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Charles Earland
jazz musician
1
Jimmy Ponder
American guitarist
2
Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones
jazz musician
3
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
4
Houston Person
American saxophonist
5
Richard Holmes
American organist
6
Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
7
Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers
jazz band
8
Idris Muhammad
American drummer
9
Neal Creque
American musician
10
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
11
Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
12
Sonny Phillips
American musician
13
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
14
Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
15
Seldon Powell
American musician
16
Reuben Wilson
American jazz musician
17
Harold Vick
American musician
18
Bob deVos
American musician
19
Grover Washington, Jr.
American recording artist, jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist (1943-1999)
20
Rodney Jones
American jazz guitarist and bassist, born 30 August 1956 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
21
Leon Spencer
American jazz organist
22
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
American organist
23
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
24
Thornel Schwartz
American jazz guitarist
25
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
26
George Coleman
American musician
27
Cecil Bridgewater
American jazz trumpeter
28
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
29
Rusty Bryant
American musician
30
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
31
Louis Hayes
American drummer
32
Johnny Lytle
American jazz musician
33
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
34
Billy Butler
American musician
35
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
36
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
37
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
38
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
39
Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
40
Dick Griffin
American musician
41
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
42
Larry Young
American jazz musician
43
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
44
Bill Easley
American musician
45
Bill Hardman
American musician
46
Kenny Washington
American musician
47
Cecil Brooks III
American musician
48
Mel Lewis
American musician
49
Norman Simmons
pianist and arranger
50
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
51
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
52
Billy Harper
American musician
53
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
54
Joe Newman
American musician
55
Eddie Gladden
American musician
56
Horace Ott
American musician
57
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
58
Warren Smith
American musician
59
George Freeman
American musician
60
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
61
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
62
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
63
Peter Bernstein
American musician
64
Bobby Durham
American musician
65
Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
66
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
67
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
68
Willis Jackson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
69
Ray Mantilla
American jazz drummer
70
Joe Beck
American musician
71
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
72
Carlos Garnett
American musician
73
Freddie Waits
American musician
74
Gene Ludwig
American musician
75
Jerry Jemmott
American musician
76
Cecil McBee
American bassist
77
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
78
Ben Riley
American drummer
79
Ronnie Cuber
American musician
80
Gary Bartz
American musician
81
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
82
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
