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John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Kirk Covington
American musician
2
Alex Machacek
Austrian jazz musician
3
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
4
Victor Bailey
American musician
5
Scott Kinsey
American musician
6
Tommy Smith
Scottish saxophone player
7
Scott Henderson
jazz fusion and blues guitarist
8
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
9
Bill Frisell
American musician
10
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
11
John Patitucci
American jazz bassist and composer
12
Niels Lan Doky
Danish musician
13
Dave Holland
British musician
14
Esperanza Spalding
American jazz bassist and singer
15
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
16
Tracy Ferrie
American musician
17
Mario Rossy
Spanish jazz bassist, composer, and educator
18
Steve Hunt
American jazz pianist and composer
19
Eric Marienthal
American musician
20
Roger Neumann
American musician
21
Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
22
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
23
Steve Rochinski
American musician
24
Danilo Pérez
Panamanian pianist and composer
25
Laurindo Almeida
Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer
26
Ronnie Earl
American blues guitarist
27
Kendrick Scott
American musician
28
Alphonso Johnson
American musician
29
Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
30
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
31
Rick Laird
Irish musician
32
Robert Trujillo
American Bass Player
33
Jaco Pastorius
American jazz bassist, producer, educator
34
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
35
Bruce Gertz
American musician and university teacher
36
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
37
Gary Husband
British musician
38
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
39
Christian McBride
American musician
40
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
41
Kurt Rosenwinkel
American jazz guitarist and keyboardist
42
Victor Wooten
American bass guitarist
43
Gary Schutt
American rock musician
44
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
45
Chucho Valdés
Cuban musician
