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Jerome Richardson

American jazz multi-instrumentalist

1

George Duvivier

American musician

2

Frank Wess

American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger

3

Buster Cooper

American trombonist

4

Jimmy Cleveland

American jazz trombonist

5

Wendell Marshall

American jazz musician; double bassist

6

Quentin Jackson

American musician

7

Thad Jones

American jazz trumpeter

8

Jimmy Hamilton

American jazz musician

9

Ben Tucker

American double-bassist

10

Jack McDuff

American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader

11

Phil Woods

American saxophonist

12

Louis Hayes

American drummer

13

Joe Benjamin

American musician

14

Dave Bailey

American drummer

15

Charlie Persip

American jazz drummer

16

Cat Anderson

American jazz trumpeter

17

Joe Newman

American musician

18

Charlie Rouse

American musician

19

Kenny Dorham

American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer

20

Bob Brookmeyer

American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer

21

Sam Jones

American double bassist and cellist

22

Urbie Green

American jazz trombonist

23

Zoot Sims

American jazz saxophonist

24

Clark Terry

American swing and bebop musician

25

Milt Jackson

American musician

26

Philly Joe Jones

American jazz drummer

27

Don Butterfield

American musician

28

Billy Mitchell

American jazz tenor saxophonist

29

Jimmy Raney

American musician

30

Lawrence Brown

jazz trombonist

31

Al Cohn

American saxophonist

32

Art Taylor

American jazz drummer

33

Willie Bobo

American musician

34

Jimmy Witherspoon

American jump blues singer

35

Mel Lewis

American musician

36

Pierre Michelot

French jazz double bassist

37

Johnny Coles

American trumpeter

38

Ray Nance

American musician

39

Percy Heath

American musician

40

Richard Wyands

hard bop pianist

41

Eddie Bert

American musician

42

Major Holley

American jazz upright bassist

43

Stanley Turrentine

American musician

44

Ed Thigpen

American jazz drummer

45

Osie Johnson

American jazz drummer, arranger and singer

46

Billy Butler

American musician

47

Sam Woodyard

American jazz drummer

48

Henry Coker

American musician

49

Shadow Wilson

American jazz drummer (1919-1959)

50

Frank Foster

American jazz musician and bandleader

51

Julius Watkins

American jazz musician

52

Dannie Richmond

American drummer

53

Connie Kay

American musician

54

Ray Barretto

Puerto Rican jazz musician

55

Russell Procope

American musician

56

Leo Wright

American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist

57

Bobby Donaldson

American musician

58

Oliver Jackson

American drummer

59

Jimmy Cobb

American jazz drummer

60

Billy Higgins

American jazz drummer

61

Roy Haynes

American jazz drummer and group leader

62

Cecil Payne

American jazz saxophonist

63

Barry Galbraith

American guitarist

64

George Coleman

American musician

65

Britt Woodman

American jazz trombonist

66

Cedar Walton

American hard bop jazz pianist

67

Jimmy Garrison

American double bassist

68

Jimmie Smith

American jazz drummer

69

Joe Wilder

American trumpeter

70

Snooky Young

American musician

71

Jack Nimitz

American saxophonist

72

Bob Cranshaw

American musician

73

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

American saxophonist

74

Bennie Green

American musician

75

Mundell Lowe

American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)

76

Shirley Scott

American jazz organist and recording artist

77

Donald Byrd

American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist

78

Harold Vick

American musician

79

Jimmy Smith

American jazz musician

80

James Buffington

American musician

81

Monty Budwig

American double bassist