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Shirley Horn
American singer
1
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
2
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
3
Steve Turre
American jazz trombonist
4
Russell Malone
jazz guitarist
5
Stuff Smith
American musician
6
Bill Henderson
jazz vocalist and actor (1926-2016)
7
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
8
Gary McFarland
American jazz musician
9
George Coleman
American musician
10
George Duvivier
American musician
11
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
12
Quentin Jackson
American musician
13
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
14
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
15
Snooky Young
American musician
16
Alan Broadbent
Jazz Pianist
17
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
18
Al Foster
American musician
19
Art Davis
American double-bassist
20
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
21
James Carter
American musician
22
Curtis Lundy
American musician
23
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
24
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
25
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
26
Johnny Mandel
American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz (1925-2020)
27
Lew Soloff
American musician
28
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
29
Gil Evans
American pianist
30
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
31
Mark Murphy
American singer
32
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
33
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
34
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
35
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
36
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
37
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
38
Chico Hamilton
American musician
39
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
40
Henry Grimes
American musician
41
Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
42
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
43
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
44
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
45
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
46
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
47
Sweet Inspirations
American R&B vocal group
48
Don Sebesky
American jazz musician
49
Kenny Rankin
American singer-songwriter
50
Roland Hanna
American pianist
51
Paul Horn
American flautist in jazz and New Age music
52
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
53
Buck Hill
American musician
54
Tyler Mitchell
American screenwriter
55
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
56
Mel Lewis
American musician
57
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
58
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
59
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
60
James Buffington
American musician
61
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
62
Cyrus Chestnut
American musician
63
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
64
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
65
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
66
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
67
Philip Bailey
American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor
68
Ryan Kisor
American musician
69
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
70
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
71
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
72
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
73
Alvin Stoller
American musician
74
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
75
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
76
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
77
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
78
Steve Williams
American jazz drummer, born 1956
79
Grace Kelly
Asian-American jazz musician
80
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
81
Marlena Shaw
American singer
82
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
83
Billy Butler
American musician
84
Kendra Shank
American musician
85
Sonny Clark
American musician
86
Bob Bushnell
musician
