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Dud Bascomb
American musician
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Erskine Hawkins
American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama
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Sammy Lowe
American trumpeter, arranger, and conductor
3
Tommy Stewart
American trumpeter
4
Reuben Phillips
musician
5
Clyde Bernhardt
American musician
6
Avery Parrish
American musician
7
Don Byas
American musician
8
Haywood Henry
American jazz baritone saxophonist
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Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
10
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
11
Lucky Millinder
American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader
12
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
13
Cleveland Eaton
American musician
14
Bill Graham
American musician
15
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
16
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Matthew Gee
American musician
18
Gil Evans
American pianist
19
Budd Johnson
American musician
20
Bunny Berigan
American musician
21
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
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John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
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Malachi Favors
American bassist
24
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
26
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
27
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
29
Garth Hudson
Canadian musician
30
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
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Mark Naftalin
American blues keyboardist, composer, and record producer
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Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
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Paul Whiteman
American jazz musician and radio personality
35
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
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Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
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Henry Glover
American songwriter, arranger, record producer and trumpet player
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Bill Finegan
American bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer
40
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
42
Jimmie Noone
American musician
43
Reunald Jones
American musician
44
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
45
Singleton Palmer
American musician
46
Charles Davis
American musician
47
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Mervyn Warren
American singer
49
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
50
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
51
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
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Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
54
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
55
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
56
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
57
Rudy Williams
American musician
58
Chuck Leavell
US musician
59
Dave Holland
British musician
60
David Briggs
American keyboardist, record producer, arranger, composer and studio owner
61
Billy Taylor
American jazz bassist
62
Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist (1919-1965)
63
Mildred Bailey
American jazz singer
64
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
65
Chris Griffin
American jazz trumpeter of the swing era
66
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
67
Jaco Pastorius
American jazz bassist, producer, educator
68
Sammy Kaye
American big band leader and musician
69
Nick Travis
American jazz musician
70
Sam Lay
American drummer and vocalist
71
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
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Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
73
Vince Mendoza
American composer
74
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
75
Mickey Baker
American jazz and rock guitarist
