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Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
1
The Headhunters
band
2
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
3
Buster Williams
American musician
4
Jeff Lorber
American keyboardist, composer, and record producer
5
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
6
Eddie Henderson
American musician
7
Robert Glasper
American jazz pianist, composer and record producer
8
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
9
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
10
Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
11
Marcus Miller
American jazz musician
12
Paul Jackson
American musician
13
Nicholas Payton
American musician
14
Bennie Maupin
American musician
15
Larry Klein
American music producer, songwriter and bass guitar player
16
Michael Beinhorn
American record producer
17
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
18
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
American musician
19
Bill Laswell
American musician
20
Michael Brecker
American musician
21
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
22
Jacob Collier
English musician and multinstrumentalist
23
Terri Lyne Carrington
American jazz drummer, composer, record producer and entrepreneur
24
Terrace Martin
American musician, rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
25
Christian McBride
American musician
26
Patrice Rushen
American musician
27
Clare Fischer
American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
28
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
29
Corinne Bailey Rae
British singer and songwriter
30
Dave Holland
British musician
31
Material
American band led by Bill Laswell
32
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
33
Kevin Toney
American composer
34
Hubert Laws
American flutist and saxophonist
35
John Beasley
American jazz pianist, bandleader, and producer of music in film and television
36
Wallace Roney
American musician
37
Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
38
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
39
Jon Irabagon
American musician
40
Jon Batiste
American cross-genre musician
41
Chris Botti
American trumpeter and composer
42
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
43
Bobby McFerrin
American jazz vocalist
44
Norah Jones
American singer, songwriter and pianist
