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Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
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Jesse Stone
American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
2
Bob Gaddy
American East Coast blues and rhythm and blues pianist, singer and songwriter
3
Jerry Jemmott
American musician
4
Joe Newman
American musician
5
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
6
Mickey Baker
American jazz and rock guitarist
7
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
8
Everett Barksdale
American jazz guitarist
9
Max Bennett
Jazz bassist
10
The Cues
American R&B vocal group; studio vocal group at Atlantic Studios
11
Plas Johnson
American musician
12
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
13
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
14
Manny Albam
musician and composer
15
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
16
Budd Johnson
American musician
17
Milt Jackson
American musician
18
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
19
Eddie Bert
American musician
20
Roland Hanna
American pianist
21
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
22
Billy Butler
American musician
23
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
24
René Hall
American musician, performer, and music arranger
25
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
26
Onzy Matthews
American jazz musician (1930-1997)
27
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
28
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
29
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
30
Percy Heath
American musician
31
Jay Migliori
American saxophonist
32
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
33
Lucky Millinder
American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader
34
Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
35
Tom Malone
American musician
36
Stick McGhee
African-American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
37
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
38
Lew Soloff
American musician
39
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
40
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
41
Nick Travis
American jazz musician
42
Tom Scott
American jazz musician
43
Mel Lewis
American musician
44
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
45
Lefty Bates
American Chicago blues guitarist
46
Willie Bobo
American musician
47
Snooky Young
American musician
48
Horace Ott
American musician
49
Dennis Budimir
American musician
50
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
51
Jim Keltner
American session drummer
52
Connie Kay
American musician
53
Larry Bunker
American musician
54
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
55
René Thomas
Belgian musician
56
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
57
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
58
Little Johnny Jones
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
59
T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
60
Harold Vick
American musician
61
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
62
Otis Blackwell
American songwriter, singer, and pianist
63
Buzz Feiten
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, session musician, and luthier
64
Steve Jordan
American musician
65
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
66
John Mayall
English blues musician
67
Paul Humphrey
American musician
68
Howard Johnson
American musician
69
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
70
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
71
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
72
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
73
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
74
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
75
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
76
Thom Bell
Jamaican-born American singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer
77
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
78
Dick Katz
American musician
