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Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
1
Sam Brown
American jazz guitarist
2
Don Alias
American jazz percussionist
3
Richie Beirach
jazz pianist and composer
4
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
5
David Matthews
American musician
6
Sue Evans
American musician
7
Ray Mantilla
American jazz drummer
8
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
9
Eric Gale
American musician
10
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
American organist
11
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
12
Burt Collins
American trumpeter and musician
13
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
14
Joe Beck
American musician
15
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
16
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
17
Karl Ratzer
Austrian composer
18
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
19
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
20
Sam Most
American jazz flautist, clarinetist, and tenor saxophonist
21
Marty Morell
American musician
22
Anthony Jackson
American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter
23
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
24
Dave Taylor
American musician
25
Eddie Daniels
American musician
26
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
27
Michael Brecker
American musician
28
Barry Rogers
American musician
29
Roland Hanna
American pianist
30
Ben Riley
American drummer
31
James Buffington
American musician
32
Mike Nock
New Zealand born musician residing in Australia.
33
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
34
Hubert Laws
American flutist and saxophonist
35
Ralph MacDonald
Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist
36
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
37
Barry Miles
American musician
38
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
39
Don Sebesky
American jazz musician
40
Mike Mainieri
American vibraphonist
41
Ronnie Cuber
American musician
42
Ralph Towner
American musician
43
Tom Malone
American musician
44
Lew Soloff
American musician
45
Grover Washington, Jr.
American recording artist, jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist (1943-1999)
46
Warren Bernhardt
American pianist
47
Idris Muhammad
American drummer
48
Fred Wesley
American jazz trombonist
49
Harvey Mason
American drummer
50
David Friedman
American jazz percussionist
51
Orrin Keepnews
American record producer
52
Snooky Young
American musician
53
Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
54
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
55
Creed Taylor
American record producer
56
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
57
Alan Rubin
Jazz trumpeter, Blues Brothers member
58
Billy Cobham
American jazz drummer
59
Ronnie Foster
American organist and record producer
