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Aaron Diehl
American jazz pianist
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Cécile McLorin Salvant
American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots
2
Jon-Erik Kellso
American musician
3
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
4
Eric Reed
American musician
5
Delfeayo Marsalis
American trombonist
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Ted Nash
American musician
7
James Chirillo
Jazz guitar
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Rodney Whitaker
American jazz double bass player, educator
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Pedrito Martinez
musician
10
Snarky Puppy
American jazz rock band
11
Charnett Moffett
American musician
12
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Willie Jones, III
American drummer
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Herlin Riley
American musician
15
Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist
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Catherine Russell
singer
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Wycliffe Gordon
American musician
18
Christian McBride
American musician
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Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
20
Marcus Roberts
American musician
21
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
22
Jacky Terrasson
jazz musician
23
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
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Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
25
Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
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Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
27
Randy Waldman
American musician
28
George Benson
American recording artist, guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
30
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
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Bobby McFerrin
American jazz vocalist
32
Kenny Kirkland
American musician
33
Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
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Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Harry Connick Jr.
American singer, conductor, pianist, actor, and composer
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Melissa Aldana
Chilean saxophonist
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Stanley Crouch
American writer
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Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
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Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
