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Otto Hardwick
American musician
1
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
2
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
3
Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
4
Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
5
Mercer Ellington
American musician
6
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
7
Shorty Baker
American musician
8
Money Johnson
American musician
9
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
10
Sonny Greer
American jazz drummer
11
Billy Taylor
American jazz bassist
12
Harold Ashby
American musician
13
Barrie Lee Hall, Jr.
American jazz musician, music director and band leader
14
Aaron Bell
American musician
15
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
16
Ray Nance
American musician
17
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
18
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
19
Booty Wood
American jazz musician
20
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
21
Tricky Sam Nanton
American musician
22
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
23
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
24
Russell Procope
American musician
25
Norris Turney
American musician
26
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
27
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
28
Freddie Jenkins
American musician
29
Bubber Miley
American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
30
Les Spann
American guitarist
31
Quentin Jackson
American musician
32
Bill Berry
American musician
33
Al Sears
American jazz tenor saxophonist
34
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
35
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
36
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
37
Dan Minor
jazz trombonist
38
Jimmy Blanton
American musician
39
Rolf Ericson
Swedish musician
40
Willie Smith
American musician
