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Jamaaladeen Tacuma
American musician
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John Blake, Jr.
American jazz violinist
2
Chieli Minucci
American musician
3
Richard Bona
Cameroon-American jazz bassist and musician
4
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
5
Odean Pope
American jazz saxophonist
6
Manolo Badrena
Puerto Rican musician
7
Mitchel Forman
American pianist
8
Scott Henderson
jazz fusion and blues guitarist
9
Dean Brown
American jazz fusion guitarist and session musician
10
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
11
Jean-Paul Bourelly
American jazz fusion guitarist
12
Ray Anderson
American trombonist/jazz/trumpet player
13
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
14
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
15
Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
16
Jaco Pastorius
American jazz bassist, producer, educator
17
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
18
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
19
Denardo Coleman
American drummer
20
Naná Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist
21
Anthony Jackson
American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter
22
Tim Landers
American musician
23
Jim Beard
American musician
24
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
25
Jerome Harris
American jazz musician
26
Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
27
Don Grusin
American musician
28
Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
29
Peter Erskine
American musician
30
Bob Berg
American musician
31
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
32
Mino Cinelu
French musician
33
Dave Holland
British musician
34
Kenny Kirkland
American musician
35
Steve Rodby
American jazz musician
36
Bob Moses
American musician
37
Uri Caine
American pianist
38
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Weather Report
American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s
40
Alex Acuña
Peruvian musician
41
Pete Levin
American musician
42
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
43
Oliver Lake
American musician
44
Victor Wooten
American bass guitarist
45
Vince Mendoza
American composer
46
Will Lee
American bass guitarist
47
Marc Ribot
American musician
48
Pheeroan akLaff
American jazz drummer
49
Eric Gale
American musician
50
Michael Philip Mossman
American musician
51
Peter Sprague
American musician
52
Dave Grusin
American composer, arranger, producer, and pianist
53
Nelson Rangell
American musician
54
Mark Egan
American jazz musician
55
Frank Gambale
Australian guitarist
56
Dave Taylor
American musician
57
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
58
Ursula Rucker
American poet and musician
59
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
60
Anthony Cox
American jazz bass player
61
Bobby Bradford
American musician
62
Howard Johnson
American musician
63
Harvey Mason
American drummer
64
Ryan Kisor
American musician
65
Alex Iles
American musician
66
Torsten de Winkel
German musician
67
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
68
Eric Reed
American musician
69
George Garzone
American musician
70
Fred Wesley
American jazz trombonist
71
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
72
Charnett Moffett
American musician
73
Philip Bailey
American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor
74
Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
75
James Genus
American musician
76
Jaguar Wright
American singer
77
Luis Conte
Cuban jazz musician
