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Percy Heath
American musician
1
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
2
Connie Kay
American musician
3
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
4
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
5
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
6
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
7
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
8
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
9
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
10
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
11
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
12
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
13
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
14
Snooky Young
American musician
15
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
16
James Moody
American jazz musician
17
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
18
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
19
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
20
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
21
James Buffington
American musician
22
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
23
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
24
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
25
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
26
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
27
George Duvivier
American musician
28
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
29
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
30
J. C. Heard
American musician
31
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
32
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
33
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
34
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
35
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
36
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
37
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
38
Bernie Glow
American musician
39
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
40
Eddie Jones
American musician
41
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
42
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
43
Johnny Griffin
American musician
44
Louis Hayes
American drummer
45
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
46
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
47
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
48
Budd Johnson
American musician
49
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
50
Oliver Jackson
American drummer
51
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
52
Bobby Jaspar
cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer
53
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
54
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
55
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
56
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
57
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
58
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
59
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
60
Don Butterfield
American musician
61
Al McKibbon
American musician
62
Charlie Rouse
American musician
63
Ray Copeland
American musician
64
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
65
Curley Russell
American jazz musician
66
Elmon Wright
American musician
67
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
68
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
69
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
70
Joe Newman
American musician
71
Seldon Powell
American musician
72
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
73
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
74
Dave Bailey
American drummer
