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Catherine Russell
singer
1
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
2
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
3
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
4
Adelaide Hall
American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer
5
Bobbi Humphrey
American soul-jazz musician
6
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
7
Jayne Cortez
Avant-garde jazz poet
8
Gary Lucas
American musician
9
Shemekia Copeland
American electric blues singer
10
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
11
J. C. Johnson
American musician
12
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
13
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
14
Gloria Lynne
singer
15
Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
16
Olu Dara
American musician
17
Odetta
American recording artist, singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and civil and human rights activist (1930-2008)
18
Woody Mann
Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitarist
19
Lucille Hegamin
American singer and entertainer
20
Bea Booze
American musician
21
Trixie Smith
African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)
22
Ethel Waters
American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress
23
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
24
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
25
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
26
Charles Burnham
American musician
27
Josh White
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist (1914-1969)
28
Mavis Staples
American singer
29
Edith Wilson
American blues singer and vaudeville performer (1896-1981)
30
Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
31
Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
32
Bobby Broom
American musician
33
Shara Nova
American musician
34
Paul Thorn
American boxer
35
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
36
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
37
Christine Tobin
singer-songwriter
38
Champian Fulton
American musician and pianist
39
Janiva Magness
American blues singer
40
Virginia Liston
American classic female blues and jazz singer
41
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
42
Rose Marie McCoy
American songwriter
43
Guy Forsyth
American Texas blues and blues rock singer, harmonicist, guitarist and songwriter
44
Edward W. Hardy
American composer, musician and producer
45
Eddie Chamblee
American saxophonist
46
J. Geils
American musician
47
Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
48
Justin Townes Earle
American musician
49
Regina Spektor
Russian-born American singer-songwriter and pianist
50
Linda Hopkins
African American actress and blues and gospel singer
51
Dakota Staton
American jazz vocalist
52
Robby Krieger
American rock guitarist and songwriter
53
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
