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Stéphane Grappelli
French jazz violinist
1
Blossom Dearie
American jazz singer and pianist
2
Sista Monica Parker
musical artist
3
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
4
Nina Simone
American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist
5
Lizz Wright
American singer
6
Ann Hampton Callaway
American singer
7
Lorez Alexandria
American musician
8
Marian McPartland
British pianist, composer, writer and radio host
9
Bonnie Lee
American Chicago blues singer
10
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
11
Nellie Lutcher
American singer
12
Cécile McLorin Salvant
American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots
13
Etta James
American recording artist; singer
14
Odetta
American recording artist, singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and civil and human rights activist (1930-2008)
15
Ida Goodson
American classic female blues and jazz singer and pianist
16
Fontella Bass
American singer
17
Mahalia Jackson
American gospel singer
18
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
19
Sammy Price
American pianist
20
Marcus Roberts
American musician
21
Rob Agerbeek
Dutch musician
22
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
23
Mavis Staples
American singer
24
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
25
James Booker
American musician
26
Lady Tambourine
American gospel musician from Louisiana
27
Lily Frost
Canadian singer
28
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
29
James Carter
American musician
30
Marcia Ball
American blues singer and pianist
31
Thomas A. Dorsey
American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music
32
Ray Bryant
American pianist
33
Rachelle Ferrell
American jazz singer
34
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
35
Joanna MacGregor
British musician
36
Shirley Horn
American singer
37
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
38
Amina Claudine Myers
American musician
39
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
40
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
41
Carmel
British band
42
Zascha Moktan
German musician
43
Kelly Price
American songwriter, singer
44
Ernestine Anderson
American jazz and blues singer
45
Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
46
Marlena Shaw
American singer
47
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
48
Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
49
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
50
Milt Jackson
American musician
51
T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
52
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
53
Jessica Williams
American jazz pianist
54
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
