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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
