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Curtis Counce
American musician
1
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
2
Carl Perkins
American jazz pianist
3
Frank Butler
American jazz drummer
4
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
5
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
6
Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
7
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
8
Louis Hayes
American drummer
9
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
10
Clifford Brown
American jazz musician
11
George Morrow
American jazz bassist
12
Herbie Lewis
American musician
13
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
14
George Coleman
American musician
15
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
16
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
17
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
18
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
19
Art Davis
American double-bassist
20
Rolf Ericson
Swedish musician
21
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
22
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
23
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
24
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
25
Sonny Clark
American musician
26
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
27
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
28
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
29
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
30
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
31
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
32
Ray Drummond
American musician
33
Woody Shaw
American musician
34
Elmo Hope
American musician
35
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
36
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
37
Ben Riley
American drummer
38
Stu Williamson
American trumpeter
39
Reggie Johnson
American musician
40
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
41
Albert Heath
American drummer
42
Kirk Lightsey
American musician
43
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
44
Joe Benjamin
American musician
45
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
46
Percy Heath
American musician
47
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
48
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
49
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
50
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
51
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
52
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
53
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
54
Bill Hardman
American musician
55
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
56
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
57
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
58
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
59
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
60
Bob Berg
American musician
61
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
62
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
63
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
64
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
65
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
66
Carmell Jones
American trumpeter
67
Stanley Cowell
American musician
68
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
