0
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
1
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
2
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
3
A. K. Salim
American musician
4
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
5
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
6
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
7
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
8
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
9
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
10
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
11
Tommy Potter
American musician
12
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
13
Reunald Jones
American musician
14
Earl May
American musician
15
Joe Newman
American musician
16
George Duvivier
American musician
17
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
18
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
19
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
20
Johnny Griffin
American musician
21
J. C. Heard
American musician
22
Al Lucas
Canadian jazz musician
23
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
24
Percy Heath
American musician
25
Budd Johnson
American musician
26
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
27
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
28
Al McKibbon
American musician
29
Aaron Bell
American musician
30
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
31
Bill Graham
American musician
32
Gene Ramey
American musician
33
Henry Coker
American musician
34
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
35
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
36
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
37
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
38
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
39
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
40
Junior Mance
American musician
41
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
42
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
43
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
44
Leo Parker
American musician
45
Ernie Henry
American musician
46
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
47
Billy Butler
American musician
48
Dave Burns
American musician, trumpeter and music educator
49
Joe Benjamin
American musician
50
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
51
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
52
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
53
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
54
Curley Russell
American jazz musician
55
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
56
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
57
Milt Jackson
American musician
58
Bennie Green
American musician
59
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
60
Wilbur Ware
American musician
61
Les Spann
American guitarist
62
Seldon Powell
American musician
63
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
64
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
65
Art Davis
American double-bassist
66
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
67
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
68
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
69
John Adriano Acea
Jazz pianist
70
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
71
Ernest Shepard
American singer and musician
72
Walter Perkins
American drummer
73
John Simmons
American jazz bassist
74
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
75
Duke Jordan
American musician
76
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
77
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
78
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
79
Eddie Preston
American musician
80
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
81
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
82
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
83
Norman Granz
American jazz musician and producer
84
Nelson Boyd
American musician
85
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
86
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
87
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
