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Pete Rock
American hip hop producer
1
Sade
British band
2
Dave Burrell
American musician
3
Kirk Whalum
American musician
4
Ray Obiedo
American musician
5
Jay Soto
American musician
6
Chieli Minucci
American musician
7
Norman Connors
American musician
8
Najee
American musician
9
Benny Green
American musician
10
Bob Baldwin
contemporary jazz musician and producer
11
Kofi
Singer, songwriter
12
Arthur Prysock
American singer
13
Nelson Rangell
American musician
14
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
American hip hop duo
15
Ray Drummond
American musician
16
Bobby Durham
American musician
17
Ramsey Lewis
American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality
18
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
19
Bobby Caldwell
singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
20
Michael Lington
Danish musician
21
Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
22
Lonnie Liston Smith
American pianist
23
Michael Weiss
American musician
24
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
25
Dick Oatts
American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator
26
Phil Perry
American musician
27
Beaver Harris
American musician
28
Tom Scott
American jazz musician
29
David Sanborn
American saxophonist
30
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
31
Maysa Leak
American jazz singer
32
Philip Bailey
American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor
33
Houston Person
American saxophonist
34
Pete Levin
American musician
35
Peter Bernstein
American musician
36
Nujabes
Japanese musician
37
Vincent Herring
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
38
George Benson
American recording artist, guitarist, singer, and songwriter
39
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
40
Brian Bromberg
American musician
41
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
42
Roger Kellaway
American pianist
43
Grover Washington, Jr.
American recording artist, jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist (1943-1999)
44
Jazz Hamilton
American musician
45
Theophilus London
American rapper
46
Synyster Gates
American musician
47
Candy Dulfer
Dutch saxophonist and singer
48
Jeff Lorber
American keyboardist, composer, and record producer
49
Ronnie Laws
jazz musician
50
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
51
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
52
Marcus Roberts
American musician
53
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
54
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
55
Chris Botti
American trumpeter and composer
56
Maceo Parker
American saxophonist and composer
57
Melvin Lee Davis
musical artist
58
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
American organist
59
Dave Koz
American jazz saxophonist
60
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
