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Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
2
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
3
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
4
Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist
5
Harold Vick
American musician
6
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
7
Eddie Chamblee
American saxophonist
8
Jodie Christian
Jazz pianist
9
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
10
George Coleman
American musician
11
Armando Peraza
Cuban percussionist
12
Benny Bailey
American musician
13
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
14
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
15
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
16
Etta Jones
American jazz singer
17
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
18
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
19
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
20
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
21
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
22
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
23
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
24
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
25
Norman Simmons
pianist and arranger
26
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
27
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
28
Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
29
Lem Winchester
American recording artist, vibraphonist, jazz musician, police officer
30
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
31
Louis Hayes
American drummer
32
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
33
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
34
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
35
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
36
Percy Heath
American musician
37
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
38
Larry Young
American jazz musician
39
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
40
Harold Mabern
American pianist
41
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
42
Art Davis
American double-bassist
43
Walter Perkins
American drummer
44
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
45
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
46
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
47
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
48
Hugh Lawson
American pianist
49
George Tucker
American musician
50
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
51
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
52
Houston Person
American saxophonist
53
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
54
Ben Riley
American drummer
55
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
56
Rudy Collins
American musician
57
J. C. Heard
American musician
58
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
59
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
60
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
61
Joe Newman
American musician
62
Roy Brooks
American drummer
63
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
64
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
65
Chico Hamilton
American musician
66
Eddie Harris
American jazz musician, saxophonist
67
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
68
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
69
Eugene Wright
American jazz musician
70
T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
71
Bennie Green
American musician
72
Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
73
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
74
Charlie Rouse
American musician
75
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
76
Kurt Elling
American jazz singer and songwriter
77
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
78
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
79
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
80
Walter Davis
American pianist
81
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
82
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
83
Buster Bailey
American musician
84
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
