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Ernest Ranglin
Jamaican guitarist and composer
1
Milt Jackson
American musician
2
Percy Heath
American musician
3
James Moody
American jazz musician
4
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
5
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
6
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
7
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
8
Colin Bailey
British musician
9
Ira Coleman
American musician
10
John Clayton
American jazz and classical double bassist
11
Akira Tana
American jazz musician (1952- )
12
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
13
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
14
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
15
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
16
John Pizzarelli
American jazz guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader
17
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
18
Sonny Bradshaw
Jamaican jazz musician
19
Jeff Hamilton
American musician
20
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
21
Oku Onuora
Jamaican dub poet
22
Paulinho da Costa
Brazilian musician
23
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
24
Al Grey
American jazz musician
25
Bobby Plater
American musician
26
Bobby Durham
American musician
27
Sly and Robbie
Jamaican rhythm section and production duo
28
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
29
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
30
Ray Bryant
American pianist
31
Steve Davis
American musician
32
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
33
Mike LeDonne
American musician
34
The Skatalites
Jamaican ska band
35
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
36
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
37
James Williams
American jazz pianist
38
David Williams
American jazz musician
39
Tommy Bryant
American musician
40
Earl "Chinna" Smith
Jamaican musician
41
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
42
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
43
Aubrey Adams
Jamaican musician
44
Benny Bailey
American musician
45
Bernie Glow
American musician
46
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
47
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
48
Prince Buster
Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
49
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
50
Joe Pass
American musician
51
Roydel Johnson
Jamaican musician
52
Harry Pickens
American musician
53
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
54
Bill Mays
American pianist
55
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
56
Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
57
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
58
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
59
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
60
Dennis Budimir
American musician
61
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
62
Quincy Jones
American record producer
63
Marcus Miller
American jazz musician
