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Laurindo Almeida

Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer

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Bruce Clarke

Australian musician

2

Ryo Kawasaki

Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020)

3

Gil Evans

American pianist

4

Sky

British/Australian instrumental group

5

Andrés Segovia Torres

Spanish classical guitarist

6

John McLaughlin

English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra

7

Jack Cooper

American composer, arranger, orchestrator, multireedist, and music educator.

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Markus Reuter

German musician

9

Gábor Szabó

Hungarian musician

10

Eddie Lang

American jazz guitarist

11

George Van Eps

musician

12

Lennie Niehaus

American saxophonist and composer (1929-2020)

13

Irving Mills

American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter

14

Steve Masakowski

musical artist

15

Alan Parsons

audio engineer, musician, and record producer from England

16

Chet Atkins

American guitarist and record producer

17

Claus Ogerman

German composer

18

Gerald Wilson

American trumpetist (1918-2014)

19

George Barnes

American musician

20

Jim Hall

American jazz guitarist, composer

21

Marty Paich

American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)

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Stéphane Grappelli

French jazz violinist

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Eddie Kramer

audio engineer and producer

24

Al Di Meola

American guitarist

25

Eberhard Weber

German musician

26

Mundell Lowe

American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)

27

Billy Childs

American jazz pianist

28

Jay Graydon

American musician songwriter, recording artist, guitarist, singer, producer, arranger, and record engineer

29

Ernest Ranglin

Jamaican guitarist and composer

30

Frank Foster

American jazz musician and bandleader

31

Trevor Rabin

South African-born musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and film score composer

32

Peter Sprague

American musician

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Sérgio Assad

Brazilian composer, guitarist

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Tony Visconti

American record producer, musician and singer

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Bill Holman

American composer, arranger, and conductor

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Astor Piazzolla

Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger

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Salvatore Camarata

American composer, arranger, trumpeter, and record producer

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Dixie Dregs

American band

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Jim Messina

American musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer and record producer

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Sam Brown

American jazz guitarist

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Steve Rochinski

American musician

42

Unitopia

band

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Howard Roberts

American guitarist

44

David Chesky

American composer

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Michael Colina

American composer