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Jeanne Lee
American singer
1
Mark Whitecage
American saxophonist
2
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
3
Steve McCall
American jazz drummer
4
Perry Robinson
American musician
5
Manfred Schoof
German musician
6
Bob Moses
American musician
7
Dave Burrell
American musician
8
Albert Mangelsdorff
German jazz trombonist
9
Bennie Maupin
American musician
10
Chris Hinze
Dutch composer and record producer
11
Henry Lowther
British musician
12
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
13
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
14
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
15
Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
16
Daniel Humair
Swiss drummer and painter
17
Arne Domnérus
Swedish musician
18
Chuck Domanico
American musician
19
Marty Morell
American musician
20
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
21
Gene Orloff
American musician
22
Richard Tee
American musician
23
Idris Muhammad
American drummer
24
Eric Gale
American musician
25
Beaver Harris
American musician
26
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
27
David Sanborn
American saxophonist
28
Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
29
Dave Holland
British musician
30
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
31
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
32
Harold Land
American musician
33
David Friedman
American jazz percussionist
34
Albert Heath
American drummer
35
Milt Jackson
American musician
36
Philip Catherine
musician
37
Dave Grusin
American composer, arranger, producer, and pianist
38
Dennis Budimir
American musician
39
Tom Scott
American jazz musician
40
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
41
Alexander von Schlippenbach
German jazz pianist and composer
42
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
43
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
44
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
45
David Matthews
American musician
46
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
47
Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist
48
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
49
Chuck Findley
American musician
50
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
51
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
52
Chris Karan
Greek Australian musician
53
Collin Walcott
musician and ethnomusicologist from the United States
54
Paul Humphrey
American musician
55
Houston Person
American saxophonist
56
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
57
Leland Sklar
American musician
58
Joe Sample
American pianist
59
Tom Malone
American musician
60
Tony Coe
British jazz musician
61
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
62
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
63
Barry Altschul
American drummer
64
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
65
Alan Ridout
British composer
66
Jeff Clyne
British bassist
67
Larry Carlton
American musician
68
Eddie Bert
American musician
69
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
70
Ian Underwood
American musician
71
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
72
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
73
Michał Urbaniak
Polish musician
74
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
