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Joe Williams
American jazz singer
1
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
2
Harold Jones
American musician and drummer
3
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
4
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
5
Renee Rosnes
Canadian pianist
6
Jay Berliner
American musician
7
George Duvivier
American musician
8
Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
9
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
10
Geri Allen
American composer and jazz pianist
11
Roland Hanna
American pianist
12
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
13
Charles Stepney
American record producer
14
Eddie Bert
American musician
15
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
16
Regina Carter
American musician
17
Charlie Rouse
American musician
18
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
19
Wade Marcus
American musician
20
Willie Bobo
American musician
21
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
22
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
23
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
24
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
25
Dennis Budimir
American musician
26
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
27
Gene Harris
American pianist
28
Joe Sample
American pianist
29
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
30
Harry Lookofsky
American musician
31
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
32
George Coleman
American musician
33
Woody Shaw
American musician
34
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
35
Shirley Horn
American singer
36
J. C. Heard
American musician
37
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
38
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
39
Jimmy Knepper
American musician
40
Derek Smith
British musician
41
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
42
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
43
Kenny Garrett
American musician
44
Percy Heath
American musician
45
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
46
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
47
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
48
David T. Walker
American musician
49
Harold Vick
American musician
50
Milt Jackson
American musician
51
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
52
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
53
Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
54
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
55
Al Hendrickson
American musician
56
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
57
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
58
Alvin Stoller
American musician
59
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
60
Billy Eckstine
American musician
61
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
62
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
63
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
64
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
65
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
66
Russell Malone
jazz guitarist
67
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
68
Gary Bartz
American musician
69
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
70
Albert Heath
American drummer
71
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
72
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
73
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
74
Javon Jackson
American musician
75
Eli Degibri
Israeli-born jazz saxophonists and composer
76
John Clayton
American jazz and classical double bassist
77
Bennie Green
American musician
78
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
79
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
80
Specs Powell
American musician
81
Roberta Gambarini
Italian singer
82
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
