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Mezz Mezzrow
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
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Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
2
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
3
Walter Page
American jazz musician
4
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
5
Ed Lewis
American musician
6
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
7
Buster Smith
Jazz alto saxophonist
8
Zutty Singleton
American jazz drummer
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Eddie Durham
American musician
10
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
11
Emmett Berry
American musician
12
Pops Foster
American musician
13
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
14
Tommy Ladnier
Jazz cornetist/trumpeter
15
Paul Webster
Jazz trumpeter
16
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
17
Wallace Davenport
American musician
18
Jack Washington
American jazz saxophonist
19
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
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Shad Collins
American musician
22
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
23
Don Redman
American musician
24
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
26
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
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Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
28
Lammar Wright, Sr.
American jazz musician
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Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
30
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
31
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
32
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
33
Dan Minor
jazz trombonist
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Earle Warren
jazz musician
35
Gene Ramey
American musician
36
Ray Nance
American musician
37
Peanuts Holland
American musician
38
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Wellman Braud
American musician
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Buddy Tate
American musician
41
Budd Johnson
American musician
42
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
43
Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
American musician
44
Russell Procope
American musician
45
Snooky Young
American musician
46
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
47
Joe Thomas
American musician
48
Dave Stahl
American trumpet player
49
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
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Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
51
Norman Mapp
composer
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Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
54
Don Byas
American musician
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Joe Guy
American musician
56
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
57
Reunald Jones
American musician
58
John Heard
American musician and sculptor
59
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
60
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
