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Brandee Younger
American Harpist
1
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
2
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
3
Dewey Johnson
American jazzman
4
Gene Ess
American musician
5
Rashied Ali
American jazz musician
6
Aaron Parks
American musician
7
Muhammad Ali
free jazz drummer
8
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
9
Roseanna Vitro
Jazz singer
10
Gary Bartz
American musician
11
Leon Thomas
American singer
12
Taru Alexander
American drummer
13
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
14
Billy Harper
American musician
15
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
16
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
17
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
18
Jeremy Pelt
American jazz trumpeter
19
Archie Shepp
American jazz musician
20
Carlos Ward
American musician
21
Igor Lumpert
composer
22
Mike Moreno
A prominent contemporary jazz guitarist and educator from texas.
23
Nir Felder
American musician
24
David Weiss
American jazz trumpeter, songwriter
25
Terrace Martin
American musician, rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
26
Barney McAll
American musician
27
Ingrid Jensen
Canadian jazz trumpet player
28
Alice Coltrane
American jazz musician
29
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
30
Frank Wright
American jazz musician
31
Eric Harland
American musician
32
Karrin Allyson
American jazz vocalist
33
Geri Allen
American composer and jazz pianist
34
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
35
Vic Juris
American jazz guitarist
36
Donald Ayler
American musician
37
Tia Fuller
American musician
38
Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
39
Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer
40
Michael Blake
Canadian saxophonist
41
John Medeski
American jazz keyboards player and composer
42
Donald Garrett
American musician and clarinetist
43
Charnett Moffett
American musician
44
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
45
Christian McBride
American musician
46
Reggie Lucas
American musician
47
Barbara Thompson
English jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer
48
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
49
Chris Potter
American musician
50
Albert Ayler
American jazz saxophonist
51
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
52
Omer Avital
Israeli musician
53
YolanDa Brown
British musician
54
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
55
Cindy Blackman
American musician
56
Frank Lowe
American jazz saxophonist
57
Ellery Eskelin
musician
58
Hamid Drake
American musician
59
Gilad Hekselman
Israeli-born jazz guitarist
