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Walter Davis
American pianist
1
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
2
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
3
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
4
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
5
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
6
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
7
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
8
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
9
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
10
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
11
Percy Heath
American musician
12
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
13
Albert Heath
American drummer
14
Johnny Griffin
American musician
15
Louis Hayes
American drummer
16
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
17
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
18
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
19
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
20
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
21
Charlie Rouse
American musician
22
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
23
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
24
Tommy Turrentine
American swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer
25
Ray Draper
American musician
26
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
27
Connie Kay
American musician
28
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
29
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
30
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
31
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
32
Tommy Potter
American musician
33
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
34
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
35
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
36
George Coleman
American musician
37
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
38
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
39
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
40
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
41
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
42
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
43
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
44
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
45
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
46
Milt Jackson
American musician
47
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
48
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
49
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
50
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
51
Matthew Gee
American musician
52
Bennie Green
American musician
53
George Duvivier
American musician
54
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
55
Sonny Clark
American musician
56
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
57
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
58
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
59
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
60
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
61
Teddy Kotick
American musician
62
Mel Lewis
American musician
63
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
64
James Buffington
American musician
65
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
66
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
67
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
68
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
69
Henry Coker
American musician
70
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
71
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
72
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
73
Paul Chambers
American musician
74
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
75
Bobby Jaspar
cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer
76
Wade Legge
Jazz pianist and bassist
77
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
78
Roland Alexander
musician
79
Addison Farmer
American musician
80
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
81
Don Butterfield
American musician
82
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
83
Denis Charles
American jazz drummer
