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Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
1
Gus Johnson
American musician
2
Jimmy Raney
American musician
3
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
4
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
5
Joe Newman
American musician
6
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
7
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
8
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
9
Eddie Jones
American musician
10
Nick Travis
American jazz musician
11
Gene Quill
American musician
12
Teddy Kotick
American musician
13
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
14
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
15
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
16
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
17
George Duvivier
American musician
18
Manny Albam
musician and composer
19
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
20
Don Butterfield
American musician
21
Henry Coker
American musician
22
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
23
Frank Rehak
American musician
24
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
25
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
26
Mel Lewis
American musician
27
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
28
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
29
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
30
Dick Katz
American musician
31
Jimmy Gourley
American jazz guitarist
32
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
33
Gene Ramey
American musician
34
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
35
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
36
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
37
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
38
Joe Benjamin
American musician
39
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
40
Joe Puma
American musician
41
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
42
Skeeter Best
American musician
43
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
44
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
45
Connie Kay
American musician
46
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
47
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
48
Charlie Mariano
American alto saxophonist
49
Nick Stabulas
American musician
50
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
51
Bernie Glow
American musician
52
Ray Copeland
American musician
53
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
54
Eddie Bert
American musician
55
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
56
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
57
George Tucker
American musician
58
Percy Heath
American musician
59
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
60
Mousey Alexander
Jazz drummer
61
Teddy Charles
American musician
62
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
63
Budd Johnson
American musician
64
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
65
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
66
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
67
Jamil Nasser
American bassist
68
Nat Pierce
American musician
69
Bennie Green
American musician
70
Stu Williamson
American trumpeter
71
James Buffington
American musician
72
Dave Bailey
American drummer
73
Don Elliott
jazz musician
74
Alvin Stoller
American musician
75
Don Lamond
American musician
76
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
77
Bill Crow
American bassist
78
Larry Bunker
American musician
79
Claude Hopkins
American pianist
80
Dave McKenna
American musician
81
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
82
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
83
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
84
Vinnie Burke
American musician
85
Dick Garcia
American musician
86
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
87
J. C. Higginbotham
Jazz trombonist
88
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
89
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
90
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
91
Billy Butler
American musician
