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Albert Heath
American drummer
1
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
2
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
3
Percy Heath
American musician
4
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
5
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
6
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
7
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
8
Milt Jackson
American musician
9
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
10
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
11
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
12
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
13
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
14
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
15
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
16
Quentin Jackson
American musician
17
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
18
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
19
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
20
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
21
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
22
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
23
Larry Young
American jazz musician
24
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
25
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
26
James Buffington
American musician
27
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
28
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
29
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
30
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
31
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
32
Tate Houston
American saxophonist
33
Johnny Griffin
American musician
34
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
35
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
36
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
37
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
38
Bernie Glow
American musician
39
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
40
Don Butterfield
American musician
41
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
42
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
43
James Moody
American jazz musician
44
Dave Bailey
American drummer
45
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
46
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
47
Connie Kay
American musician
48
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
49
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
50
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
51
Frank Rehak
American musician
52
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
53
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
54
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
55
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
56
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
57
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
58
Butch Warren
American musician
59
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
60
Louis Hayes
American drummer
61
Budd Johnson
American musician
62
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
63
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
64
Snooky Young
American musician
65
Paul Chambers
American musician
66
Bob Northern
American jazz musician
67
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
68
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
69
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
70
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
71
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
72
Ray Copeland
American musician
73
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
74
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
75
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
76
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
77
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
78
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
79
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
80
Don Sleet
American musician
