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Joe Newman
American musician
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Joe Williams
American jazz singer
2
Snooky Young
American musician
3
Henry Coker
American musician
4
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
5
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
6
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
7
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
8
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
9
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
10
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
11
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
12
Marshal Royal
American musician
13
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
14
Al Grey
American jazz musician
15
Eddie Jones
American musician
16
George Duvivier
American musician
17
Arthur Prysock
American singer
18
Budd Johnson
American musician
19
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
20
Norman Simmons
pianist and arranger
21
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
22
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
23
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
24
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
25
Ike Isaacs
American jazz bassist
26
Gus Johnson
American musician
27
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
28
Sonny Cohn
American musician
29
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
30
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
31
Speedy Jones
American drummer
32
A. K. Salim
American musician
33
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
34
Eric Dixon
American jazz musician
35
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
36
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
38
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
39
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
40
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
41
Billy Eckstine
American musician
42
Art Davis
American double-bassist
43
Quentin Jackson
American musician
44
Milt Jackson
American musician
45
Gene Ramey
American musician
46
Bobby Plater
American musician
47
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
48
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
49
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
50
Willie Bobo
American musician
51
Bill Hughes
jazz musician
52
Wendell Culley
American jazz trumpeter
53
Don Sebesky
American jazz musician
54
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
55
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
56
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
57
Norman Granz
American jazz musician and producer
58
Benny Bailey
American musician
59
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
60
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
61
Grady Tate
American jazz musician
62
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
63
Jimmy Bond
American jazz bassist
64
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
65
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
66
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
67
Paul Smith
jazz pianist from the United States
68
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
69
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
70
Sal Nistico
American musician
71
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
72
Nat Pierce
American musician
73
Annie Ross
British-American actress, singer and vocalist
74
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
75
Eddie Preston
American musician
76
Bill Henderson
jazz vocalist and actor (1926-2016)
77
Bill Graham
American musician
78
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
79
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
80
Booty Wood
American jazz musician
81
Rodney Jones
American jazz guitarist and bassist, born 30 August 1956 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
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Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
83
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
American vocalese trio
84
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
