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Andy Kirk
American jazz saxophonist and tubist, bandleader
1
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
2
Don Byas
American musician
3
Monette Moore
American jazz and blues singer (1902-1962)
4
Jean Terrell
American musician
5
George E. Lee
American musician
6
Billy Eckstine
American musician
7
Norman Granz
American jazz musician and producer
8
Eddie Heywood
American jazz pianist, songwriter
9
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
10
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
11
Ivie Anderson
American jazz singer
12
Gary Foster
Musician, Instrumentalist
13
Lenny Breau
Canadian musician
14
Barbara Morrison
American singer
15
Jeff Bhasker
American musician
16
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
17
Stan Kenton
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader
18
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
19
Lester Koenig
American screenwriter and music industry executive
20
Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist (1919-1965)
21
Joe Lee Wilson
American singer (1935-2011)
22
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
23
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
24
Frankie Jaxon
African American vaudeville singer, female impersonator, stage designer and comedian
25
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
26
Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
27
Shelly Berg
American musician
28
Preston Love
American saxophonist
29
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
30
Mark Murphy
American singer
31
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
32
Curtis Amy
American musician
33
Oleta Adams
American singer
34
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
35
Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
36
Paulinho da Costa
Brazilian musician
37
Wynonie Harris
American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer
38
Kirk Whalum
American musician
39
Mary Osborne
American musician
40
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
41
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
42
Tammi Terrell
American singer–songwriter
43
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
44
Dianne Reeves
American jazz singer
45
Syreeta Wright
American singer-songwriter
46
John Bunch
American jazz pianist
47
Clare Fischer
American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
48
Axel Stordahl
American arranger, orchestra leader
49
Bobby Troup
American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (1918-1999)
50
Ernestine Anderson
American jazz and blues singer
51
Addison Farmer
American musician
52
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
53
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
54
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
55
Joe Houston
American jazz and R&B tenor saxophonist
56
Tom Adair
American lyricist, composer, and screenwriter
57
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
58
Al Jarreau
American jazz and pop musician
59
Myra Taylor
American jazz singer and songwriter (1917-2011)
60
Mildred Bailey
American jazz singer
61
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
62
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
63
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
64
Arnold Moore
American singer
65
Claude Williams
American musician
66
Marvin Gaye
American singer-songwriter and musician
