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Bubber Miley
American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
1
Wellman Braud
American musician
2
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
3
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
4
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
5
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
6
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
7
Money Johnson
American musician
8
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
9
Harold Ashby
American musician
10
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
11
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
12
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
13
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
14
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
15
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
16
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
17
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
18
Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
19
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
20
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
21
Mercer Ellington
American musician
22
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
23
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
24
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
25
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
26
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
27
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
28
Irving Mills
American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter
29
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
30
Jimmy Blanton
American musician
31
Bud Shank
American saxophonist and flautist
32
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
33
Sadik Hakim
American musician
34
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
35
Russell Procope
American musician
36
Sonny Greer
American jazz drummer
37
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
38
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
39
Lew Tabackin
American musician
40
Ward Pinkett
American jazz trumpeter and scat vocalist
41
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
42
Shorty Baker
American musician
43
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
44
Herbie Jones
American musician
45
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
46
Melton Mustafa
American musician
47
Willie Ruff
American musician
48
Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
49
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
50
Abdullah Ibrahim
South African pianist and composer
51
Nat Towles
jazz musician
52
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
53
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
54
Elmer Snowden
American musician
55
Willie Smith
American musician
56
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
57
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
58
Rex Stewart
American jazz cornetist
59
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
60
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
61
Jimmy Harrison
American musician
62
Quentin Jackson
American musician
63
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
64
Walter Page
American jazz musician
65
Sid Catlett
American musician
66
Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr
musician
67
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
68
Chick Webb
American musician
69
Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
70
Buster Smith
Jazz alto saxophonist
71
Tim Hagans
American musician
72
Bill Graham
American musician
