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Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
1
Don Byas
American musician
2
Johnny Griffin
American musician
3
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
4
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
5
Willie Smith
American musician
6
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
7
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
8
Russell Procope
American musician
9
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
10
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
11
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
12
Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
American musician
13
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
14
Walter Davis
American pianist
15
Budd Johnson
American musician
16
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
17
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
18
Tim Ries
American jazz saxophonist
19
Machito
Latin jazz musician
20
J. C. Heard
American musician
21
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
22
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
23
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
24
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
25
George Wallington
American musician
26
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
27
Arnold Ross
American musician and pianist
28
Simon Spillett
British musician
29
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
30
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
31
Pete Brown
American musician
32
Junior Mance
American musician
33
Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr
musician
34
Conte Candoli
American musician
35
Arnett Cobb
American jazz tenor saxophonist
36
Allen Eager
American musician
37
Percy Heath
American musician
38
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
39
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
40
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
41
Tate Houston
American saxophonist
42
Jaki Byard
American musician
