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Roswell Rudd
Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
1
Howard Johnson
Howard Johnson
American musician
2
Sam Brown
Sam Brown
American jazz guitarist
3
Don Cherry
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
4
Jazz Composer's Orchestra
Jazz Composer's Orchestra
American jazz group
5
Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
6
Lonnie Liston Smith
Lonnie Liston Smith
American pianist
7
Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
8
Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
9
Calo Scott
Calo Scott
musical artist
10
Seldon Powell
Seldon Powell
American musician
11
Wayne Andre
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
12
Dewey Redman
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
13
Beaver Harris
Beaver Harris
American musician
14
Sirone
Sirone
American musician
15
Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
16
Marvin Stamm
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
17
Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
18
Paul Bley
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
19
Mayuto Correa
Mayuto Correa
Brazilian jazz musician
20
Leon Thomas
Leon Thomas
American singer
21
Oliver Nelson
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
22
Danny Bank
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
23
Chuck Domanico
Chuck Domanico
American musician
24
Ray Mantilla
Ray Mantilla
American jazz drummer
25
Carla Bley
Carla Bley
American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader
26
Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
27
Frank Strozier
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist
28
Gary Burton
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
29
Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
30
Alice Coltrane
Alice Coltrane
American jazz musician
31
Dewey Johnson
Dewey Johnson
American jazzman
32
Sharon Freeman
Sharon Freeman
American musician
33
James Buffington
James Buffington
American musician
34
Andrew Cyrille
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
35
Bobby Kapp
Bobby Kapp
American jazz drummer
36
Quentin Jackson
Quentin Jackson
American musician
37
Eric Gale
Eric Gale
American musician
38
Arnie Lawrence
Arnie Lawrence
American musician
39
Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
40
Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
41
Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
42
Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
43
James Mtume
James Mtume
American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist and radio personality
44
Bobby Bryant
Bobby Bryant
American trumpeter
45
Rashied Ali
Rashied Ali
American jazz musician
46
Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
47
Joe Beck
Joe Beck
American musician
48
Chuck Rainey
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
49
John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
50
Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo
American musician
51
Dave Taylor
Dave Taylor
American musician
52
Carlos Franzetti
Carlos Franzetti
Argentine composer (born 1948)
53
Old and New Dreams
Old and New Dreams
band that plays jazz
54
Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
55
Armando Peraza
Armando Peraza
Cuban percussionist
56
Ruby Braff
Ruby Braff
American musician
57
Vincent Chancey
Vincent Chancey
American musician
58
Barry Altschul
Barry Altschul
American drummer
59
Lou Blackburn
Lou Blackburn
American musician
60
Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
61
John Gilmore
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
62
Naná Vasconcelos
Naná Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist
63
Loren Stillman
Loren Stillman
American jazz musician (alt sax, composer, bandleader)
64
Steve Marcus
Steve Marcus
American musician
65
Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee
American bassist
66
Johnny Hodges
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
Gato Barbieri
Argentine jazz musician

Gato Barbieri

Intro
Argentine jazz musician
Awards Received
Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Leandro "Gato" Barbieri (28 November 1932 – 2 April 2016) was an Argentine jazz tenor saxophonist who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and is known for his Latin jazz recordings of the 1970s. His nickname, Gato, is Spanish for "cat".