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Melvin Sparks
American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist
1
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
American organist
2
Neal Creque
American musician
3
Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones
jazz musician
4
Charles Earland
jazz musician
5
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
6
Sonny Phillips
American musician
7
Richard Holmes
American organist
8
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
9
Rusty Bryant
American musician
10
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
11
Billy Butler
American musician
12
Johnny Lytle
American jazz musician
13
Louis Hayes
American drummer
14
Gilles Peterson
French DJ and radio presenter
15
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
16
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
17
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
18
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
19
Johnny Griffin
American musician
20
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
21
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
22
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
23
Brew Moore
American musician
24
Chuck Mangione
American jazz musician
25
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
26
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
27
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
28
Montego Joe
Jamaican jazz musician and music educator
29
Idris Muhammad
American drummer
30
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
31
Duke Pearson
American pianist
32
Herbie Lewis
American musician
33
Hadley Caliman
American saxophonist
34
Ben Riley
American drummer
35
Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
36
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
37
Steve Berrios
American drummer
38
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
39
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
40
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
41
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
42
Dave Pike
American jazz musician
43
James Moody
American jazz musician
44
Bill Summers
jazz musician
45
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
46
Orrin Keepnews
American record producer
47
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
48
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
49
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
50
Nicola Conte
Italian DJ and nu jazz musician
51
Milt Jackson
American musician
52
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
53
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
54
Strunz & Farah
Music Band
55
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
56
Jimmy Ponder
American guitarist
57
Walter Davis
American pianist
58
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
59
Richie Cole
American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger
60
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
61
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
62
Alex Blake
American musician
63
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
64
Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
65
Ronnie Cuber
American musician
66
Reuben Wilson
American jazz musician
67
Freddie Redd
American pianist
68
Bill Hardman
American musician
69
Mel Lewis
American musician
70
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
71
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
72
Joe Sample
American pianist
73
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
74
Lennie McBrowne
American musician
75
Percy Heath
American musician
76
Bill Doggett
American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist
77
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
78
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
79
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
80
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
81
Houston Person
American saxophonist
82
Andy Bey
American musician
83
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
