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Jymie Merritt
American bassist
1
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
2
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
3
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
4
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
5
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
6
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
7
Bobby Timmons
American pianist
8
Bill Hardman
American musician
9
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
10
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
11
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
12
Reggie Johnson
American musician
13
Walter Davis
American pianist
14
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
15
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
16
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
17
James Spaulding
American saxophonist
18
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
19
Victor Sproles
American musician
20
Wallace Roney
American musician
21
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
22
Clifford Brown
American jazz musician
23
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
24
Billy Harper
American musician
25
Eddie Higgins
American musician
26
Tina Brooks
American musician
27
Steve Davis
American musician
28
Johnny Griffin
American musician
29
Woody Shaw
American musician
30
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
31
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
32
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
33
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
34
Buddy Terry
American musician
35
Sonny Clark
American musician
36
Gary Bartz
American musician
