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Luderin Darbone
American fiddler
1
Edwin Duhon
American musician
2
Michael Doucet
American musician
3
Canray Fontenot
American musician
4
The Red Stick Ramblers
5
BeauSoleil
American Cajun band
6
Octa Clark
American Cajun accordion player
7
Leroy Leblanc
American musician
8
The Lost Bayou Ramblers
9
Doc Guidry
American fiddle player
10
Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
11
Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin
Creole accordionist
12
Dewey Balfa
American musician
13
Pops Staples
American musician
14
Inez Catalon
American Creole singer
15
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
16
Queen Ida
American musician
17
Pokey LaFarge
American musician
18
Ryan Brasseaux
American academic
19
Jim & Jesse
American bluegrass duo
20
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
21
Marc Savoy
American musician; builder and player of the Cajun accordion
22
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
23
Percy Heath
American musician
24
Al Berard
American musician
25
Mike Seeger
American singer
26
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
27
Del McCoury
American musician
28
Bill Monroe
American bluegrass musician, songwriter
29
George Coleman
American musician
30
Amédé Ardoin
American Louisiana Creole musician
31
Oscar Alemán
(1909-1980) Argentine jazz musician
32
Jerry Douglas
American musician
33
Joe Thompson
American musician
34
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
35
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
36
Alan Glen
British musician
37
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
38
Bob Wills
American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader (1905-1975)
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Barry Jean Ancelet
folklorist
40
Kenny Baker
American fiddle player
41
Boozoo Chavis
American musician
42
D. L. Menard
American musician
43
Patsy Montana
American country music singer-songwriter
44
Don Byas
American musician
45
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
46
Henry Gray
African-American blues piano player and singer
