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Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
1
Bernie Glow
American musician
2
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
3
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
4
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
5
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
6
Joe Newman
American musician
7
Don Butterfield
American musician
8
Eddie Bert
American musician
9
Nick Travis
American jazz musician
10
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
11
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
12
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
13
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
14
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
15
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
16
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
17
Milt Jackson
American musician
18
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
19
Reunald Jones
American musician
20
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
21
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
22
Snooky Young
American musician
23
Percy Heath
American musician
24
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
25
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
26
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
27
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
28
Mel Lewis
American musician
29
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
30
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
31
James Buffington
American musician
32
Bill Barber
American musician
33
Frank Rehak
American musician
34
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
35
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
36
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
37
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
38
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
39
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
40
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
41
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
42
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
43
Bill Berry
American musician
44
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
45
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
46
George Duvivier
American musician
47
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
48
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
49
George Coleman
American musician
50
Seldon Powell
American musician
51
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
52
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
53
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
54
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
55
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
56
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
57
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
58
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
59
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
60
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
61
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
62
Albert Heath
American drummer
63
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
64
John Carisi
American trumpeter and composer
65
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
66
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
67
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
68
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
69
Budd Johnson
American musician
70
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
71
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
72
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
73
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
74
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
75
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
76
Quentin Jackson
American musician
77
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
78
Al Grey
American jazz musician
79
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
80
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
81
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
82
Nat Pierce
American musician
83
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
84
Art Davis
American double-bassist
85
Carl Fontana
American musician
86
Jimmy Knepper
American musician
87
Les Spann
American guitarist
88
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
