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Joe Newman
American musician
1
Gus Johnson
American musician
2
Buddy Tate
American musician
3
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
4
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
5
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
6
Emmett Berry
American musician
7
George Duvivier
American musician
8
Eddie Jones
American musician
9
J. C. Heard
American musician
10
A. K. Salim
American musician
11
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
12
Henry Coker
American musician
13
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
14
Budd Johnson
American musician
15
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
16
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
17
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
18
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
19
Matthew Gee
American musician
20
Reunald Jones
American musician
21
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
22
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
23
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
24
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
25
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
26
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
27
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
28
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
29
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
30
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
31
Charles Thompson
American pianist
32
Jimmy Raney
American musician
33
Henderson Chambers
American musician
34
Tommy Potter
American musician
35
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
36
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
37
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
38
Norman Granz
American jazz musician and producer
39
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
40
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
41
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
42
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
43
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
44
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
45
Steve Jordan
American musician
46
Nat Pierce
American musician
47
Willie Smith
American musician
48
Bill Graham
American musician
49
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
50
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
51
Eddie Bert
American musician
52
Walter Page
American jazz musician
53
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
54
Carl Perkins
American jazz pianist
55
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
56
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
57
Shad Collins
American musician
58
Percy Heath
American musician
59
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
60
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
61
Bill Harris
American jazz trombonist
62
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
63
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
64
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
65
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
66
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
67
Rudy Rutherford
68
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
69
Joe Puma
American musician
70
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
71
Jimmy Crawford
American musician (1910-1980)
72
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
73
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
74
Bill Crow
American bassist
75
Connie Kay
American musician
76
Frank Rehak
American musician
77
Oliver Jackson
American drummer
78
Alvin Stoller
American musician
79
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
80
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
81
Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
