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Al Lucas
Canadian jazz musician
1
Charles Thompson
American pianist
2
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
3
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
4
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
5
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
6
Gene Ramey
American musician
7
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
8
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
9
Matthew Gee
American musician
10
Jack McVea
American musician
11
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
12
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
13
Don Byas
American musician
14
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
15
Arnett Cobb
American jazz tenor saxophonist
16
Budd Johnson
American musician
17
George Freeman
American musician
18
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
19
Bill Doggett
American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist
20
Wild Bill Moore
American musician
21
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
22
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
23
Israel Crosby
American musician
24
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
25
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
26
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
27
Charles Davis
American musician
28
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
29
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
30
Ray Nance
American musician
31
Ari Brown
American musician
32
Bill Johnson
American alto saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger and songwriter
33
Dave Burns
American musician, trumpeter and music educator
34
Tiny Grimes
American jazz and R&B guitarist
35
Oliver Jackson
American drummer
36
Haywood Henry
American jazz baritone saxophonist
37
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
38
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
39
John Adriano Acea
Jazz pianist
40
Curley Russell
American jazz musician
41
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
42
Denzil Best
American jazz drummer
43
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
44
John Hardee
American musician
45
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
46
Kidd Jordan
American saxophonist
47
J. C. Heard
American musician
48
George Duvivier
American musician
49
Ira Sullivan
American jazz musician
50
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
51
Javon Jackson
American musician
52
George Tucker
American musician
53
Duke Jordan
American musician
54
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
55
Joe Newman
American musician
56
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
57
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
58
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
59
Connie Kay
American musician
60
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
61
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
62
Rudy Rutherford
63
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
64
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
65
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
66
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
67
John Ore
American musician
68
Nelson Boyd
American musician
