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Bruce Arnold
American jazz guitarist
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Ed Schuller
American musician
2
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
3
Vic Juris
American jazz guitarist
4
George Garzone
American musician
5
Cameron Brown
American musician
6
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
7
Joe Lovano
American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist
8
Cindy Blackman
American musician
9
Mimi Fox
American musician
10
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
11
Eddie Henderson
American musician
12
Anthony Cox
American jazz bass player
13
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
14
David Friesen
American jazz bassist
15
Dick Oatts
American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator
16
Jeff Hirshfield
American musician
17
Tim Hagans
American musician
18
Cecil McBee
American bassist
19
Salvatore Bonafede
Italian pianist
20
Al Foster
American musician
21
Woody Shaw
American musician
22
Jim Pepper
Kaw-Muscogee Creek jazz musician
23
Charlie Rouse
American musician
24
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
25
Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
26
Jeanne Lee
American singer
27
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
28
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
29
Joe Puma
American musician
30
Wallace Roney
American musician
31
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
32
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
33
Roland Alexander
musician
34
Peter Ind
British jazz musician, painter and nonfiction writer
35
Bill Hardman
American musician
36
Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
37
Abbey Lincoln
American singer (1930-2010)
38
Yōsuke Yamashita
Japanese jazz pianist, composer, author (1942-)
39
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
40
Benny Bailey
American musician
41
Louis Hayes
American drummer
42
Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
43
Warren Vaché
American musician
44
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
45
George Duvivier
American musician
46
Linda May Han Oh
Malaysian-Australian jazz bassist and composer
47
Richard Holmes
American organist
48
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
49
Jacky Terrasson
jazz musician
50
Roxy Coss
American jazz saxophonist and composer
51
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
52
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
53
Ingrid Jensen
Canadian jazz trumpet player
54
Al Dreares
American jazz drummer
55
Johnny Dyani
South African jazz double bassist
56
Tommy Smith
Scottish saxophone player
57
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
58
Jimmy Ponder
American guitarist
59
Albert Heath
American drummer
60
Conrad Herwig
American musician
61
Eliane Elias
Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, arranger and songwriter
62
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
63
Joe Benjamin
American musician
64
Idris Muhammad
American drummer
65
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
66
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
67
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
68
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
69
Alfred Kramer
Swiss jazz musician
