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Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
1
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
2
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
3
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
4
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
5
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
6
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
7
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
8
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
9
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
10
George Duvivier
American musician
11
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
12
Walter Perkins
American drummer
13
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
14
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
15
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
16
Steve Kuhn
American pianist
17
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
18
Wilbur Ware
American musician
19
Louis Hayes
American drummer
20
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
21
Gene Ramey
American musician
22
Mel Lewis
American musician
23
George Tucker
American musician
24
Sonny Clark
American musician
25
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
26
David Izenzon
American musician
27
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
28
Percy Heath
American musician
29
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
30
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
31
Mark Soskin
Jazz pianist
32
Connie Kay
American musician
33
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
34
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
35
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
36
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
37
Albert Heath
American drummer
38
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
39
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
40
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
41
Denis Charles
American jazz drummer
42
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
43
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
44
Lennie McBrowne
American musician
45
Frankie Dunlop
American jazz drummer
46
Henry Grimes
American musician
47
Stan Tracey
British pianist
48
Ben Riley
American drummer
49
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
50
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
51
Elmo Hope
American musician
52
Billy Drummond
American musician
53
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
54
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
55
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
56
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
57
Gary Peacock
American double-bassist
58
Walter Davis
American pianist
59
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
60
Joe Newman
American musician
61
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
62
Bill Evans
American jazz pianist
63
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
64
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
65
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
66
Marvin Smith
American musician
67
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
68
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
69
Henry Coker
American musician
70
Bill Dowdy
American musician
71
Montego Joe
Jamaican jazz musician and music educator
72
Al Foster
American musician
73
Larry Gales
American musician
74
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
75
Leroy Williams
American jazz drummer
76
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
77
Barry Altschul
American drummer
78
George Coleman
American musician
79
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
80
Harold Vick
American musician
81
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
82
Charnett Moffett
American musician
