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Alphonso Johnson
American musician
1
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
2
Organ trio
trio including a Hammond organ
3
Stafford James
American musician
4
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
5
George Adams
musician
6
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
7
Dave Holland
British musician
8
Charles Davis
American musician
9
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
10
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
11
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
12
Franco Manzecchi
Italian drummer
13
Tony Kinsey
British musician
14
Jasper van 't Hof
Dutch musician
15
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
16
Johnny Hates Jazz
British band
17
Christian McBride
American musician
18
Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
19
Theo Jörgensmann
German musician
20
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
21
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
22
Barre Phillips
American bassist
23
Harmen Fraanje
jazz musician
24
Weather Report
American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s
25
Jack Bruce
Scottish musician, bassist of Cream
26
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Conga player
27
Charles "Bobo" Shaw
American musician
28
Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
29
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
30
Jymie Merritt
American bassist
31
Christian Wallumrød
jazz musician
32
Henri Chaix
Swiss pianist (1925-1999)
33
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
34
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
35
Ed Schuller
American musician
36
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
37
Barry Guy
British musician
38
Walter Page
American jazz musician
39
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
40
Vernon Alley
American jazz bassist
41
Jonas Hellborg
Swedish musician
42
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
43
Ellery Eskelin
musician
44
Mungo Jerry
band
45
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
46
Yves Robert
French trombonist
47
Band of Susans
band
48
Ronnie Ross
Jazz saxophonist
49
Jean-Marc Padovani
French saxophonist
50
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
51
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
52
Robbie France
British musician
