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Vincent Gardner

American musician

1

Jeff "Tain" Watts

American musician

2

Ralph Peterson, Jr.

American jazz drummer

3

Ryan Kisor

American musician

4

Wynton Marsalis

American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)

5

Phil Bowler

American musician

6

Frank Foster

American jazz musician and bandleader

7

Rodney Whitaker

American jazz double bass player, educator

8

Ugonna Okegwo

jazz musician

9

Victor Goines

American musician

10

Vincent Herring

American jazz saxophonist and flautist

11

Rick Margitza

American musician

12

Larry Schneider

American musician

13

Eddie Henderson

American musician

14

Ellis Marsalis Jr.

American pianist

15

Conrad Herwig

American musician

16

Reginald Veal

American musician

17

Dexter Gordon

American jazz tenor saxophonist

18

Pierre Dørge

Danish avant-garde jazz guitarist, bandleader and composer

19

Matt Wilson

American jazz drummer

20

Herlin Riley

American musician

21

Von Freeman

American saxophonist

22

Branford Marsalis

American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)

23

Sam Jones

American double bassist and cellist

24

Bobby Watson

composer

25

Wessell Anderson

American musician

26

Marcus Roberts

American musician

27

Doug Raney

American musician

28

Ron McClure

American jazz bassist

29

Vic Juris

American jazz guitarist

30

Craig Handy

American tenor saxophonist

31

Ted Nash

American musician

32

Jeff Hirshfield

American musician

33

Joey Calderazzo

American jazz pianist

34

James Chirillo

Jazz guitar

35

Eric Reed

American musician

36

Richard Galliano

French musician

37

Ronnie Cuber

American musician

38

Scott Colley

American musician

39

Michael Carvin

American musician

40

Philip Catherine

musician

41

Robert Hurst

American jazz bassist

42

Idrees Sulieman

American musician

43

Cassandra Wilson

American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi

44

Chris Cheek

American musician

45

Shirley Horn

American singer

46

Makanda Ken McIntyre

American jazz musician and composer

47

Charnett Moffett

American musician

48

Charlie Rouse

American musician

49

Mike Richmond

American musician

50

Billy Drummond

American musician

51

Johnny Dyani

South African jazz double bassist

52

Dannie Richmond

American drummer

53

Jimmy Cobb

American jazz drummer

54

The Jazz Messengers

American jazz band

55

Wynton Kelly

American jazz pianist

56

Cat Anderson

American jazz trumpeter

57

Mark Sherman

American musician

58

Arturo Sandoval

Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer

59

Marlon Jordan

American musician

60

Kenny Kirkland

American musician

61

Roy Hargrove

American jazz trumpeter

62

Steve Slagle

American musician

63

Hal Galper

American pianist

64

Ed Thigpen

American jazz drummer

65

Steve LaSpina

American musician, artist, educator