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Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
1
Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
2
Duke Jordan
Duke Jordan
American musician
3
Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
4
Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
5
Israel Crosby
Israel Crosby
American musician
6
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Gene Harris
Gene Harris
American pianist
8
Tommy Flanagan
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
9
Lester Young
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
10
Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman
American musician
11
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
12
Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
13
Teddy Wilson
Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
14
Mary Osborne
Mary Osborne
American musician
15
Junior Mance
Junior Mance
American musician
16
Eddie Costa
Eddie Costa
American jazz musician; pianist and vibraphonist
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J. C. Heard
J. C. Heard
American musician
18
Stuff Smith
Stuff Smith
American musician
19
Albert Ammons
Albert Ammons
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
22
Ray Bryant
Ray Bryant
American pianist
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Chuck Israels
Chuck Israels
American jazz musician
24
Nat Jaffe
Nat Jaffe
Jazz pianist
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Joe Robichaux
Joe Robichaux
American musician
26
Pete Johnson
Pete Johnson
American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, songwriter
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Herb Ellis
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Shad Collins
Shad Collins
American musician
30
Cliff Jackson
Cliff Jackson
American pianist
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James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn
American pianist
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Joe Davis
Joe Davis
American music publisher
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Mal Waldron
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
36
Jimmy Garrison
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Sanford Gold
Sanford Gold
American musician
39
Irene Higginbotham
Irene Higginbotham
American musician
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Allan Reuss
Allan Reuss
American jazz guitarist
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Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine
American musician
42
Bunk Johnson
Bunk Johnson
American musician
43
Edith Wilson
Edith Wilson
American blues singer and vaudeville performer (1896-1981)
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Kenny Drew
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
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Ahmad Jamal
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
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Joe Sullivan
Joe Sullivan
American musician
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Jimmy Shirley
Jimmy Shirley
American jazz guitarist
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Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
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Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
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Tiny Grimes
Tiny Grimes
American jazz and R&B guitarist
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Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern
American pianist
52
Charles Thompson
Charles Thompson
American pianist
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Seger Ellis
Seger Ellis
American musician
54
Hank Jones
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
55
Leo Parker
Leo Parker
American musician
56
Porter Grainger
Porter Grainger
American musician
57
Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
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Mamie Smith
Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
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Stéphane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli
French jazz violinist
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Pee Wee Russell
Pee Wee Russell
American musician
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Red Mitchell
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
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Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
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Tom Archia
Tom Archia
American musician
65
Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
66
Horace Silver
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Ray Nance
Ray Nance
American musician
68
Eddie Heywood
Eddie Heywood
American jazz pianist, songwriter
Gene Rodgers
American musician

Gene Rodgers

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Gene Rodgers (March 5, 1910, New York City – October 23, 1987, New York City) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He is best known for being the pianist on Coleman Hawkins' famous 1939 recording of "Body and Soul".