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Freddie Waits
American musician
1
Eric Gale
American musician
2
George Coleman
American musician
3
David Friedman
American jazz percussionist
4
Melvin Sparks
American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist
5
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
6
Joe Beck
American musician
7
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
8
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
9
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
10
Harold Vick
American musician
11
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
12
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
13
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
14
Jeremy Steig
son of William Steig
15
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
16
Roland Hanna
American pianist
17
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
18
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
19
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
20
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
21
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
22
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
23
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
24
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
25
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
26
James Buffington
American musician
27
Grover Washington, Jr.
American recording artist, jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist (1943-1999)
28
Cecil McBee
American bassist
29
Don Sebesky
American jazz musician
30
David Matthews
American musician
31
Eddie Henderson
American musician
32
Burt Collins
American trumpeter and musician
33
George Duvivier
American musician
34
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
35
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
36
Billy Cobham
American jazz drummer
37
Ray Mantilla
American jazz drummer
38
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
39
Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist
40
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
41
Jimmy Ponder
American guitarist
42
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
43
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
44
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
45
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
46
Snooky Young
American musician
47
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
48
Fred Wesley
American jazz trombonist
49
Richard Holmes
American organist
50
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
51
Howard Johnson
American musician
52
Art Davis
American double-bassist
53
Warren Smith
American musician
54
Jamil Nasser
American bassist
55
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
56
Earl Palmer
American drummer
57
Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
58
Frank Vicari
American musician
59
Ben Riley
American drummer
60
Alan Dawson
American musician
61
Larry Young
American jazz musician
62
Louis Hayes
American drummer
63
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
64
Willis Jackson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
65
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
66
Barry Rogers
American musician
67
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
68
Paul Humphrey
American musician
69
Jay Berliner
American musician
70
Houston Person
American saxophonist
71
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
American organist
72
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
73
Manolo Badrena
Puerto Rican musician
74
Albert Heath
American drummer
75
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
76
Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
77
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
78
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
79
Hugh Lawson
American pianist
80
Milt Jackson
American musician
81
Sam Brown
American jazz guitarist
82
Dave Holland
British musician
83
Woody Shaw
American musician
84
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
85
Billy Butler
American musician
86
Bill Hardman
American musician
