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Jeff Ballard

American drummer

1

Pat Metheny

American jazz musician

2

Brian Blade

American jazz musician

3

Mark Turner

American saxophonist and composer

4

Chris Potter

American musician

5

Kurt Rosenwinkel

American jazz guitarist and keyboardist

6

Jorge Rossy

Spanish jazz musician

7

Scott Colley

American musician

8

Brad Mehldau

American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger

9

Joshua Redman

American jazz saxophonist and composer

10

Kevin Hays

American musician

11

Steve Rodby

American jazz musician

12

Reuben Rogers

American musician

13

Eric Harland

American musician

14

Chris Cheek

American musician

15

Peter Bernstein

American musician

16

Sam Yahel

American jazz musician

17

Thomas Morgan

American musician

18

Ethan Iverson

American pianist

19

Jeff "Tain" Watts

American musician

20

Dave Holland

British musician

21

Paul Motian

American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer

22

Gary Smulyan

Jazz baritone saxophonist

23

Steve Swallow

jazz bassist and composer

24

Aaron Parks

American musician

25

Dave Bargeron

American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears

26

Dayna Stephens

American jazz saxophonist and composer

27

Conrad Herwig

American musician

28

Richard Bona

Cameroon-American jazz bassist and musician

29

George Mraz

Czech jazz bassist

30

Ralph Peterson, Jr.

American jazz drummer

31

Alex Sipiagin

Russian musician

32

Kiyoshi Kitagawa

Japanese-American jazz double-bassist

33

Wolfgang Muthspiel

Austrian musician

34

Marc Johnson

American jazz bass player, composer and band leader

35

Lyle Mays

American jazz musician

36

Billy Higgins

American jazz drummer

37

Eddie Gomez

Puerto Rican bassist

38

Gary Burton

American vibraphonist

39

Rufus Reid

American musician

40

Glen Moore

American musician

41

Kenny Garrett

American musician

42

Steve Nelson

American musician

43

Cyrus Chestnut

American musician

44

Steve Kuhn

American pianist

45

Adam Rogers

American musician

46

Josh Roseman

American musician

47

Mark Feldman

American violinist

48

Paul McCandless

American musician

49

John Medeski

American jazz keyboards player and composer

50

Antonio Sánchez

Mexican jazz drummer, composer

51

Naná Vasconcelos

Brazilian percussionist