

American jazz drummer

64

Julius Watkins

American jazz musician

65

Cedar Walton

American hard bop jazz pianist

66

Leon Thomas

American singer

67

George Adams

musician

68

Russell Malone

jazz guitarist

69

Lewis Nash

American drummer

70

Kenny Garrett

American musician

71

Michael White

American violinist

72

Dick Griffin

American musician

73

Ben Riley

American drummer

74

Montego Joe

Jamaican jazz musician and music educator

75

Julian Priester

American jazz trombonist