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John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
1
Johnny Dyani
South African jazz double bassist
2
Marilyn Mazur
Danish musician
3
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
4
Doudou Gouirand
French musician
5
Harry Beckett
Barbadian musician
6
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Danish jazz upright bassist
7
Bo Stief
Danish musician
8
Thomas Clausen
Danish musician
9
Louis Moholo
South African jazz musician
10
Jim McNeely
American musician
11
Jesper Lundgaard
Danish musician
12
Andy McKee
American bassist
13
Bob Rockwell
American jazz saxophonist
14
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
15
Steve LaSpina
American musician, artist, educator
16
Mads Vinding
Danish jazz musician
17
Albert Heath
American drummer
18
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
19
Larry Schneider
American musician
20
Mickey Tucker
American pianist
21
Tete Montoliu
Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933-1997)
22
Audun Kleive
Norwegian jazz drummer, percussionist, music arranger, composer
23
Kenny Washington
American musician
24
Shirley Horn
American singer
25
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
26
Dudu Pukwana
South African musician
27
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
28
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
29
Michael Weiss
American musician
30
Ben Riley
American drummer
31
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
32
Mike Richmond
American musician
33
Irène Schweizer
Swiss musician
34
Al Foster
American musician
35
Manolo Badrena
Puerto Rican musician
36
Ronnie Cuber
American musician
37
Rick Margitza
American musician
38
Von Freeman
American saxophonist
39
Richard Davis
American double-bassist
40
Eddie Henderson
American musician
41
Frode Gjerstad
Jazz saxophonist
42
Ron McClure
American jazz bassist
43
Arild Andersen
Norwegian jazz musician
44
Doug Raney
American musician
45
Michał Urbaniak
Polish musician
46
Charles Tyler
American musician
47
Byard Lancaster
American saxophonist
48
Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist
49
Philip Catherine
musician
50
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
51
Okay Temiz
Turkish musician
52
Scott Hamilton
American musician
53
Scott Colley
American musician
54
Bob Berg
American musician
55
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
56
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
57
Duke Jordan
American musician
58
Billy Drummond
American musician
59
Vic Juris
American jazz guitarist
60
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
61
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
62
Michael Carvin
American musician
63
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
64
Jimmy Raney
American musician
65
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
66
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
67
Red Rodney
American musician
68
David Murray
American jazz musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet)
69
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
70
Mani Neumeier
German rock musician, free jazz-drummer artist, and frontman
71
Louis Hayes
American drummer
72
Maggie Nicols
British musician and dancer
73
Curtis Lundy
American musician
74
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
75
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
76
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
77
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
78
Eddie Harris
American jazz musician, saxophonist
