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King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
1
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
2
Kermit Ruffins
American musician
3
Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
4
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
5
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
6
Lil Hardin Armstrong
American jazz musician
7
Bunk Johnson
American musician
8
Nick LaRocca
American jazz musician
9
Doc Cheatham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader
10
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
11
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
12
Mezz Mezzrow
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
13
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
14
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
American musical duo, collaboration
15
Cozy Cole
American musician
16
Richard M. Jones
American musician
17
Alvin Fielder
American drummer
18
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
19
Nat Gonella
British musician
20
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
21
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
22
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
23
Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
24
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
25
Baby Dodds
American musician
26
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
27
Tommy Ladnier
Jazz cornetist/trumpeter
28
Kid Thomas Valentine
American jazz musician
29
Trummy Young
American jazz trombonist
30
Lee Collins
American musician
31
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
32
Johnny Dunn
American traditional jazz trumpeter and vaudeville performer
33
Peck Kelley
American musician
34
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
35
Zutty Singleton
American jazz drummer
36
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
37
Joe Bushkin
American jazz pianist, songwriter
38
Rod Mason
British trumpeter
39
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
40
Wingy Manone
American musician
41
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
42
Eddie Condon
US musician
43
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
44
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
45
George Lewis
American musician
46
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
47
Buddy Bolden
American cornetist and jazz pioneer
48
Paul Whiteman
American jazz musician and radio personality
49
Leon Thomas
American singer
50
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
51
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
52
Germaine Bazzle
New Orleans jazz musician
53
Pops Foster
American musician
