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Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
1
Wade Legge
Jazz pianist and bassist
2
Walter Davis
American pianist
3
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
4
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
5
Sonny Clark
American musician
6
Eddie Costa
American jazz musician; pianist and vibraphonist
7
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
8
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
9
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
10
Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist
11
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
12
Elmo Hope
American musician
13
Harold Mabern
American pianist
14
Carl Allen
American jazz drummer
15
John Jenkins
American jazz saxophonist
16
Don Shirley
American-Jamaican jazz pianist and composer
17
Charlie Byrd
American guitarist
18
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
19
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
20
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
21
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
22
Jimmy Raney
American musician
23
Larry Elgart
American jazz bandleader (1922-2017)
24
Don Lamond
American musician
25
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
26
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
27
Alec Wilder
American composer, lyricist
28
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
29
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
30
Butch Warren
American musician
31
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
32
Nat Pierce
American musician
33
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
34
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
35
Bill Chase
American trumpeter
36
Scott Hamilton
American musician
37
James Buffington
American musician
38
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
39
Erroll Garner
American jazz pianist and composer
40
Phil Moore
American musician
41
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
42
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
43
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
44
Louis Hayes
American drummer
45
Jackie Paris
American singer
46
Chuck Andrus
American jazz double-bassist.
47
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
48
Phil Wilson
American jazz musician
49
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
50
Teddy Kotick
American musician
51
Junior Mance
American musician
52
David Shapiro
American musician
53
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
54
Manny Klein
American musician
55
Freddie Redd
American pianist
56
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
57
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
