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Sonny Greer
American jazz drummer
1
Ray Nance
American musician
2
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
3
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
4
Adelaide Hall
American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer
5
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
6
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
7
Smiley Burnette
American country music performer and comedic actor (1911-1967)
8
Stuff Smith
American musician
9
Al Hibbler
American baritone vocalist
10
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
11
Billy Eckstine
American musician
12
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
13
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
14
Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
15
Michael Martin Murphey
American singer-songwriter
16
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
17
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
18
Barrie Lee Hall, Jr.
American jazz musician, music director and band leader
19
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
20
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
21
Bobby Troup
American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (1918-1999)
22
Bennie Green
American musician
23
Bill Berry
American musician
24
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
25
Russell Procope
American musician
26
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
27
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
28
Chris Columbus
American jazz drummer
29
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
30
Mercer Ellington
American musician
31
Tricky Sam Nanton
American musician
32
Haywood Henry
American jazz baritone saxophonist
33
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
34
Cliff Edwards
American recording artist; musician, singer, actor and voice actor (1895-1971)
35
Eubie Blake
Composer, lyricist, and pianist (1887-1983)
36
Irving Mills
American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter
37
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
38
Cozy Cole
American musician
39
Tex Ritter
American country musician
40
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
41
William Attaway
American novelist, short story writer, essayist, songwriter, playwright, screenwriter
42
Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
43
Onzy Matthews
American jazz musician (1930-1997)
44
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
45
Ernie Andrews
American singer
