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Marcus Roberts
American musician
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Rodney Whitaker
American jazz double bass player, educator
2
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
3
Victor Goines
American musician
4
Ryan Kisor
American musician
5
Eric Reed
American musician
6
Wessell Anderson
American musician
7
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
8
Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
9
Ted Nash
American musician
10
Carl Allen
American jazz drummer
11
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
12
Peter Beets
Dutch musician
13
Robert Hurst
American jazz bassist
14
Cyrus Chestnut
American musician
15
Wycliffe Gordon
American musician
16
Junko Onishi
Japanese jazz pianist (1967-)
17
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
18
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
19
Charnett Moffett
American musician
20
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
21
Mike Moreno
A prominent contemporary jazz guitarist and educator from texas.
22
Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist
23
Marcus Belgrave
American trumpeter
24
Russell Malone
jazz guitarist
25
Ben Riley
American drummer
26
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
27
Eric Harland
American musician
28
Lage Lund
Norwegian guitarist and jazz musician
29
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
30
Vincent Herring
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
31
David Williams
American jazz musician
32
Reuben Rogers
American musician
33
Mel Lewis
American musician
34
Bennie Green
American musician
35
Vincent Gardner
American musician
36
Kenny Washington
American musician
37
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
38
Regina Carter
American musician
39
Lew Soloff
American musician
40
Sachal Vasandani
American jazz singer
41
James Chirillo
Jazz guitar
42
Sean Jones
American musician
43
Scott Colley
American musician
44
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
45
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
46
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
47
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
48
Kenny Kirkland
American musician
49
Reginald Veal
American musician
50
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
51
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
52
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
53
Brian Blade
American jazz musician
54
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
55
Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
56
Don Braden
American musician
57
Ignacio Berroa
Cuban musician
