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Percy Heath
American musician
1
Milt Jackson
American musician
2
Connie Kay
American musician
3
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
4
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
5
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
6
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
7
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
8
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
9
James Moody
American jazz musician
10
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
11
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
12
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
13
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
14
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
15
Albert Heath
American drummer
16
Tate Houston
American saxophonist
17
Snooky Young
American musician
18
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
19
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
20
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
21
Derek Smith
British musician
22
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
23
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
24
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
25
Don Butterfield
American musician
26
Arnett Cobb
American jazz tenor saxophonist
27
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
28
Johnny Griffin
American musician
29
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
30
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
31
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
32
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
33
James Buffington
American musician
34
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
35
Bobby Jaspar
cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer
36
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
37
Elmon Wright
American musician
