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Hubert Laws
American flutist and saxophonist
1
Raymond Guiot
French composer
2
Richard Stoltzman
American musician
3
Jack Diéval
French jazz musician
4
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
5
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
6
Anders Koppel
Danish composer
7
Bill Smith
jazz musician and composer from the United States
8
Django Reinhardt
Belgian-born Romani French jazz guitarist and composer
9
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
10
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
11
Artie Shaw
American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader
12
Alec Wilder
American composer, lyricist
13
Todd Cochran
American musician
14
Graeme Bell
Australian jazz musician
15
Herbie Mann
American jazz flutist
16
Kenny Davern
American clarinetist
17
Aimé Barelli
French conductor and trumpeter
18
Alphonse Picou
African American jazz clarinetist
19
Bud Shank
American saxophonist and flautist
20
Sol Yaged
American jazz clarinetist
21
Jack Brymer
English clarinettist
22
Elliott Sharp
American musician
23
Acker Bilk
English recording artist; clarinetist and vocalist
24
Larry Shields
American jazz musician
25
Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
26
Courtney Pine
British musician
27
Chris Brubeck
American musician
28
Paul Horn
American flautist in jazz and New Age music
29
Theo Jörgensmann
German musician
30
Gary Foster
Musician, Instrumentalist
31
Murray McEachern
Canadian musician
32
Robert Palmer
American writer, musician and blues producer
33
Tom Ranier
Musician, Instrumentalist
34
Don Burrows
Australian jazz musician
35
Buster Bailey
American musician
36
Warren Smith
American musician
37
John LaPorta
American clarinetist
38
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
39
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
40
André Previn
German-American pianist, conductor and composer
41
Jack Cooper
American composer, arranger, orchestrator, multireedist, and music educator.
42
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
American musician
43
John Williams
American composer, conductor, pianist and trombonist (born 1932)
44
Ted Lewis
American singer (1890-1971)
45
Walt Levinsky
American musician
46
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
47
Claude Luter
French musician
48
Jesper Thilo
Danish jazz musician
49
Laurindo Almeida
Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer
50
Paquito D'Rivera
Cuban musician
51
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
52
Eddie Daniels
American musician
53
Tripunithura Krishnadas
Indian musician
