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Ray Draper
American musician
1
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
2
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
3
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
4
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
5
James Buffington
American musician
6
Louis Hayes
American drummer
7
Freddie Redd
American pianist
8
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
9
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
10
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
11
Billy Harper
American musician
12
Ben Riley
American drummer
13
Ahmed Abdul-Malik
bassist
14
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
15
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
16
Duke Jordan
American musician
17
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
18
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
19
Walter Davis
American pianist
20
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
21
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
22
Paul Chambers
American musician
23
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
24
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
25
Bennie Green
American musician
26
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
27
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
28
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
29
Art Davis
American double-bassist
30
Clifford Jarvis
American drummer
31
Sonny Clark
American musician
32
Cecil McBee
American bassist
33
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
34
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
35
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
36
Azar Lawrence
American musician
37
George Duvivier
American musician
38
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
39
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
40
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
41
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
42
Milt Jackson
American musician
43
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
44
Ray Copeland
American musician
45
Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
46
Roy Brooks
American drummer
47
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
48
Johnny Griffin
American musician
49
Percy Heath
American musician
50
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
51
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
52
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
53
Kevin Toney
American composer
54
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
55
Larry Young
American jazz musician
56
Jamil Nasser
American bassist
57
George Coleman
American musician
58
Bill Evans
American jazz saxophonist
59
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
60
George Wallington
American musician
