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Jimmie Smith

American jazz drummer

1

Bob Cranshaw

American musician

2

Jack McDuff

American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader

3

George Tucker

American musician

4

Kenny Burrell

American jazz guitarist

5

Harold Vick

American musician

6

George Duvivier

American musician

7

George Coleman

American musician

8

Richard Holmes

American organist

9

Shirley Scott

American jazz organist and recording artist

10

Ray Barretto

Puerto Rican jazz musician

11

Peck Morrison

American musician

12

Thornel Schwartz

American jazz guitarist

13

Mickey Roker

American jazz drummer

14

Donald Byrd

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

15

Terumasa Hino

Japanese jazz trumpet player

16

Roy Haynes

American jazz drummer and group leader

17

Seldon Powell

American musician

18

Art Taylor

American jazz drummer

19

James Moody

American jazz musician

20

Leo Wright

American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist

21

Dave Bailey

American drummer

22

Stanley Turrentine

American musician

23

Houston Person

American saxophonist

24

Cedar Walton

American hard bop jazz pianist

25

Red Holloway

American jazz tenor saxophonist

26

Billy Higgins

American jazz drummer

27

Albert Heath

American drummer

28

Jimmy Forrest

African American jazz musician

29

Jimmy Cleveland

American jazz trombonist

30

Herbie Lovelle

American musician and actor (1924-2009)

31

Woody Shaw

American musician

32

Gildo Mahones

American pianist

33

Bob Bushnell

musician

34

Booker Ervin

American saxophonist

35

Barry Harris

American bebop jazz pianist

36

Jimmy Garrison

American double bassist

37

Jerome Richardson

American jazz multi-instrumentalist

38

Ben Tucker

American double-bassist

39

Marvin Stamm

American trumpeter

40

Don Patterson

American jazz organist

41

Richard Williams

American jazz trumpeter

42

Al Grey

American jazz musician

43

Charlie Rouse

American musician

44

Junior Cook

American saxophonist

45

Charlie Persip

American jazz drummer

46

Ronnie Mathews

American musician

47

Tony Williams

American jazz drummer

48

Reggie Workman

American double-bassist

49

Barry Rogers

American musician

50

Jimmy Cobb

American jazz drummer

51

Roy Ayers

American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer

52

Sam Jones

American double bassist and cellist

53

Curtis Fuller

American jazz musician

54

Bernard Purdie

American drummer

55

Jimmy Smith

American jazz musician

56

Larry Ridley

American musician

57

Wendell Marshall

American jazz musician; double bassist

58

Clark Terry

American swing and bebop musician

59

Grant Green

American jazz guitarist and composer

60

Teddy Kotick

American musician

61

Billy Butler

American musician

62

Beaver Harris

American musician

63

Dexter Gordon

American jazz tenor saxophonist

64

Johnny Griffin

American musician

65

Buddy Terry

American musician

66

Joe Beck

American musician

67

Hugh Lawson

American pianist

68

Urbie Green

American jazz trombonist

69

Joe Sample

American pianist

70

Benny Bailey

American musician

71

Jon Faddis

Jazz trumpet player

72

Freddie Roach

American organist

73

Teddy Edwards

American jazz tenor saxophonist

74

Roland Hanna

American pianist

75

Eddie Gomez

Puerto Rican bassist

76

John Patton

American organist

77

Calvin Newborn

American guitarist

78

Ernie Royal

American jazz trumpeter

79

Eddie Gladden

American musician

80

Phil Woods

American saxophonist

81

Walter Perkins

American drummer

82

Jimmy Witherspoon

American jump blues singer

83

Andy Bey

American musician

84

Oliver Jackson

American drummer

85

Harvey Mason

American drummer