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Red Rodney
American musician
1
Victor Sproles
American musician
2
Wilbur Ware
American musician
3
Johnny Griffin
American musician
4
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
5
Woody Shaw
American musician
6
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
7
Wallace Roney
American musician
8
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
9
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
10
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
11
Gary Bartz
American musician
12
Malachi Thompson
American musician
13
Frank Catalano
American musician
14
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
15
Roberto Magris
Italian pianist
16
Jodie Christian
Jazz pianist
17
Albert Dailey
American musician
18
Clifford Brown
American jazz musician
19
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
20
Bill Hardman
American musician
21
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
22
Mark Egan
American jazz musician
23
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
24
Brian Lynch
American musician
25
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
26
Melton Mustafa
American musician
27
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
28
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
29
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
30
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
31
Art Pepper
American musician
32
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
33
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
34
Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
35
Cameron Brown
American musician
36
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
37
Carlos Garnett
American musician
38
Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
39
Dana Hall
Jazz drummer
40
John Stubblefield
American musician
41
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
42
Lee Morgan
American trumpeter
43
Billy Harper
American musician
44
Bobby Broom
American musician
45
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
46
Lou Donaldson
American saxophonist
47
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
48
Charlie Rouse
American musician
49
Brad Goode
American musician
50
Ben Riley
American drummer
51
Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
52
Arnett Cobb
American jazz tenor saxophonist
53
Richie Cole
American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger
54
Joe Puma
American musician
55
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
