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Buster Williams
American musician
1
Jaki Byard
American musician
2
Harold Mabern
American pianist
3
Michael Formanek
American jazz bassist
4
Larry Gray
American musician
5
Riccardo Zegna
Italian jazz pianist
6
Billy Drummond
American musician
7
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
8
Ted Rosenthal
American musician
9
Barry Altschul
American drummer
10
John Kirby
jazz bassist
11
Steve Kuhn
American pianist
12
Jesper Bodilsen
Danish musician
13
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
14
John Taylor
British jazz pianist
15
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
16
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
17
Florian Weber
German composer and pianist
18
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
19
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
20
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
21
Phil Moore
American musician
22
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
23
Al Levitt
American musician
24
Mark Turner
American saxophonist and composer
25
Herb Pomeroy
American trumpeter
26
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
27
Eddie Costa
American jazz musician; pianist and vibraphonist
28
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
29
Gary Husband
British musician
30
Bill Goodwin
American jazz drummer
31
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
32
Tony Glausi
American trumpeter
33
Gary Foster
Musician, Instrumentalist
34
Dave Holland
British musician
35
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
36
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
37
Albert Dailey
American musician
38
Percy Heath
American musician
39
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
40
Jorge Rossy
Spanish jazz musician
41
Charles Davis
American musician
42
Mike Longo
American musician
43
Bobby Timmons
American pianist
44
Sherrie Maricle
American jazz drummer
45
Michael Cain
American pianist and composer
46
Peter Ind
British jazz musician, painter and nonfiction writer
47
Jamey Aebersold
American musician
48
Mike Holober
American musician
49
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
50
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
51
Ben Aronov
American pianist
52
Ohad Talmor
53
Tim Ries
American jazz saxophonist
54
Lennie Tristano
American jazz pianist and composer
55
Mills Blue Rhythm Band
band that plays jazz
56
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
57
Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
