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Freddie Hubbard
American musician
1
Lee Morgan
American trumpeter
2
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
3
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
4
Azar Lawrence
American musician
5
Laurdine "Pat" Patrick
American jazz musician
6
James Spaulding
American saxophonist
7
Lex Humphries
American drummer
8
Ronnie Boykins
American musician
9
Woody Shaw
American musician
10
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
11
Tina Brooks
American musician
12
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
13
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
14
Cecil McBee
American bassist
15
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
16
Louis Hayes
American drummer
17
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
18
Cal Massey
American musician
19
Javon Jackson
American musician
20
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
21
Art Davis
American double-bassist
22
Charles Davis
American musician
23
Marshall Allen
American saxophonist
24
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
25
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
26
Bob Northern
American jazz musician
27
Tyler Mitchell
American screenwriter
28
Gary Bartz
American musician
29
Luis Perdomo
American musician
30
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
31
Kiane Zawadi
American jazz musician
32
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
33
Dewey Johnson
American jazzman
34
Sonny Greenwich
Canadian jazz guitarist
35
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
36
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
37
Frank Lacy
American musician
38
Victor Sproles
American musician
39
Christian McBride
American musician
40
Sun Ra
American jazz composer and bandleader (1914-1993)
41
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
42
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
