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Bill Douglass
Bill Douglass
American jazz drummer
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Willie Smith
Willie Smith
American musician
2
Irving Ashby
Irving Ashby
American jazz guitarist
3
Jackie Kelso
Jackie Kelso
musician
4
Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
5
Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
6
Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
7
Buddy Childers
Buddy Childers
American musician
8
Jackie Mills
Jackie Mills
9
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
10
Sonny Criss
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
11
Curtis Mosby
Curtis Mosby
American musician
12
Bill Harris
Bill Harris
American jazz trombonist
13
Buddy Tate
Buddy Tate
American musician
14
Buddy Collette
Buddy Collette
American musician
15
J. C. Heard
J. C. Heard
American musician
16
Shorty Sherock
Shorty Sherock
American musician
17
Nick Fatool
Nick Fatool
American musician
18
Norman Granz
Norman Granz
American jazz musician and producer
19
Herbie Harper
Herbie Harper
American musician
20
Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
21
Frank Capp
Frank Capp
American musician
22
Al Hendrickson
Al Hendrickson
American musician
23
Lester Young
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Buddy DeFranco
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
25
Bobby Bryant
Bobby Bryant
American trumpeter
26
Bumps Myers
Bumps Myers
American saxophonist
27
Red Mitchell
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
28
Alvin Stoller
Alvin Stoller
American musician
29
Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
30
Juan Tizol
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
31
Bill Perkins
Bill Perkins
American jazz musician
32
Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
33
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
34
Joe Comfort
Joe Comfort
American musician
35
Flip Phillips
Flip Phillips
American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player
36
Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
37
Abe Most
Abe Most
American jazz musician
38
Jake Porter
Jake Porter
American musician, record label owner
39
Herb Ellis
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
40
Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
41
John Clayton
John Clayton
American jazz and classical double bassist
42
Herb Geller
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
43
Carl Fontana
Carl Fontana
American musician
44
Jess Stacy
Jess Stacy
American musician
45
Kenny Washington
Kenny Washington
American musician
46
Raymond Lee Brown
Raymond Lee Brown
American musician
47
Joe Bushkin
Joe Bushkin
American jazz pianist, songwriter
48
Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
49
Metronome All-Stars
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
50
Ernie Caceres
Ernie Caceres
American musician
51
Jesse Belvin
Jesse Belvin
American singer
52
Gordon Jenkins
Gordon Jenkins
American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s
53
Cozy Cole
Cozy Cole
American musician
54
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
55
Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
56
Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Sal Nistico
Sal Nistico
American musician
58
Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
59
Warren Chiasson
Warren Chiasson
Canadian vibraphonist
60
Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist (1919-1965)
61
Benny Golson
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
Lee Young
American musician

Lee Young

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American musician
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Leonidas Raymond Young (March 7, 1914 – July 31, 2008) was an American jazz drummer and singer. His musical family included his father Willis Young and his older brother, saxophonist Lester Young. In 1944 he played with Norman Granz's first "Jazz at the Philharmonic" concert.