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Larry Carlton
American musician
1
Emil Richards
American musician
2
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
3
Don Menza
American saxophonist
4
Paul Humphrey
American musician
5
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
6
Wilton Felder
American musician
7
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
8
Dennis Budimir
American musician
9
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
10
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
11
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
12
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
13
Jay Migliori
American saxophonist
14
Plas Johnson
American musician
15
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
16
George Duvivier
American musician
17
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
18
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
19
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
20
Tom Malone
American musician
21
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
22
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
23
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
24
Tom Scott
American jazz musician
25
Bud Brisbois
American trumpeter (1937-1978)
26
James Gadson
American musician
27
Bill Summers
jazz musician
28
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
29
Jimmy Raney
American musician
30
Al Grey
American jazz musician
31
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
32
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
33
Al McKibbon
American musician
34
John Guerin
American drummer
35
George Roberts
American trombonist
36
David Hungate
American musician
37
Joe Newman
American musician
38
Joe Sample
American pianist
39
Nat Pierce
American musician
40
Larry Knechtel
American session musician
41
Eric Gale
American musician
42
Irving Ashby
American jazz guitarist
43
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
44
Mayuto Correa
Brazilian jazz musician
45
Chuck Domanico
American musician
46
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
47
Eddie Preston
American musician
48
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
49
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
50
Bobby Durham
American musician
51
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
52
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
53
Louis Hayes
American drummer
54
Max Bennett
Jazz bassist
55
Fred Tackett
American musician
56
Janice Robinson
57
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
58
Preston Love
American saxophonist
59
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
60
Snooky Young
American musician
61
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
62
Mel Lewis
American musician
63
Bobby Plater
American musician
64
James Buffington
American musician
65
Bennie Green
American musician
66
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
67
Eddie Bert
American musician
68
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
69
Charlie Mariano
American alto saxophonist
70
David T. Walker
American musician
71
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
72
Burt Collins
American trumpeter and musician
73
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
74
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
75
Harvey Mason
American drummer
76
Bill Berry
American musician
77
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
78
Billy Butler
American musician
79
Gene Cherico
American musician
80
Bill Mays
American pianist
81
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
82
Alan Rubin
Jazz trumpeter, Blues Brothers member
83
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
American musician
84
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
85
Tim Weisberg
American jazz/rock fusion flautist, composer, producer, and vocalist
86
Hampton Hawes
American jazz pianist
87
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
88
Fred Jackson, Jr.
American flautist
89
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
