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Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
1
Azar Lawrence
American musician
2
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
3
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
American musician
4
Francisco Aguabella
Cuban master percussionist
5
Willie Bobo
American musician
6
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
7
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
8
Herbie Lewis
American musician
9
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
10
Todd Cochran
American musician
11
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
12
Louis Hayes
American drummer
13
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
14
Charles Owens
American musician, clarinetist, hornist and music educator
15
Woody Shaw
American musician
16
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
17
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
18
Lenny White
American drummer
19
Harold Land
American musician
20
Mongo Santamaría
Cuban musician
21
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
22
Bill Summers
jazz musician
23
Armando Peraza
Cuban percussionist
24
Stix Hooper
American musician
25
Charles McPherson
American jazz alto saxophonist
26
Eric Gale
American musician
27
Kiane Zawadi
American jazz musician
28
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
29
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
30
Bill Hardman
American musician
31
Reggie Johnson
American musician
32
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
33
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
34
Paul Humphrey
American musician
35
Buck Clarke
American jazz percussionist
36
Harvey Mason
American drummer
37
Neal Creque
American musician
38
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
39
Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
40
Dennis Budimir
American musician
41
Joe Sample
American pianist
42
Mark Levine
American musician
43
Stephen Scott
American musician
44
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
45
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
46
James Buffington
American musician
47
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
48
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
49
Wilton Felder
American musician
50
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
51
Al Foster
American musician
52
Dick Griffin
American musician
53
Barry Rogers
American musician
54
James Spaulding
American saxophonist
55
John Guerin
American drummer
56
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
57
Emil Richards
American musician
58
Idris Muhammad
American drummer
59
Dave Holland
British musician
60
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
61
Bobby Bryant
American trumpeter
62
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
63
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
64
Stanley Cowell
American musician
65
Larry Young
American jazz musician
66
Cecil Bridgewater
American jazz trumpeter
67
George Bohanon
American musician
68
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
American organist
69
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
70
Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
71
Joanne Brackeen
American musician and jazz educator
72
Carlos Garnett
American musician
73
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
74
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
75
Don Sebesky
American jazz musician
76
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
77
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
78
Daniel Humair
Swiss drummer and painter
79
Eddie Daniels
American musician
