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Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
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Karen Mantler
American jazz musician
2
Takehiro Honda
Japanese jazz pianist (1945-2006)
3
Billy Cobham
American jazz drummer
4
Mikio Masuda
Japanese pianist
5
George Kawaguchi
Japanese jazz drummer (1927-2003)
6
Bob Moses
American musician
7
Jon Ballantyne
Jazz musician, composer, artist, and piano player who now resides in New York City, USA
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John Goodsall
British musician
9
Ian Wallace
English drummer
10
David Sancious
American musician
11
Shungo Sawada
Japanese jaz guitarist, composer, teacher (1930-2006)
12
Simon Phillips
English drummer (born 1957)
13
Michael Carvin
American musician
14
Munetaka Higuchi
Japanese musician
15
Roger Humphries
American musician
16
Ray Bryant
American pianist
17
Jon Hiseman
English drummer and sound engineer
18
Mitch Mitchell
English drummer (1946-2008)
19
Dave Holland
British musician
20
Dave Burrell
American musician
21
Shawn Lane
American musician
22
Stu Martin
American musician
23
Tiger Onitsuka
Japanese jazz drummer (1998-)
24
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
25
Jon Theodore
American drummer
26
Billy Harper
American musician
27
Hideo Shiraki
Japanese jazz drummer, bandmaster (1933-1972)
28
Ryo Kawasaki
Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020)
29
Rufus Reid
American musician
30
Michael Giles
British musician
31
Alphonso Johnson
American musician
32
Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
33
Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
34
Gary Husband
British musician
35
Keef Hartley
English drummer and bandleader
36
Sadao Watanabe
Japanese jazz saxophonist, composer, bandmaster (1933-)
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Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
38
Herbie Mann
American jazz flutist
39
Keith Tippett
British pianist
40
Joe Ascione
American jazz musician
41
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
42
Joe Lovano
American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist
43
Billy Kilson
American musician
44
Barry Altschul
American drummer
45
Brian Blade
American jazz musician
46
Toku
Japanese jazz singer and flugelhorn player (1973-)
47
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
48
Billy Hart
American jazz drummer
49
Jerry Goodman
American musician
50
Russ Kunkel
American musician
51
John Mayall
English blues musician
52
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
53
Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
54
Joshua Breakstone
American musician
55
Masabumi Kikuchi
Japanese keyboardist (1939-2015)
56
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
57
Buddy Terry
American musician
58
T. M. Stevens
American musician
59
Jack Bruce
Scottish musician, bassist of Cream
60
Joe Morello
American jazz drummer
61
Steve Gadd
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and session musician
62
Ricky Lawson
American musician
63
Bugge Wesseltoft
Norwegian jazz musician, pianist, composer and producer
64
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
65
Pat Torpey
American musician
66
Yes
English rock band
67
Leon Lee Dorsey
American musician
68
Larry Grenadier
American bassist
69
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
70
Ian Carr
British trumpeter
71
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
72
Barry Finnerty
American musician
73
Howard Johnson
American musician
74
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
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Freddie Hubbard
American musician
76
Sérgio Mendes
Brazilian musician
77
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
78
Simon Nabatov
Russian musician
