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Curtis Stigers
Curtis Stigers
American singer
1
Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
2
George Shearing
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
3
Vadim Neselovskyi
Vadim Neselovskyi
4
Larry Vuckovich
Larry Vuckovich
American jazz pianist from Yugoslavia (born 1936)
5
Johnny O'Neal
Johnny O'Neal
American musician
6
James Williams
James Williams
American jazz pianist
7
Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
8
Matt Wilson
Matt Wilson
American jazz drummer
9
Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
10
Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
11
The Jazz Messengers
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
12
Marian McPartland
Marian McPartland
British pianist, composer, writer and radio host
13
Ralph Sutton
Ralph Sutton
American pianist
14
Billy Taylor
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
15
Andrew Hill
Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
16
Christian Jacob
Christian Jacob
French jazz pianist
17
Charles Davis
Charles Davis
American musician
18
Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern
American pianist
19
Peter Bernstein
Peter Bernstein
American musician
20
John Hicks
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
21
Heiner Stadler
Heiner Stadler
German musician
22
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer
23
Ehud Asherie
Ehud Asherie
Israeli-American jazz pianist and organist
24
Kurt Elling
Kurt Elling
American jazz singer and songwriter
25
Tommy Bryant
Tommy Bryant
American musician
26
Rob Agerbeek
Rob Agerbeek
Dutch musician
27
Jim Rotondi
Jim Rotondi
American musician
28
Tim Ries
Tim Ries
American jazz saxophonist
29
Karrin Allyson
Karrin Allyson
American jazz vocalist
30
Champian Fulton
Champian Fulton
American musician and pianist
31
Bobby Timmons
Bobby Timmons
American pianist
32
Horace Silver
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
33
Sonny Clark
Sonny Clark
American musician
34
Hal Galper
Hal Galper
American pianist
35
Makoto Ozone
Makoto Ozone
Japanese jazz pianist, composer (1961-)
36
John Pizzarelli
John Pizzarelli
American jazz guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader
37
Frank Hewitt
Frank Hewitt
American musician
38
Jason Lindner
Jason Lindner
American pianist
39
Fred Hersch
Fred Hersch
American musician
40
Walter Bishop Jr.
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
41
Doug Watkins
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
42
Steve Wilson
Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
43
Dennis Irwin
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
44
Anthony Wilson
Anthony Wilson
musician
45
Shelly Berg
Shelly Berg
American musician
46
Jacky Terrasson
Jacky Terrasson
jazz musician
47
Mike LeDonne
Mike LeDonne
American musician
48
Mark Soskin
Mark Soskin
Jazz pianist
49
Ward Pinkett
Ward Pinkett
American jazz trumpeter and scat vocalist
50
Elmo Hope
Elmo Hope
American musician
51
Clare Fischer
Clare Fischer
American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
52
Kate McGarry
Kate McGarry
American singer
53
Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
54
Ayako Shirasaki
Ayako Shirasaki
jazz pianist, composer
55
Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
56
Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
57
Adam Makowicz
Adam Makowicz
Polish-Canadian musician
58
Rob Schneiderman
Rob Schneiderman
American musician
59
Mal Waldron
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
60
Billy Childs
Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
61
Lee Morgan
Lee Morgan
American trumpeter
62
Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
63
Lynne Arriale
Lynne Arriale
American musician
64
Chuck Redd
Chuck Redd
American musician
65
Shafi Hadi
Shafi Hadi
American musician
66
Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
American musician
Matthew Fries
American jazz pianist, composer, educator

Matthew Fries

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American jazz pianist, composer, educator
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Matthew Fries (born September 24, 1968) is an American jazz pianist, composer, educator and winner of the 1997 Great American Jazz Piano Competition.