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Marvin Smith
American musician
1
Benny Green
American musician
2
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
3
Kenny Garrett
American musician
4
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
5
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
6
Carl Allen
American jazz drummer
7
Kenny Washington
American musician
8
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
9
Renee Rosnes
Canadian pianist
10
Peter Leitch
Canadian musician
11
Brian Lynch
American musician
12
Ray Drummond
American musician
13
Rufus Reid
American musician
14
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
15
Vincent Herring
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
16
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
17
Ralph Bowen
Canadian musician
18
Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
19
Don Braden
American musician
20
David Kikoski
American musician
21
Louis Hayes
American drummer
22
Frank Lacy
American musician
23
Hod OBrien
American musician
24
Javon Jackson
American musician
25
David Williams
American jazz musician
26
Billy Drummond
American musician
27
Luis Perdomo
American musician
28
Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
29
Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
30
Ben Riley
American drummer
31
Cecil McBee
American bassist
32
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
33
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
34
Tony Reedus
American musician
35
Bill Pierce
American musician
36
Joe Puma
American musician
37
Steve Davis
American musician
38
Bobby Watson
composer
39
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
40
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
41
Peter Beets
Dutch musician
42
Kenny Barron
American jazz pianist
43
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
44
Mike LeDonne
American musician
45
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
46
James Spaulding
American saxophonist
47
Milt Jackson
American musician
48
Scott Colley
American musician
49
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
50
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
51
Cyrus Chestnut
American musician
52
Kiane Zawadi
American jazz musician
53
Dick Katz
American musician
54
Eddie Gladden
American musician
55
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
56
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
57
Jesper Lundgaard
Danish musician
58
Bob Berg
American musician
59
Brian Blade
American jazz musician
60
Larry Grenadier
American bassist
61
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
62
Tal Farlow
American jazz guitarist
63
Robin Eubanks
American musician
64
Buck Clarke
American jazz percussionist
65
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
66
Martin Drew
British musician
67
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
68
Hein van de Geyn
Dutch jazz bassist
69
Lewis Nash
American drummer
70
Jeff Hamilton
American musician
71
Al Grey
American jazz musician
72
Mike Moreno
A prominent contemporary jazz guitarist and educator from texas.
73
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Danish jazz upright bassist
74
Mitchel Forman
American pianist
75
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
76
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
77
Stafford James
American musician
78
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
79
Jerry Gonzalez
American musician
80
Ralph Penland
American drummer and musician
81
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
