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Mickey Baker
American jazz and rock guitarist
1
Haywood Henry
American jazz baritone saxophonist
2
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
3
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
4
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
5
Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
6
Ray Nance
American musician
7
Pete Brown
American musician
8
Matthew Gee
American musician
9
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
10
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
11
George Duvivier
American musician
12
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
13
Panama Francis
American musician
14
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
15
Milt Jackson
American musician
16
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
17
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
18
Budd Johnson
American musician
19
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
20
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
21
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
22
Maurice Simon
American musician
23
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
24
Bill Berry
American musician
25
Skeeter Best
American musician
26
Aaron Bell
American musician
27
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
28
Leroy Kirkland
American musician
29
Billy Butler
American musician
30
Billy Taylor
American jazz bassist
31
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
32
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
33
Russell Procope
American musician
34
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
35
Connie Kay
American musician
36
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
37
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
38
Quentin Jackson
American musician
39
Rose Marie McCoy
American songwriter
40
Alvin Stoller
American musician
41
Snooky Young
American musician
42
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)
43
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
44
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
45
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
46
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
47
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist
48
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
49
Everett Barksdale
American jazz guitarist
50
Dud Bascomb
American musician
51
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
52
George Coleman
American musician
53
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
54
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
55
Harold Ashby
American musician
56
Buster Bailey
American musician
57
Shorty Baker
American musician
58
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
59
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
60
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
61
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
62
Speedy Jones
American drummer
63
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
64
Frank Rehak
American musician
65
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
66
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
67
Bobby Durham
American musician
68
Andrew Love
American musician
69
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
