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Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
2
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
3
George Duvivier
American musician
4
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
5
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
6
Gildo Mahones
American pianist
7
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
8
Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist
9
Budd Johnson
American musician
10
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
11
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
12
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
13
Larry Gales
American musician
14
Larry Young
American jazz musician
15
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
16
Billy Butler
American musician
17
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
18
Ben Riley
American drummer
19
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
20
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
21
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
22
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
23
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
24
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
25
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
26
Harold Vick
American musician
27
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
28
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
29
Percy Heath
American musician
30
Milt Jackson
American musician
31
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
32
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
33
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
34
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
35
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
36
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
37
Monty Budwig
American double bassist
38
Buddy Tate
American musician
39
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
40
Mel Lewis
American musician
41
Johnny Griffin
American musician
42
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
43
George Tucker
American musician
44
Les Spann
American guitarist
45
Joe Newman
American musician
46
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
47
Dennis Budimir
American musician
48
Jake Hanna
American drummer
49
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
50
Oliver Jackson
American drummer
51
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
52
Russell Procope
American musician
53
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
54
Remo Palmier
American jazz guitarist
55
J. C. Heard
American musician
56
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
57
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
58
Albert Dailey
American musician
59
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
60
Bobby Durham
American musician
61
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
62
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
63
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
64
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
65
Benny Bailey
American musician
66
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
67
Martin Drew
British musician
68
Hugh Lawson
American pianist
69
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
70
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
71
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
72
Buck Clarke
American jazz percussionist
73
Albert Heath
American drummer
74
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
75
Dolo Coker
American musician
76
Shad Collins
American musician
77
A. K. Salim
American musician
78
Jackie Mills
79
James Moody
American jazz musician
80
Arnold Ross
American musician and pianist
81
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
82
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
83
George Coleman
American musician
