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Yōsuke Yamashita
Japanese jazz pianist, composer, author (1942-)
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Metropole Orkest
orchestra
2
Vince Mendoza
American composer
3
Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
4
Gil Goldstein
American jazz pianist and accordionist
5
Bob Belden
American musician
6
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
7
Luciana Souza
Brazilian singer
8
Jules Buckley
English musician
9
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
10
Gil Evans
American pianist
11
Keiko Matsui
Japanese jazz pianist (1961-)
12
Conrad Herwig
American musician
13
Cecil McBee
American bassist
14
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
15
Helen Merrill
American recording artist; jazz vocalist
16
Miguel Zenón
Puerto Rican alto saxophonist
17
Keiko Abe
Japanese composer and marimba player
18
Sara Caswell
American violinist
19
Louis Andriessen
Dutch composer and pianist
20
Yasuaki Shimizu
Japanese saxophonist, composer, music producer (1954-)
21
Kinuyo Yamashita
Japanese video game composer
22
Rufus Reid
American musician
23
Joe Daley
American educator, jazz musician, composer and arranger who plays tuba, trombone and euphonium
24
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
25
Hiromi Uehara
Japanese-born jazz composer and pianist (1979-)
26
Paquito D'Rivera
Cuban musician
27
Masahiko Togashi
Japanese jazz percussionist and drummer (1940-2007)
28
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
29
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
30
Leo Pellegrino
American musician
31
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
32
Claus Ogerman
German composer
33
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
34
Aderhard Roidinger
Austrian bassist
35
Frank Lacy
American musician
36
Takashi Kako
Japanese composer
37
Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
38
Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
39
Eddie Bert
American musician
40
Billy Harper
American musician
41
Yasuhiko Fukuda
Japanese composer
42
Onaje Allan Gumbs
American musician
43
Dennis Mackrel
jazz musician
44
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
45
Lionel Loueke
guitarist
46
Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi
Japanese composer and conductor
47
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
48
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
49
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
50
Ben Wendel
American jazz musician
51
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
52
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
53
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
54
Joe Newman
American musician
55
Mike Holober
American musician
56
Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
57
Chris Potter
American musician
58
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
59
Yasutaka Nakata
Japanese DJ, songwriter, music producer (1980-)
60
Bob Northern
American jazz musician
61
Sammy Nestico
American composer and arranger
