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Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Tim Garland
British musician
2
Joe Locke
American musician
3
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
4
James Williams
American jazz pianist
5
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
6
Charnett Moffett
American musician
7
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
8
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
9
Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
10
James Genus
American musician
11
David Kikoski
American musician
12
Christian McBride
American musician
13
Ted Nash
American musician
14
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
15
Denise Donatelli
American musician
16
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
17
Bob Sheppard
American musician
18
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
19
Chris Botti
American trumpeter and composer
20
Ray Bryant
American pianist
21
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
22
Peter Sprague
American musician
23
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
24
Donny McCaslin
American musician
25
Ingrid Jensen
Canadian jazz trumpet player
26
Chris Potter
American musician
27
Earl Klugh
American jazz guitarist
28
Robin Eubanks
American musician
29
Roseanna Vitro
Jazz singer
30
Carl Allen
American jazz drummer
31
Gerald Albright
American saxophonist
32
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
33
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
34
Arturo O'Farrill
Cuban-American musician
35
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
36
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
37
Buster Williams
American musician
38
Terri Lyne Carrington
American jazz drummer, composer, record producer and entrepreneur
39
Rufus Reid
American musician
40
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
41
Bobby Timmons
American pianist
42
Richie Powell
American pianist
43
Jaki Byard
American musician
44
Bill Pierce
American musician
45
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
46
Gene Harris
American pianist
47
Benny Green
American musician
48
Eddie Henderson
American musician
49
Dale Barlow
Australian musician
50
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
51
Gary Husband
British musician
52
Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer
53
Sam Sadigursky
jazz musician
54
Christos Rafalides
Greek jazz vibraphonist and composer
55
Al McKibbon
American musician
56
Aaron Parks
American musician
57
Marcus Belgrave
American trumpeter
58
Michael Formanek
American jazz bassist
59
Tony Reedus
American musician
60
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
61
Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
62
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
63
Jim Beard
American musician
64
Ron Blake
Puerto Rican musician
65
Craig Handy
American tenor saxophonist
66
Reggie Johnson
American musician
