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Cecil Scott
American musician
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Fletcher Allen
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
2
Bill Coleman
American musician
3
Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
4
Jimmy Lyons
American jazz saxophonist
5
Karen Borca
American musician
6
Clyde Bernhardt
American musician
7
Teddy Hill
American musician
8
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
9
Sonny Clay
American musician
10
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
11
Stuff Smith
American musician
12
Joe Venuti
jazz violinist
13
Paul Whiteman
American jazz musician and radio personality
14
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
15
Henry Busse
American musician
16
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
17
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
18
The Wolverines
band
19
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
20
Charles Davis
American musician
21
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
22
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
23
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
24
Jimmie Noone
American musician
25
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
26
Mills Blue Rhythm Band
band that plays jazz
27
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
28
Paul Howard
American musician
29
Norris Turney
American musician
30
Mercer Ellington
American musician
31
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
32
George E. Lee
American musician
33
John Altman
composer
34
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
35
Alex Hill
American musician
36
Buster Bailey
American musician
37
Fud Livingston
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, and composer
38
Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
39
Ronnie Scott
British musician
40
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
41
Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
42
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
43
Elmer Schoebel
American musician
44
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
45
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
46
Buell Neidlinger
American jazz musician; cellist and double bassist
47
Cecil Bridgewater
American jazz trumpeter
48
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
49
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
50
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
51
Eddie Lang
American jazz guitarist
52
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
53
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
54
Russell Procope
American musician
55
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
56
Archie Shepp
American jazz musician
57
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
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Ryan Keberle
American musician
59
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
60
Jack Payne
British bandleader
61
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
62
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
63
Bill Dixon
American musician
