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Lew Soloff

American musician

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Melanie Bong

German woman composer

2

Jean Carn

American singer

3

Tom Harrell

American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist

4

Vinny Golia

American musician

5

Alec Wilder

American composer, lyricist

6

David Berkman

American musician

7

Terence Blanchard

American musician and composer

8

John Pizzarelli

American jazz guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader

9

Art Farmer

American jazz trumpeter

10

Sam Rivers

American jazz musician and composer

11

Dave Douglas

American jazz trumpeter

12

Kenny Wheeler

Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player

13

Regina Carter

American musician

14

Donald Harrison

musician, composer, producer, instructor

15

Wallace Roney

American musician

16

Thad Jones

American jazz trumpeter

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Rodney Whitaker

American jazz double bass player, educator

18

Nat Adderley

American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player

19

Nelson Riddle

American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator (1921-1985)

20

Mike Holober

American musician

21

Duke Jordan

American musician

22

Steve Swell

American musician

23

Horace Silver

American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)

24

The Jazz Messengers

American jazz band

25

Sue Raney

American singer

26

Eric Ineke

Dutch musician

27

Michael Nyman

English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist

28

Bill Dixon

American musician

29

Jeff Beal

American composer of music for film, television, recordings, and the concert hall

30

Joelle Khoury

Jazz and classical musician and composer

31

Marlena Shaw

American singer

32

Billy May

American composer, arranger and trumpeter

33

Yazz Ahmed

British-Bahraini trumpet player and composer

34

Saskia Laroo

Dutch jazz musician

35

Blood, Sweat & Tears

American rock music band

36

Wynton Marsalis

American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)

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Barbara Dennerlein

German musician

38

Roberto Magris

Italian pianist

39

Red Nichols

American jazz musician

40

Toni Harper

American singer

41

Ian McDougall

musician

42

Wayne Bergeron

American musician

43

Miles Davis

American jazz musician (1926-1991)

44

Dee Dee Bridgewater

American singer

45

Lenny Hambro

Jazz Musician

46

Jon Irabagon

American musician

47

Sarah Vaughan

American jazz singer

48

Wayne Peterson

American composer