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Sheila Jordan
American jazz singer
1
Steve Kuhn
American pianist
2
Bob Moses
American musician
3
Steve Slagle
American musician
4
Manolo Badrena
Puerto Rican musician
5
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
6
Dave Holland
British musician
7
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
8
Charlie Mariano
American alto saxophonist
9
Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
10
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
11
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
12
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
13
Sue Evans
American musician
14
David Friedman
American jazz percussionist
15
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
16
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
17
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
18
Kenny Kirkland
American musician
19
Winard Harper
Jazz drummer
20
Mino Cinelu
French musician
21
Thomas Morgan
American musician
22
Mike Richmond
American musician
23
Palle Danielsson
Swedish jazz musician; double bassist and composer
24
Don Sebesky
American jazz musician
25
Adam Nussbaum
American jazz drummer
26
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
27
Arild Andersen
Norwegian jazz musician
28
Jack Wilkins
American musician
29
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
30
Naná Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist
31
Howard Johnson
American musician
32
Cecil McBee
American bassist
33
Alfred Ellis
American saxophonist
34
Sam Brown
American jazz guitarist
35
Billy Hart
American jazz drummer
36
Lew Soloff
American musician
37
Drew Gress
American musician
38
Freddie Waits
American musician
39
Steve Nelson
American musician
40
Nat Reeves
American musician
41
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
42
Michael Moore
American jazz bassist
43
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
44
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
45
Michael Gibbs
Rhodesian born English jazz composer
46
Marvin Smith
American musician
47
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
48
Dave Taylor
American musician
49
Don Alias
American jazz percussionist
50
Mick Goodrick
American musician
51
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
52
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
53
Claudio Roditi
Brazilian musician
54
Marty Morell
American musician
55
Tom Rainey
American jazz drummer
56
Eddie Henderson
American musician
57
Gerald Veasley
American musician
58
Baikida Carroll
American musician
59
Mike LeDonne
American musician
60
Lenny White
American drummer
61
James Newton
American flautist, composer, and conductor
62
Ray Mantilla
American jazz drummer
63
Ralph Towner
American musician
64
David Darling
American musician
65
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
American musician
66
Carlos Garnett
American musician
67
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
68
Al Foster
American musician
69
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
