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Beaver Harris
American musician
1
Bobby Bryant
American trumpeter
2
Archie Shepp
American jazz musician
3
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
4
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
5
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
6
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
7
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
8
Bob Thiele
American record producer, music executive (1922-1996)
9
Monty Waters
American jazz musician
10
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
11
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
12
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
13
Milt Jackson
American musician
14
Cal Massey
American musician
15
Russ Titelman
American record producer
16
Albert Dailey
American musician
17
Hod OBrien
American musician
18
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
19
Hadley Caliman
American saxophonist
20
T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
21
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
22
Bob Bushnell
musician
23
Rashied Ali
American jazz musician
24
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
25
Kiane Zawadi
American jazz musician
26
Richard Holmes
American organist
27
Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
28
Bobby Few
American musician
29
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
30
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
31
Reuben Wilson
American jazz musician
32
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
33
Connie Kay
American musician
34
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
35
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
36
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
37
Harold Land
American musician
38
Panama Francis
American musician
39
Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
40
Charles Greenlee
American musician
41
Walter Norris
American pianist
42
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
American musician
43
Paul Humphrey
American musician
44
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
45
Ronnie Cuber
American musician
46
Howard Johnson
American musician
47
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
48
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
49
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
50
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
51
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
52
Curtis Amy
American musician
53
Clifford Thornton
American musician
54
Byard Lancaster
American saxophonist
55
Joe Sample
American pianist
56
Roy Milton
American R&B and jump blues singer, drummer and bandleader
57
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
58
Stix Hooper
American musician
59
Cecil McBee
American bassist
60
Louis Hayes
American drummer
61
Snooky Young
American musician
62
Dennis Budimir
American musician
63
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
64
Perry Robinson
American musician
65
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
66
Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
67
Don Byas
American musician
68
Dave Frishberg
American musician
69
Les DeMerle
American musician
70
Leon Thomas
American singer
71
Alan Shorter
American musician
72
Dave Burrell
American musician
73
Don Randi
American pianist
74
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
75
Lou Rawls
American record producer
76
Emil Richards
American musician
77
Linda Hopkins
African American actress and blues and gospel singer
78
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
79
Eric Reed
American musician
80
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
81
Alan Rubin
Jazz trumpeter, Blues Brothers member
82
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
83
Joe Cabot
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and musical director
84
Claude Williams
American musician
85
Will Lee
American bass guitarist
86
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
87
Charles Kynard
American musician
