0
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
1
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
2
Creed Taylor
American record producer
3
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
4
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
5
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
6
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
7
Lex Humphries
American drummer
8
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
9
Frank Rehak
American musician
10
Billy Eckstine
American musician
11
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
12
Milt Jackson
American musician
13
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
14
Aaron Bell
American musician
15
Art Davis
American double-bassist
16
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
17
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
18
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
19
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
20
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
21
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
22
Johnny Griffin
American musician
23
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
24
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
25
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
26
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
27
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
28
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
29
Sonny Burke
American musical arranger, composer, big band leader and producer (1914-1980)
30
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
31
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
32
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
33
James Moody
American jazz musician
34
Erroll Garner
American jazz pianist and composer
35
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
36
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
37
J. C. Heard
American musician
38
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
39
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
40
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
41
Bob Thiele
American record producer, music executive (1922-1996)
42
Al McKibbon
American musician
43
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
44
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
45
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
46
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
47
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
48
Alice Coltrane
American jazz musician
49
James Buffington
American musician
50
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
51
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
52
Lee Morgan
American trumpeter
53
Albert Ayler
American jazz saxophonist
54
Don Butterfield
American musician
55
Jackie Paris
American singer
56
Bob Northern
American jazz musician
57
Floyd Smith
American jazz guitarist
58
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
59
Willie Cook
American musician
60
Charlie Rouse
American musician
61
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
