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Charlie Byrd
American guitarist
1
João Gilberto
Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist
2
Luiz Bonfá
Brazilian musician
3
Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist
4
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist
5
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
6
Laurindo Almeida
Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer
7
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
8
Astrud Gilberto
Brazilian singer and songwriter
9
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
10
Chuck Loeb
American smooth jazz guitarist and musician (1955-2017)
11
Peter Sprague
American musician
12
Creed Taylor
American record producer
13
Baden Powell
Brazilian musician
14
Mike Metheny
American jazz flugelhornist
15
Gene Cherico
American musician
16
Jack Wilkins
American musician
17
David Chesky
American composer
18
Jack Marshall
American musician, conductor, composer (1921-1973)
19
Bill Frisell
American musician
20
Louis Stewart
Irish jazz guitarist
21
Bebel Gilberto
Brazilian-American singer
22
Michael Franks
American recording artist; singer and songwriter
23
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
24
Steve Rochinski
American musician
25
Al Di Meola
American guitarist
26
Mike Stern
American jazz guitarist
27
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
28
Claus Ogerman
German composer
29
Fareed Haque
American musician
30
Vic Juris
American jazz guitarist
31
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
32
Mark O'Connor
American fiddle player
33
Joe Beck
American musician
34
Béla Fleck
American banjo player
35
Clarice Assad
American musician and singer
36
Tom Verlaine
American singer, songwriter and guitarist
37
Oscar Castro-Neves
Brazilian guitarist, composer, arranger
38
Chiara Civello
Italian recording artist; singer
39
Peter Leitch
Canadian musician
40
Gretchen Parlato
American singer
41
Andreas Paolo Perger
Guitarist, Improviser, Composer
42
Rick Laird
Irish musician
43
Johnny Smith
American jazz guitarist
44
Sérgio Assad
Brazilian composer, guitarist
45
George Barnes
American musician
46
Gil Evans
American pianist
47
Dave Stryker
American musician
48
Gary Foster
Musician, Instrumentalist
49
Pepeu Gomes
Brazilian musician
50
John Stowell
American guitarist
51
Claude Williams
American musician
52
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
53
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
54
Marlui Miranda
Brazilian songwriter and ethnomusicologist
55
Andreas Öberg
Swedish guitarist
56
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
57
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
