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Lincoln Mayorga
American musician
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Margaret Whiting
American recording artist; singer
2
Hal Mooney
American composer
3
Johnny Maddox
American musician
4
Lee Gillette
American A&R director, record producer and musician
5
Onzy Matthews
American jazz musician (1930-1997)
6
Nick Fatool
American musician
7
Kay Starr
American singer
8
Mark Murphy
American singer
9
Plas Johnson
American musician
10
Betty Hall Jones
American singer
11
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
12
Freddie Slack
American musician
13
Billy Butterfield
American musician
14
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
15
David Axelrod
American musician, record producer, composer and arranger
16
Joe Mooney
American jazz and pop accordionist and organist
17
Gordon Jenkins
American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s
18
Joe Bushkin
American jazz pianist, songwriter
19
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
20
Stan Kenton
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader
21
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
22
Andy Kirk
American jazz saxophonist and tubist, bandleader
23
Rupert Nurse
musical artist
24
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
25
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
26
Jan Garber
American musician
27
Muggsy Spanier
American musician
28
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
29
Billy Eckstine
American musician
30
William Russo
American musician
31
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
32
Ernie Freeman
American musician
33
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
34
Charles Thompson
American pianist
35
Horace Ott
American musician
36
Junior Mance
American musician
37
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
38
Harry South
British musician
39
Ann Richards
American singer
40
Howard Biggs
American pianist, songwriter and arranger
41
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
42
Jack Marshall
American musician, conductor, composer (1921-1973)
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Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
44
Don Byas
American musician
45
Lou Hooper
Canadian musician
46
Terry Waldo
American musician
47
Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
48
Merle Travis
American country/Western singer-songwriter and musician
49
Paul Weston
American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor
50
Earl Washington
American musician
51
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
52
Scott Joplin
American composer, musician, and pianist
53
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Jeri Southern
American singer
55
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
56
Zez Confrey
American composer and performer of piano music.
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Bill Henderson
jazz vocalist and actor (1926-2016)
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Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
