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Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
1
Phineas Newborn Jr.
American pianist
2
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
3
Ricky Ford
American jazz tenor saxophonist
4
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
American musician
5
Roland Alexander
musician
6
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
7
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
8
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
9
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
10
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
11
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
12
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
13
Harold Mabern
American pianist
14
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
15
Ray Nance
American musician
16
George Adams
musician
17
Marty Ehrlich
American musician
18
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
19
Warren Smith
American musician
20
Makanda Ken McIntyre
American jazz musician and composer
21
D. D. Jackson
Canadian musician
22
Chu Berry
American musician
23
Ran Blake
American musician
24
Don Byas
American musician
25
Walter Perkins
American drummer
26
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
27
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
28
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
29
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
30
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
31
Cooper-Moore
American musician
32
Howard Riley
British musician
33
Hal Galper
American pianist
34
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
35
Paul Chambers
American musician
36
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
37
Fred Hersch
American musician
38
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
39
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
40
Tom Varner
American musician
41
Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist
42
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
