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Dave Burns
American musician, trumpeter and music educator
1
Rudy Collins
American musician
2
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
3
Mel Lewis
American musician
4
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
5
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
6
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
7
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
8
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
9
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
10
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
11
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
12
Joe Newman
American musician
13
Al Grey
American jazz musician
14
Johnny Griffin
American musician
15
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
16
Milt Jackson
American musician
17
J. C. Heard
American musician
18
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
19
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
20
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
21
A. K. Salim
American musician
22
Eddie Jefferson
American singer
23
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
24
Percy Heath
American musician
25
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
26
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
27
James Buffington
American musician
28
Don Butterfield
American musician
29
Budd Johnson
American musician
30
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
31
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
32
Billy Butler
American musician
33
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
34
Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist
35
Ernie Henry
American musician
36
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
37
Roberta Gambarini
Italian singer
38
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
39
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
40
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
41
Conte Candoli
American musician
42
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
43
King Pleasure
American singer
44
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
45
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
46
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
47
Eddie Daniels
American musician
48
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
49
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
50
Nat Peck
American musician
51
Åke Persson
Swedish musician
52
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
53
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
54
Matthew Gee
American musician
55
Nick Travis
American jazz musician
56
Benny Bailey
American musician
57
Willie Cook
American musician
58
Arne Domnérus
Swedish musician
59
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
60
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
61
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
62
Albert Dailey
American musician
63
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
64
James Morrison
Australian jazz musician
65
Sharel Cassity
American musician
66
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
67
Gabe Baltazar
American musician
68
Charlie Rouse
American musician
69
Red Rodney
American musician
