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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
