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Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
1
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
2
Quentin Jackson
American musician
3
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
4
George Duvivier
American musician
5
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
6
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
7
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
8
Reunald Jones
American musician
9
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
10
Snooky Young
American musician
11
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
12
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
13
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
14
Seldon Powell
American musician
15
Joe Newman
American musician
16
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
17
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
18
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
19
Billy Butler
American musician
20
Art Davis
American double-bassist
21
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
22
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
23
Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
24
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
25
Matthew Gee
American musician
26
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
27
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
28
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
29
Åke Persson
Swedish musician
30
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
31
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
32
Benny Bailey
American musician
33
Cal Massey
American musician
34
Rudy Collins
American musician
35
Bob Bushnell
musician
36
Milt Jackson
American musician
37
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
38
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
39
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
40
Bennie Green
American musician
41
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
42
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
43
Roland Hanna
American pianist
44
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
45
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
46
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
47
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
48
Walter Perkins
American drummer
49
Harold Vick
American musician
50
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
51
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
52
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
53
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
54
Budd Johnson
American musician
55
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
56
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
57
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
58
James Buffington
American musician
59
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
60
George Barrow
American jazz musician
61
Junior Mance
American musician
62
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
63
Bob Northern
American jazz musician
64
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
65
Al Grey
American jazz musician
66
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
67
Claus Ogerman
German composer
68
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
69
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
70
James Moody
American jazz musician
71
J. C. Heard
American musician
72
Everett Barksdale
American jazz guitarist
73
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
74
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
75
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
76
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
77
Norman Simmons
pianist and arranger
78
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
79
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
80
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
81
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
82
Jimmy Maxwell
American musician
83
Hal Mooney
American composer
84
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
85
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
