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Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
1
Clyde Hurley
American musician
2
Larry Shields
American jazz musician
3
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
4
Mike Deasy
American singer, songwriter, singer-songwriter, saxophonist and jazz musician
5
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
6
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
7
Jesse Ed Davis
American musician
8
Clare Fischer
American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
9
Roy Milton
American R&B and jump blues singer, drummer and bandleader
10
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
11
David Hassinger
American audio engineer
12
Ernie Fields
African American trombonist, pianist, arranger and bandleader
13
Lennie Niehaus
American saxophonist and composer (1929-2020)
14
Henry Cosby
American Motown songwriter and record producer
15
Johnny Richards
American jazz arranger and composer
16
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
17
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
18
Sue Raney
American singer
19
Gary Foster
Musician, Instrumentalist
20
Buster Smith
Jazz alto saxophonist
21
Ada Leonard
American bandleader
22
Clora Bryant
American musician
23
Tom Archia
American musician
24
Eddie Vinson
American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter
25
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
26
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
27
Leonard Feather
British musician
28
Frank Fields
American musician
29
Dave MacRae
New Zealand musician
30
Norman Granz
American jazz musician and producer
31
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
32
Curtis Amy
American musician
33
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
34
Tuck & Patti
US American jazz duo
35
Joe Bushkin
American jazz pianist, songwriter
36
Shifty Henry
American musician
37
Clifford Solomon
American musician
38
Matty Matlock
American musician
39
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
40
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
41
Dee Barton
composer, arranger
42
Stan Kenton
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader
43
Johnny Otis
American singer, musician, composer, and record producer
44
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
45
Joe Lee Wilson
American singer (1935-2011)
46
Wynonie Harris
American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer
47
Sam the Sham
American rock and roll singer
48
Captain Beyond
band
49
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
50
Charlie La Vere
American pianist
51
Blue Mitchell
American musician
52
Roy Rogers
American actor and singer (1911-1998)
53
Roy Porter
American musician
54
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
55
Ronnie Laws
jazz musician
56
Sonny Clay
American musician
57
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
58
Van Alexander
American musician
59
Jimmie Noone
American musician
60
Jack Wilson
American pianist (1936-2007)
61
Sly Stone
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
62
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
63
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
64
Joe Sample
American pianist
65
Wardell Gray
American musician
