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Geoffrey Keezer
Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
1
Kevin Eubanks
Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
2
Bill Pierce
Bill Pierce
American musician
3
Donald Brown
Donald Brown
American musician
4
Tony Reedus
Tony Reedus
American musician
5
Kenny Werner
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
6
George Coleman
George Coleman
American musician
7
The Jazz Messengers
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
8
Bill Mobley
Bill Mobley
American musician
9
Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
10
Kenny Barron
Kenny Barron
American jazz pianist
11
Frank Lacy
Frank Lacy
American musician
12
Bill Easley
Bill Easley
American musician
13
Phineas Newborn Jr.
Phineas Newborn Jr.
American pianist
14
Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern
American pianist
15
Victor Lewis
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
16
Mulgrew Miller
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
17
Ray Drummond
Ray Drummond
American musician
18
Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
19
Ronnie Mathews
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
20
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
21
Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
22
Dave Burrell
Dave Burrell
American musician
23
Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid
American musician
24
Brian Blade
Brian Blade
American jazz musician
25
David Williams
David Williams
American jazz musician
26
Carl Allen
Carl Allen
American jazz drummer
27
Valery Ponomarev
Valery Ponomarev
American musician
28
Bobby Broom
Bobby Broom
American musician
29
Bobby Watson
Bobby Watson
composer
30
Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
31
Ray Brown
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
32
Donald Harrison
Donald Harrison
musician, composer, producer, instructor
33
James Blood Ulmer
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
34
Jay Leonhart
Jay Leonhart
American double bassist, singer, and songwriter
35
Albert Heath
Albert Heath
American drummer
36
Dayna Stephens
Dayna Stephens
American jazz saxophonist and composer
37
Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
38
Reggie Workman
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
39
Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
40
Donny McCaslin
Donny McCaslin
American musician
41
Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
42
Andrew Cyrille
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
43
Jeff "Tain" Watts
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
44
Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee
American bassist
45
Ryo Kawasaki
Ryo Kawasaki
Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020)
46
Don Pullen
Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist
47
Wallace Roney
Wallace Roney
American musician
48
Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
49
Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
50
Steve Davis
Steve Davis
American musician
51
George Adams
George Adams
musician
52
Kenny Kirkland
Kenny Kirkland
American musician
53
Chris Potter
Chris Potter
American musician
54
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
55
Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
56
Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
57
Billy Harper
Billy Harper
American musician
58
Robin Eubanks
Robin Eubanks
American musician
59
Eddie Henderson
Eddie Henderson
American musician
60
Reggie Johnson
Reggie Johnson
American musician
61
Dennis Irwin
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
62
Hal Galper
Hal Galper
American pianist
63
Eric Harland
Eric Harland
American musician
64
Javon Jackson
Javon Jackson
American musician
65
Terri Lyne Carrington
Terri Lyne Carrington
American jazz drummer, composer, record producer and entrepreneur
66
Kenny Garrett
Kenny Garrett
American musician
67
Johnny O'Neal
Johnny O'Neal
American musician
68
Larry Grenadier
Larry Grenadier
American bassist
69
Roy Hargrove
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
70
Jean Toussaint
Jean Toussaint
jazz musician
71
Jamil Nasser
Jamil Nasser
American bassist
72
Avery Sharpe
Avery Sharpe
American musician
73
Fred Hersch
Fred Hersch
American musician
74
Eric Alexander
Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
75
Charles Fambrough
Charles Fambrough
Jazz bassist, composer and producer
76
Gerald Clayton
Gerald Clayton
American musician
77
Ray Santisi
Ray Santisi
Pianist, composer, arranger, college professor, recording artist
James Williams
American jazz pianist

James Williams

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American jazz pianist
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James Williams (March 8, 1951 – July 20, 2004) was an American jazz pianist.

James Williams w/Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers at Keystone Korner San Francisco 1980