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Jimmy Gourley
Jimmy Gourley
American jazz guitarist
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Pierre Michelot
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
2
Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
3
Fats Sadi
Fats Sadi
Belgian musician
4
Bobby Jaspar
Bobby Jaspar
cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer
5
Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
6
Curley Russell
Curley Russell
American jazz musician
7
Stan Levey
Stan Levey
American musician
8
Daniel Humair
Daniel Humair
Swiss drummer and painter
9
Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
10
Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
11
Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
12
Lucky Thompson
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
13
Gigi Gryce
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
14
Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
15
Dick Katz
Dick Katz
American musician
16
Duke Jordan
Duke Jordan
American musician
17
René Urtreger
René Urtreger
French musician
18
Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse
American musician
19
Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
20
Walter Bishop Jr.
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
21
Attila Zoller
Attila Zoller
Hungarian Jazz guitarist
22
Martial Solal
Martial Solal
French-Algerian jazz pianist
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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
24
Idrees Sulieman
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
25
Russ Freeman
Russ Freeman
American musician
26
J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Al Cohn
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
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Tal Farlow
Tal Farlow
American jazz guitarist
29
Jean-Louis Chautemps
Jean-Louis Chautemps
French jazz musician, saxophonist
30
Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
31
Red Mitchell
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
32
Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
33
Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
34
Sonny Clark
Sonny Clark
American musician
35
François Jeanneau
François Jeanneau
French saxophonist
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Billy Bauer
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
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Al Levitt
Al Levitt
American musician
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Dave Schildkraut
Dave Schildkraut
American musician
39
Ron Jefferson
Ron Jefferson
jazz drummer
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Benny Golson
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
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Sacha Distel
Sacha Distel
French singer and guitarist
42
Charles Thompson
Charles Thompson
American pianist
43
Phil Urso
Phil Urso
American musician, tenor saxophone
44
Kai Winding
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
45
Kansas Fields
Kansas Fields
American musician
46
Don Bagley
Don Bagley
American jazz bassist
47
Hod OBrien
Hod OBrien
American musician
48
Jimmy Giuffre
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
49
Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson
American musician
50
Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
51
René Thomas
René Thomas
Belgian musician
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Peter Ind
Peter Ind
British jazz musician, painter and nonfiction writer
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Leonard Gaskin
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
54
Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Joe Mondragon
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
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Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
57
Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Art Mardigan
Art Mardigan
American musician
59
Danny Bank
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
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Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
61
Bud Powell
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
62
Georges Arvanitas
Georges Arvanitas
Jazz pianist
63
Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
64
Christian Garros
Christian Garros
French jazz drummer, percussionist
65
Jack Montrose
Jack Montrose
American musician
Henri Renaud
French musician

Henri Renaud

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French musician
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Henri Renaud (20 April 1925, in Villedieu-sur-Indre – 17 October 2002, in Paris) was a French jazz pianist and record company executive.

His styles reflected the decades when he was musically active: he played in the swing, bebop and cool styles. He developed renown internationally when he served as an ensemble-organizing point-man for visiting jazz performers from the United States.

Renaud moved to Paris in 1946, and established a career as a jazz pianist. He joined tenor-saxophonist Jean-Claude Fohrenbach's combo. During 1949 and 1950 he accompanied Don Byas, James Moody and Roy Eldridge. In 1952 he performed at various times with Lester Young, Sarah Vaughan and Clifford Brown.

American bebop trumpeter Brown made several recordings with Renaud. In 1954, Renaud visited the United States, where he recorded.

He made recordings with Milt Jackson, J. J. Johnson, Al Cohn, Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach, Frank Foster and Bob Brookmeyer.

Upon becoming an executive for French CBS' jazz division in 1964, he largely stopped his activity as a professional jazz pianist, but did occasional work as a film composer.