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Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
1
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
2
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
3
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
4
Bobby Plater
American musician
5
Norman Keenan
American musician
6
Bill Hughes
jazz musician
7
Henry Coker
American musician
8
Marshal Royal
American musician
9
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
10
Emmett Berry
American musician
11
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
12
Russell Procope
American musician
13
Wallace Davenport
American musician
14
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
15
Eric Dixon
American jazz musician
16
Joe Newman
American musician
17
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
18
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
19
Bennie Green
American musician
20
Reunald Jones
American musician
21
Al Grey
American jazz musician
22
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
23
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
24
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
25
Sonny Cohn
American musician
26
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
27
Aaron Bell
American musician
28
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
29
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
30
Speedy Jones
American drummer
31
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
32
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
33
Money Johnson
American musician
34
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
35
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
36
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
37
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
38
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
39
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
40
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
41
Steve Jordan
American musician
42
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
43
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
44
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
45
Snooky Young
American musician
46
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
47
Gus Johnson
American musician
48
Walter Page
American jazz musician
49
Joe Benjamin
American musician
50
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
51
Nat Pierce
American musician
52
Quentin Jackson
American musician
53
Dennis Mackrel
jazz musician
54
Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
55
George Duvivier
American musician
56
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
57
Ray Nance
American musician
58
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
59
Åke Persson
Swedish musician
60
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
61
Arthur Prysock
American singer
62
Bud Brisbois
American trumpeter (1937-1978)
63
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
64
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
65
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
66
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
67
Charles Thompson
American pianist
68
Gene Ramey
American musician
69
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
70
Bill Graham
American musician
71
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
72
Emil Richards
American musician
73
Buddy Tate
American musician
74
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
75
Benny Morton
American musician
76
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
77
Eddie Preston
American musician
78
Mel Lewis
American musician
79
Budd Johnson
American musician
80
Bill Berry
American musician
81
Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
82
Tyree Glenn
American recording artist; trombonist
83
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
84
Doug Lawrence
American jazz saxophonist
85
Stuff Smith
American musician
