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Eddie Safranski
American musician
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Ben Pollack
American musician
2
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
3
Ernie Caceres
American musician
4
Ziggy Elman
American musician
5
Gene Kardos
American musician
6
Jerry Jerome
saxophonist
7
Bunny Berigan
American musician
8
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
9
Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
10
John Kirby
jazz bassist
11
Tony Parenti
American musician
12
Boomie Richman
American musician
13
Chris Griffin
American jazz trumpeter of the swing era
14
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
15
Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
16
Eddie Edwards
American jazz musician
17
Jess Stacy
American musician
18
Edgar Sampson
American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, and violinist
19
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
20
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
21
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
22
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
23
Helen Ward
American jazz singer
24
Chu Berry
American musician
25
Bill Coleman
American musician
26
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
27
George Avakian
American record producer of Armenian descent
28
Bob Crosby
American dixieland bandleader and vocalist (1913-1993)
29
Bernie Privin
American musician
30
Red Norvo
American musician
31
Peter Appleyard
Canadian vibraphonist
32
Ronnie Verrell
musician
33
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
34
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
35
Miff Mole
American jazz musician
36
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
37
Mel Powell
American composer
38
Fud Livingston
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, and composer
39
Mildred Bailey
American jazz singer
40
Helen Forrest
American singer
41
Budd Johnson
American musician
42
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
43
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
44
Vido Musso
Italian musician
45
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
46
Eddie Duran
American jazz guitarist
47
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
48
Joe Venuti
jazz violinist
49
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
50
Jimmie Noone
American musician
51
John Hammond
American record producer, civil rights activist and music critic
52
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
53
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
54
Matty Matlock
American musician
55
Joya Sherrill
American musician (1924-2010)
56
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
57
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
58
Murray McEachern
Canadian musician
59
John Bunch
American jazz pianist
60
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
61
Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer
62
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
63
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
64
Alec Templeton
British composer
65
Martha Tilton
American singer
66
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
67
Toots Mondello
American musician
68
Al Klink
American musician
69
Enoch Light
American musician
70
Sonny Igoe
American musician
71
Gus Bivona
American musician
72
Adrian Rollini
American musician
73
Buddy Tate
American musician
