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Nat Peck
American musician
1
Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
2
Milt Jackson
American musician
3
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
4
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
5
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
6
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
7
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
8
Alphonse Trent
American musician
9
Don Albert
Trumpeter, bandleader
10
Kansas Fields
American musician
11
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
12
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
13
Manny Albam
musician and composer
14
Keg Johnson
American jazz trombonists
15
Roland Alexander
musician
16
Earl Swope
American musician
17
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
18
Les Spann
American guitarist
19
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
20
Chu Berry
American musician
21
Kenwood Dennard
American musician, pianist and music educator
22
Joe Thomas
American musician
23
Charles Thompson
American pianist
24
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
25
Joey Baron
American avant-garde jazz drummer
26
Alton Purnell
American musician
27
Elek Bacsik
Hungarian-American jazz guitarist and violinist; cousin of guitarist Django Reinhardt
28
Percy Heath
American musician
29
Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
30
Hal Galper
American pianist
31
Harold Mabern
American pianist
32
Rudy Williams
American musician
33
Buster Wilson
American pianist (1897-1949)
34
Budd Johnson
American musician
35
Gunther Schuller
American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, and jazz musician
36
Richard M. Jones
American musician
37
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
38
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
39
George Lewis
American musician
40
Teddy Bunn
American musician
41
Yutaka Shiina
Japanese jazz pianist, composer (1964-)
42
Sid Catlett
American musician
43
Henry Johnson
American jazz guitarist
44
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
45
Money Johnson
American musician
46
Lud Gluskin
musical director
47
Roseanna Vitro
Jazz singer
48
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
49
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
50
Keith Ingham
British musician
51
Tony Aless
Jazz pianist
52
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
53
Alvin Alcorn
trumpeter
54
Howard Johnson
American musician
55
Paul Howard
American musician
56
Eddie Safranski
American musician
57
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
58
Kid Rena
American musician
59
Edgar Sampson
American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, and violinist
60
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
61
Earle Warren
jazz musician
62
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
63
Machito
Latin jazz musician
64
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
65
Sammy Price
American pianist
66
Al Killian
American jazz trumpet player and occasional bandleader
67
Elmon Wright
American musician
68
Ron Holloway
American tenor saxophonist
69
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
