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George Mraz

Czech jazz bassist

1

Daniel Humair

Swiss drummer and painter

2

Kenny Drew

American jazz pianist

3

Martial Solal

French-Algerian jazz pianist

4

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Danish jazz upright bassist

5

Scott Colley

American musician

6

Chris Hinze

Dutch composer and record producer

7

Cecil McBee

American bassist

8

André Ceccarelli

French musician

9

Joachim Kühn

German jazz pianist

10

Horace Parlan

American-Danish jazz pianist

11

Larry Coryell

American guitarist

12

Billy Higgins

American jazz drummer

13

Billy Drummond

American musician

14

Terumasa Hino

Japanese jazz trumpet player

15

Stéphane Grappelli

French jazz violinist

16

Svend Asmussen

Danish jazz violinist

17

Johnny Griffin

American musician

18

Zbigniew Seifert

Polish musician

19

Georges Arvanitas

Jazz pianist

20

Hein van de Geyn

Dutch jazz bassist

21

Jean-Luc Ponty

French musician

22

Roland Hanna

American pianist

23

Cedar Walton

American hard bop jazz pianist

24

Jasper van 't Hof

Dutch musician

25

Albert Heath

American drummer

26

Kenny Werner

American jazz pianist, composer, and author

27

Larry Schneider

American musician

28

Toots Thielemans

Belgian jazz musician

29

Sam Jones

American double bassist and cellist

30

Pierre Michelot

French jazz double bassist

31

Clifford Jordan

American jazz saxophone player

32

Jeff "Tain" Watts

American musician

33

Gary Smulyan

Jazz baritone saxophonist

34

Idrees Sulieman

American musician

35

Glen Moore

American musician

36

Tete Montoliu

Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933-1997)

37

Roy Brooks

American drummer

38

Vincent Herring

American jazz saxophonist and flautist

39

Dannie Richmond

American drummer

40

Steve LaSpina

American musician, artist, educator

41

Rolf Kühn

German jazz clarinetist, composer and big band leader

42

Miroslav Vitouš

Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist

43

Alphonse Mouzon

American musician (1948-2016)

44

David Williams

American jazz musician

45

René Thomas

Belgian musician

46

Duško Gojković

Serbian musician

47

Adam Nussbaum

American jazz drummer

48

Airto Moreira

Brazilian musician

49

Benny Bailey

American musician

50

Alex Riel

Danish musician

51

John Stubblefield

American musician

52

Tony Reedus

American musician

53

Enrico Rava

Italian trumpeter

54

Jesper Lundgaard

Danish musician

55

Jimmy Woode

American bassist

56

Chris Potter

American musician

57

Lewis Nash

American drummer

58

Steve Slagle

American musician

59

Eddie Henderson

American musician

60

Alex Sipiagin

Russian musician

61

Hal Galper

American pianist

62

George Shearing

British-American jazz pianist

63

Bo Stief

Danish musician

64

Marc Johnson

American jazz bass player, composer and band leader

65

Gene Bertoncini

American jazz guitarist

66

Bennie Wallace

American musician

67

Wilbur Little

American musician

68

John Abercrombie

American jazz guitarist

69

Richard Galliano

French musician

70

Red Mitchell

American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet

71

Jeff Hirshfield

American musician

72

Doug Raney

American musician

73

Al Foster

American musician

74

Eddie Gomez

Puerto Rican bassist

75

Manolo Badrena

Puerto Rican musician

76

Beaver Harris

American musician

77

Victor Lewis

American jazz drummer

78

Steve Swallow

jazz bassist and composer

79

Adam Rogers

American musician

80

Naná Vasconcelos

Brazilian percussionist

81

René Urtreger

French musician

82

Ben Riley

American drummer

83

Lenny White

American drummer

84

Anthony Jackson

American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter

85

Dennis Budimir

American musician

86

Charlie Rouse

American musician

87

Roy Haynes

American jazz drummer and group leader

88

Wayne Dockery

American musician