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Lloyd Trotman
American musician
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Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
2
Everett Barksdale
American jazz guitarist
3
George Duvivier
American musician
4
Milt Jackson
American musician
5
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
6
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
7
Leroy Kirkland
American musician
8
Connie Kay
American musician
9
Budd Johnson
American musician
10
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
11
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
12
Haywood Henry
American jazz baritone saxophonist
13
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
14
Panama Francis
American musician
15
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
16
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
17
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
18
Chuck Willis
American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter
19
Roger Guérin
French jazz trumpeter and singer
20
Percy Heath
American musician
21
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
22
Vann "Piano Man" Walls
American musician
23
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
24
Pete Brown
American musician
25
Billy Butler
American musician
26
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)
27
Larry Dale
American blues singer and guitarist
28
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
29
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
30
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
31
Snooky Young
American musician
32
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
33
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
34
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
35
George Barnes
American musician
36
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
37
Kiane Zawadi
American jazz musician
38
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
39
Tony Mottola
guitarist (1918-2004)
40
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
41
George Coleman
American musician
42
George Freeman
American musician
43
Frank Rehak
American musician
44
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
45
Ron Jefferson
jazz drummer
46
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
47
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
48
Vinnie Burke
American musician
49
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
50
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
51
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
52
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
53
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
54
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
55
Al Caiola
American jazz musician, guitarist, composer and arranger; United States Marine
56
Dave Bailey
American drummer
57
Johnny Griffin
American musician
58
Jody Williams
American blues guitarist and singer
59
Tiny Grimes
American jazz and R&B guitarist
60
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
61
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
62
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
63
Oliver Jackson
American drummer
64
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
65
Jimmy Shirley
American jazz guitarist
66
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
67
Seldon Powell
American musician
68
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
69
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
70
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
71
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
72
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
73
John Mayall
English blues musician
74
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
75
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
76
Georges Arvanitas
Jazz pianist
77
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
78
Esther Phillips
American R&B singer
79
Jimmy Raney
American musician
80
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
81
James Buffington
American musician
82
Mike Vernon
English music executive studio owner and record producer
83
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
84
Reunald Jones
American musician
