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Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
1
Joe Benjamin
American musician
2
Emmett Berry
American musician
3
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
4
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
5
Budd Johnson
American musician
6
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
7
Buddy Tate
American musician
8
Joe Thomas
trumpeter
9
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
10
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
11
Benny Morton
American musician
12
Rex Stewart
American jazz cornetist
13
Russell Procope
American musician
14
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
15
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
16
Jimmy Crawford
American musician (1910-1980)
17
J. C. Heard
American musician
18
George Matthews
American musician
19
Charlie Ventura
American musician
20
Shorty Baker
American musician
21
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
22
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
23
Buster Bailey
American musician
24
Garvin Bushell
American musician
25
Gus Johnson
American musician
26
Al Sears
American jazz tenor saxophonist
27
J. C. Higginbotham
Jazz trombonist
28
Everett Barksdale
American jazz guitarist
29
Matthew Gee
American musician
30
Keg Johnson
American jazz trombonists
31
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
32
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
33
Specs Wright
American jazz drummer
34
James Moody
American jazz musician
35
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
36
Don Abney
American musician (1923-2000)
37
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
38
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
39
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
40
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
41
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
42
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
43
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
44
Dick Cary
American jazz pianist
45
Nelson Boyd
American musician
46
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
47
Percy Heath
American musician
48
Conte Candoli
American musician
49
A. K. Salim
American musician
50
Sid Catlett
American musician
51
Willie Smith
American musician
52
Joe Gordon
American trumpeter
53
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
54
Willie Cook
American musician
55
Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
56
Haywood Henry
American jazz baritone saxophonist
57
Pete Brown
American musician
58
Al McKibbon
American musician
59
Chu Berry
American musician
60
Big Miller
American blues singer (1922-1992)
61
Rudy Powell
American jazz musician
62
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
63
Bud Freeman
American musician
64
Joe Newman
American musician
65
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
66
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
67
Walter Davis
American pianist
68
Gene Ramey
American musician
69
Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
70
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
71
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
72
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
73
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
74
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
75
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
76
Sabu Martinez
American musician
77
John Kirby
jazz bassist
78
Wade Legge
Jazz pianist and bassist
79
Stan Levey
American musician
