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Milt Jackson
American musician
1
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
2
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
3
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
4
Connie Kay
American musician
5
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
6
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
7
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
8
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
9
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
10
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
11
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
12
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
13
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
14
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
15
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
16
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
17
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
18
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
19
Wade Legge
Jazz pianist and bassist
20
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
21
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
22
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
23
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
24
Will Davis
Jazz pianist
25
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
26
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
27
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
28
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
29
Eddie Jones
American musician
30
James Buffington
American musician
31
James Moody
American jazz musician
32
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
33
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
34
Joe Benjamin
American musician
35
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
36
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
37
Henry Coker
American musician
38
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
39
Skeeter Best
American musician
40
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
41
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
42
J. C. Heard
American musician
43
Matthew Gee
American musician
44
Dave Bailey
American drummer
45
Elmon Wright
American musician
46
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
47
Johnny Griffin
American musician
48
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
49
Specs Wright
American jazz drummer
50
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
51
Albert Heath
American drummer
52
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
53
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
54
Don Butterfield
American musician
55
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
56
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
57
Nelson Boyd
American musician
58
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
59
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
60
George Duvivier
American musician
61
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
62
Bobby Jaspar
cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer
63
Stan Levey
American musician
64
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
65
Joe Newman
American musician
66
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
67
Freddie Redd
American pianist
68
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
69
Al McKibbon
American musician
70
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
71
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
72
Dave Burns
American musician, trumpeter and music educator
73
Charlie Rouse
American musician
74
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
75
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
76
Oliver Jackson
American drummer
77
Duke Jordan
American musician
78
Nick Travis
American jazz musician
