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Emanuel Sayles
American musician
1
Placide Adams
American jazz musician
2
Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau
New Orleans jazz musician
3
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
4
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
5
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
6
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
7
George Lewis
American musician
8
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
9
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
10
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
11
Snooky Young
American musician
12
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
13
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
14
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
15
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
16
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
17
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
18
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
19
Dick Lammi
American musician
20
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
21
Joe Newman
American musician
22
Gil Evans
American pianist
23
Zutty Singleton
American jazz drummer
24
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
25
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
26
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
27
Bernie Glow
American musician
28
Bill Henderson
jazz vocalist and actor (1926-2016)
29
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
30
Eddie Bert
American musician
31
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
32
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
33
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
34
Budd Johnson
American musician
35
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
36
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
37
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
38
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
39
Jimmy Maxwell
American musician
40
Louis Hayes
American drummer
41
Turk Murphy
American musician
42
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
43
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
44
Wallace Davenport
American musician
45
Earl Palmer
American drummer
46
George Duvivier
American musician
47
George Roberts
American trombonist
48
Money Johnson
American musician
49
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
50
Stuff Smith
American musician
51
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
52
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
53
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
54
Milt Jackson
American musician
55
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
56
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
57
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
58
Buddy Collette
American musician
59
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
60
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
61
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
62
Nathan Davis
American hard bop jazz musician
63
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
64
Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
65
Sammy Rimington
British musician
66
Ray Nance
American musician
67
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
68
Cozy Cole
American musician
69
Dave Pell
American musician
70
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
71
Johnny Griffin
American musician
72
René Hall
American musician, performer, and music arranger
73
Charlie Rouse
American musician
74
Mel Lewis
American musician
