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George Coleman
American musician
1
George Duvivier
American musician
2
Walter Davis
American pianist
3
Jimmy Raney
American musician
4
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
5
Teddy Charles
American musician
6
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
7
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
8
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
9
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
10
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
11
Billy Butler
American musician
12
Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
13
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
14
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
15
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
16
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
17
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
18
Nat Pierce
American musician
19
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
20
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
21
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
22
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
23
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
24
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
25
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
26
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
27
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
28
Percy Heath
American musician
29
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
30
Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
31
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
32
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
33
Louis Hayes
American drummer
34
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
35
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
36
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
37
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
38
Addison Farmer
American musician
39
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
40
Pete Jolly
American musician
41
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
42
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
43
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
44
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
45
Stu Williamson
American trumpeter
46
Monk Montgomery
American jazz bassist
47
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
48
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
49
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
50
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
51
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
52
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
53
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
54
Eugene Wright
American jazz musician
55
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
56
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
57
Don Lamond
American musician
58
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
59
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
60
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
61
Benny Bailey
American musician
62
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
63
George Tucker
American musician
64
Paul Horn
American flautist in jazz and New Age music
65
Gene Quill
American musician
66
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
67
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
68
Gil Evans
American pianist
69
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
70
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
71
Bennie Green
American musician
72
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
73
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
74
Bobby Jaspar
cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer
75
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
76
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
77
Johnny Griffin
American musician
78
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
79
Art Davis
American double-bassist
80
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
81
Eric Dixon
American jazz musician
82
A. K. Salim
American musician
83
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
84
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
85
Joe Benjamin
American musician
86
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
87
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
88
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
89
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
90
Johnny Letman
American musician
91
Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
92
Shad Collins
American musician
93
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
94
Lennie Niehaus
American saxophonist and composer (1929-2020)
95
Lem Winchester
American recording artist, vibraphonist, jazz musician, police officer
