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Average White Band

Scottish R&B band

1

Hamish Stuart

British musician

2

Roger Ball

British musician

3

Dick Morrissey

British jazz musician

4

UB40

British reggae/pop band

5

Synyster Gates

American musician

6

Ellery Eskelin

musician

7

LeRoi Moore

American musician

8

Kris Drever

British musician

9

Ben Webster

American saxophonist

10

Peter Furler

Australian musician and singer

11

Elvin Jones

American jazz drummer

12

John Gilmore

American tenor saxophonist

13

Johnny Griffin

American musician

14

Pharoah Sanders

American jazz saxophonist

15

The Pretenders

English-American rock band

16

Big Sugar

Canadian band

17

Mike Ness

Musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist

18

Duncan Sheik

American singer-songwriter and composer

19

Pete Haycock

British musician

20

Steve Ferrone

English drummer

21

Jack Bruce

Scottish musician, bassist of Cream

22

Gary Husband

British musician

23

Yusef Lateef

American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

24

The Desert Rose Band

band

25

Sun Ra

American jazz composer and bandleader (1914-1993)

26

Molly Hatchet

American southern rock/hard rock band

27

Tommy Thayer

American musician and songwriter

28

Alejandro Lerner

Argentine musician

29

Simon Spillett

British musician

30

Colosseum

British band

31

Material

American band led by Bill Laswell

32

Dave Koz

American jazz saxophonist

33

Jon Lord

English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player

34

Level 42

English jazz-funk band

35

Carlos Malcolm

Jamaican musician

36

The Dubliners

Irish folk band

37

Bootsy Collins

American musician

38

Ricky Skaggs

American singer

39

David "Fathead" Newman

American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist

40

Maurice White

American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire

41

Zac Brown Band

American country/folk band

42

Humphrey Lyttelton

English jazz trumpeter

43

Cream

1960s British rock supergroup

44

Buster Smith

Jazz alto saxophonist

45

The Jordanaires

American vocal group; back-up singers for Elvis Presley

46

Can

German experimental rock band

47

Cedric Brooks

Jamaican reggae musician

48

Dave Holland

British musician

49

Jason Molina

American singer-songwriter

50

Ken Vandermark

American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist

51

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

American funk/soul band

52

Paul Bley

Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist

53

Coleman Hawkins

American jazz saxophonist

54

Charles Mingus

American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader

55

James LoMenzo

American musician

56

Simple Minds

Scottish rock band formed in 1977

57

Motionless in White

American metalcore band

58

Don Weller

English jazz musician

59

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Australian alternative rock band

60

Lee Konitz

American jazz musician

61

John Mayall

English blues musician

62

Dave Douglas

American jazz trumpeter

63

Dave King

Irish vocalist, writer and lyricist

64

Avey Tare

American musician

65

Antiseen

American Punk Rock Band

66

Andy Anderson

English drummer

67

Lynyrd Skynyrd

American rock band

68

Jason Scheff

American musician

69

Lester Bowie

American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)

70

Russell Procope

American musician

71

Billy Idol

English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor who holds dual British and American citizenship (born 1955)

72

Clarence Clemons

American musician and actor (1942-2011)