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Richard Holmes
American organist
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Melvin Sparks
American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist
2
Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
3
Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
4
Houston Person
American saxophonist
5
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
6
Charles Earland
jazz musician
7
Harold Vick
American musician
8
Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
9
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
10
Idris Muhammad
American drummer
11
Bill Hardman
American musician
12
Thornel Schwartz
American jazz guitarist
13
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
14
Eddie Gladden
American musician
15
Bill Easley
American musician
16
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
17
Larry Young
American jazz musician
18
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
19
Eddie Daniels
American musician
20
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
21
Bob deVos
American musician
22
Burt Collins
American trumpeter and musician
23
Barry Rogers
American musician
24
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
26
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
27
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
28
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
29
Rodney Jones
American jazz guitarist and bassist, born 30 August 1956 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
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Joe Beck
American musician
31
George Coleman
American musician
32
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
33
Seldon Powell
American musician
34
Sonny Lester
American record producer
35
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
36
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
37
Alan Rubin
Jazz trumpeter, Blues Brothers member
38
Eddie Bert
American musician
39
Pat Rebillot
American musician
40
Jack Wilkins
American musician
41
Bobby Broom
American musician
42
Harvey Mason
American drummer
43
O'Donel Levy
American jazz guitarist (1945-2016)
44
Kenny Washington
American musician
45
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
46
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
47
Cecil Brooks III
American musician
48
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
49
Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones
jazz musician
50
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
51
George Freeman
American musician
52
Ray Mantilla
American jazz drummer
53
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
54
Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist
55
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
56
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
57
Claudio Roditi
Brazilian musician
58
Jay Berliner
American musician
59
James Spaulding
American saxophonist
60
Horace Ott
American musician
61
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
62
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
63
Johnny Lytle
American jazz musician
64
Eric Gale
American musician
65
Louis Hayes
American drummer
66
Ben Riley
American drummer
67
Bobby Durham
American musician
68
Paul Humphrey
American musician
69
Mel Lewis
American musician
70
Roger Humphries
American musician
71
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
72
Gábor Szabó
Hungarian musician
73
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
74
Billy Butler
American musician
75
Herbie Lewis
American musician
76
Freddie Waits
American musician
77
Roland Hanna
American pianist
78
Gene Ludwig
American musician
79
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
80
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
81
Billy Harper
American musician
82
Eddie Henderson
American musician
83
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
84
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
85
Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
