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Rabih Abou-Khalil
Lebanese musician
1
Paul McCandless
American musician
2
Ralph Towner
American musician
3
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
4
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
5
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
6
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
7
Oregon
American jazz and world music group
8
Jim Pepper
Kaw-Muscogee Creek jazz musician
9
Bob Moses
American musician
10
Howard Levy
American musician
11
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
12
Dave Holland
British musician
13
David Friedman
American jazz percussionist
14
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
15
Tom Varner
American musician
16
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
17
Bill Elgart
American musician
18
Gary Peacock
American double-bassist
19
Arthur Blythe
American musician
20
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
21
Dave Taylor
American musician
22
Nancy King
American singer
23
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
24
Philip Catherine
musician
25
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
26
Lew Soloff
American musician
27
John Gross
American saxophone, flute and clarinet player
28
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
29
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
30
Naná Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist
31
Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
32
Curtis Fowlkes
American musician
33
John Clark
American jazz horn player and composer
34
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
35
Tom Malone
American musician
36
Billy Drummond
American musician
37
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
38
Larry Carlton
American musician
39
Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
40
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
41
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
42
Charnett Moffett
American musician
43
Glen Velez
American musician
44
Eric Gale
American musician
45
Fred Wesley
American jazz trombonist
46
Chuck Berghofer
American musician
47
Steve LaSpina
American musician, artist, educator
48
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
49
Anthony Jackson
American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter
50
Vincent Herring
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
51
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
52
Brian Blade
American jazz musician
53
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
54
Plas Johnson
American musician
55
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
56
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
57
Vince Mendoza
American composer
58
Jay Leonhart
American double bassist, singer, and songwriter
59
Larry Knechtel
American session musician
60
Joe Beck
American musician
61
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
62
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
63
Michael Brecker
American musician
64
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
65
Robert Dick
American flutist and composer
66
Eric Darken
musical artist
67
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
68
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
