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James Black
American R&B and jazz musician
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Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
2
Nat Towles
jazz musician
3
Frank Fields
American musician
4
Jerry Jumonville
American saxophonist
5
Alvin Tyler
American R&B and neo-bop jazz saxophonist and arranger
6
Allen Toussaint
American musician
7
Lee Allen
American saxophonist
8
Fats Domino
American R&B musician
9
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
10
Ben Pollack
American musician
11
Anthony Ortega
American musician and clarinetist
12
Lee Young
American musician
13
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
14
Jimmie Noone
American musician
15
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
16
Kidd Jordan
American saxophonist
17
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
18
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
19
Little Sonny Jones
American New Orleans blues singer and songwriter
20
Pony Poindexter
American musician
21
Trombone Shorty
American trombone player
22
Harold Vick
American musician
23
Kenny Graham
British musician
24
Earl Palmer
American drummer
25
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
26
Harry Klein
Jazz saxophonist
27
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
28
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist
30
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
31
Nat Pierce
American musician
32
Nat Adderley Jr.
American musician and pianist
33
Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist
34
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Bumps Myers
American saxophonist
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Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
37
Galactic
band
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Harold Battiste
American music composer, arranger, performer, and teacher
39
John Boudreaux Jr.
New Orleans jazz musician
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Miff Mole
American jazz musician
41
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
American musical group; New Orleans, Louisiana, brass band
42
Big Boy Goudie
American musician
43
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
44
Budd Johnson
American musician
45
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
46
Kid Thomas Valentine
American jazz musician
47
Joe Robichaux
American musician
48
Art Themen
English saxophonist
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Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
50
Johnny Griffin
American musician
51
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
52
George Lewis
American musician
53
Plas Johnson
American musician
54
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
55
Professor Longhair
African-American blues musician
56
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
57
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Idris Muhammad
American drummer
59
Jaki Byard
American musician
60
Bunk Johnson
American musician
