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Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
1
Cyril Blake
Trinidad and Tobago musician
2
Jim Rotondi
American musician
3
Weather Report
American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s
4
Dave Holland
British musician
5
Faithless
British electronica band
6
Joe Newman
American musician
7
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
8
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
9
George Freeman
American musician
10
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
11
Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
12
Joe Pass
American musician
13
Joe Harriott
Jamaican jazz musician
14
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
15
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
16
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
17
Bill Evans
American jazz pianist
18
Allan Holdsworth
English guitarist and composer
19
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
20
Bunny Berigan
American musician
21
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
22
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
23
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
24
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
25
Charlie Byrd
American guitarist
26
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
27
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
28
Chick Webb
American musician
29
Joe Sample
American pianist
30
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
31
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
32
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
33
Harold Mabern
American pianist
34
Les DeMerle
American musician
35
Charles Davis
American musician
36
John Mayall
English blues musician
37
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
38
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
39
Wingy Manone
American musician
40
Joe Jackson
English musician and singer-songwriter
41
Freddy Grant
42
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
American band
43
Barry Finnerty
American musician
44
Marco Benevento
pianist, organist and composer
45
Alfredo Rodríguez
Cuban pianist from the 1960s to 2000s
46
Mary Osborne
American musician
47
Ken Vandermark
American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
48
Ray Bryant
American pianist
49
Jimmie Noone
American musician
50
Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
51
Joe Lovano
American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist
52
Christian McBride
American musician
53
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
54
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
55
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
56
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
57
Nicholas Payton
American musician
58
Return to Forever
American jazz fusion group led by Chick Corea
59
Bobby Durham
American musician
60
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
61
Arnett Cobb
American jazz tenor saxophonist
62
Joe Muranyi
American jazz clarinetist
63
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
64
Jack Bruce
Scottish musician, bassist of Cream
65
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
66
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
67
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
68
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
69
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
70
David Clayton-Thomas
British musician
71
Kenny Ball
English trumpeter, band leader, arranger
72
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
73
Jaki Byard
American musician
74
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
75
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
76
Stéphane Grappelli
French jazz violinist
77
Johnnie Bassett
American electric blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
78
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
79
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
80
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
81
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
82
Alvin Fielder
American drummer
83
King Kolax
American musician
84
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
85
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
86
Elvis Costello
English singer-songwriter
87
Ira Sullivan
American jazz musician
88
Joe Albany
American pianist
89
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
