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Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
2
Joe Benjamin
American musician
3
Eddie Bert
American musician
4
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
5
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
6
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
7
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
8
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
10
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
11
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
12
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
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Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
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Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
15
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Bobby Donaldson
American musician
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Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
18
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
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Eddie Jones
American musician
20
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Don Butterfield
American musician
22
Percy Heath
American musician
23
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist
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Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
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Seldon Powell
American musician
28
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
29
George Coleman
American musician
30
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
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J. R. Monterose
American musician
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Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
33
James Moody
American jazz musician
34
Teddy Charles
American musician
35
Dave Bailey
American drummer
36
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
37
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Duke Jordan
American musician
39
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Milt Jackson
American musician
41
Wade Legge
Jazz pianist and bassist
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Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
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Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
45
Tommy Potter
American musician
46
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
47
Warren Smith
American musician
48
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
49
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
50
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
51
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Richard Holmes
American organist
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Jimmy Raney
American musician
54
David Amram
American musician
55
Charles McPherson
American jazz alto saxophonist
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John LaPorta
American clarinetist
57
Johnny Griffin
American musician
58
George Duvivier
American musician
59
Joe Newman
American musician
60
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
61
Louis Hayes
American drummer
62
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
63
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Hugh Lawson
American pianist
66
Teddy Kotick
American musician
67
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
68
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
69
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
70
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
71
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
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Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
73
Gus Johnson
American musician
74
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
75
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
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Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
77
John Jenkins
American jazz saxophonist
78
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
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Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
