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Mars Williams
American musician
1
Billy Martin
US jazz drummer
2
Ray Anderson
American trombonist/jazz/trumpet player
3
Mitchel Forman
American pianist
4
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
5
Charles Davis
American musician
6
Soulive
7
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
8
Hugh Ragin
American musician
9
Down to the Bone
band
10
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
11
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
12
Gilles Peterson
French DJ and radio presenter
13
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
14
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
15
Randy Sandke
American musician
16
Javon Jackson
American musician
17
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
18
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
19
Jerome Harris
American jazz musician
20
Najee
American musician
21
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
22
Ray Nance
American musician
23
Eddie Daniels
American musician
24
Gerald Veasley
American musician
25
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
26
Chris Potter
American musician
27
Kent Kessler
American musician
28
Pete Tong
British DJ
29
Christian McBride
American musician
30
George Colligan
American musician
31
Barry Altschul
American drummer
32
Terry Callier
American jazz, soul and folk guitarist and singer-songwriter
33
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
34
Oliver Lake
American musician
35
Dave Holland
British musician
36
Edward Wilkerson
American bandleader
37
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
38
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
39
Money Johnson
American musician
40
Christian Scott
American jazz composer and trumpeter
41
Racebannon
American band
42
Thomas Chapin
American musician
43
Jamiroquai
British acid jazz band
44
Duško Gojković
Serbian musician
45
Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
46
Giovanni Hidalgo
Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator
47
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
48
Billy Kilson
American musician
49
Wayne Bergeron
American musician
50
Roni Size
British musician
51
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
52
Martial Solal
French-Algerian jazz pianist
53
Poi Dog Pondering
54
Tim Hagans
American musician
55
Marlena Shaw
American singer
56
Vinnie Colaiuta
American drummer
57
Clark Gayton
American musician
58
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
59
Hamid Drake
American musician
60
Gerard Presencer
British musician
61
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
62
The Skatalites
Jamaican ska band
63
William Parker
American jazz musician
64
George Coleman
American musician
65
Josh Roseman
American musician
66
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
