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Rusty Bryant
American musician
1
Richard Holmes
American organist
2
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
3
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
4
Seldon Powell
American musician
5
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
6
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
7
Leon Spencer
American jazz organist
8
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
9
Billy Butler
American musician
10
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
11
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
12
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
American organist
13
Joe Newman
American musician
14
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
15
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
16
Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
17
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
18
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
19
Bob Bushnell
musician
20
George Duvivier
American musician
21
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
22
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
23
Walter Perkins
American drummer
24
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
25
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
26
Willie Bobo
American musician
27
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
28
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
29
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
30
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
31
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
32
Melvin Sparks
American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist
33
Larry Young
American jazz musician
34
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
35
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
36
Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones
jazz musician
37
Snooky Young
American musician
38
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
39
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
40
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
41
Mel Lewis
American musician
42
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
43
Trudy Pitts
African-American jazz musician
44
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
45
Bill Doggett
American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist
46
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
47
Eugene Wright
American jazz musician
48
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
49
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist
50
Harold Vick
American musician
51
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
52
Jack Marshall
American musician, conductor, composer (1921-1973)
53
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
54
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Conga player
55
The Three Sounds
American jazz piano trio
56
Bobby Bryant
American trumpeter
57
Les McCann
American musician
58
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
59
Willis Jackson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
60
Duke Pearson
American pianist
61
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
62
Tubby Hayes
British jazz musician
63
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
64
Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
65
Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
66
Tommy Bryant
American musician
67
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
68
Herbie Lewis
American musician
69
Clifford Scott
American musician & saxophonist
70
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
71
Al Lucas
Canadian jazz musician
72
George Coleman
American musician
