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Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
1
Ray Mantilla
American jazz drummer
2
Eric Gale
American musician
3
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
4
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
5
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
6
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
7
David Friedman
American jazz percussionist
8
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
9
Dave Taylor
American musician
10
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
11
Don Sebesky
American jazz musician
12
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
13
Burt Collins
American trumpeter and musician
14
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
15
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
16
Anthony Jackson
American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter
17
John Tropea
American musician
18
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
19
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
20
Barry Rogers
American musician
21
James Buffington
American musician
22
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
23
Harvey Mason
American drummer
24
Idris Muhammad
American drummer
25
Alan Rubin
Jazz trumpeter, Blues Brothers member
26
David Matthews
American musician
27
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
28
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
29
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
30
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
31
Jay Berliner
American musician
32
Snooky Young
American musician
33
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
34
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
35
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
36
Dick Griffin
American musician
37
Roland Hanna
American pianist
38
Billy Cobham
American jazz drummer
39
Jeremy Steig
son of William Steig
40
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
41
Alfred Ellis
American saxophonist
42
George Duvivier
American musician
43
Al Grey
American jazz musician
44
Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist
45
Willie Bobo
American musician
46
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
47
Ralph MacDonald
Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist
48
Will Lee
American bass guitarist
49
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
50
Lonnie Liston Smith
American pianist
51
Lenny White
American drummer
52
Bill Watrous
American trombonist
53
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
54
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
55
Tal Farlow
American jazz guitarist
56
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
57
Bob Bushnell
musician
58
Larry Young
American jazz musician
59
Joe Newman
American musician
60
Billy Harper
American musician
61
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
62
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
63
Grover Washington, Jr.
American recording artist, jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist (1943-1999)
64
Harold Vick
American musician
65
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
66
Mike Mainieri
American vibraphonist
67
Fred Wesley
American jazz trombonist
68
Frank Vicari
American musician
69
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist
70
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
71
Milt Jackson
American musician
72
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
73
Dave Holland
British musician
74
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
75
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
76
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
77
Louis Hayes
American drummer
78
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
79
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
80
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
81
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
82
Åke Persson
Swedish musician
