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Rickey Woodard
American jazz musician
1
Bob Berg
American musician
2
Dieter Ilg
German bassist
3
Jeff Hirshfield
American musician
4
Karl Ratzer
Austrian composer
5
Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
6
Marc Copland
American musician
7
Steve LaSpina
American musician, artist, educator
8
Pete Christlieb
American musician
9
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
10
Till Brönner
German jazz musician
11
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
12
Wolfgang Haffner
German musician
13
Harvey Mason
American drummer
14
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
15
Bill Summers
jazz musician
16
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
17
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
18
John Clayton
American jazz and classical double bassist
19
Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
20
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
21
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
22
Dean Brown
American jazz fusion guitarist and session musician
23
Russell Malone
jazz guitarist
24
Billy Kilson
American musician
25
Jeri Brown
jazz musician
26
Wolfgang Muthspiel
Austrian musician
27
Jacky Terrasson
jazz musician
28
Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
29
Monty Budwig
American double bassist
30
Frank Gambale
Australian guitarist
31
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
32
Romero Lubambo
Brazilian musician
33
Michael Brecker
American musician
34
Manolo Badrena
Puerto Rican musician
35
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
36
Terri Lyne Carrington
American jazz drummer, composer, record producer and entrepreneur
37
Michael Carvin
American musician
38
Kenny Washington
American musician
39
Hein van de Geyn
Dutch jazz bassist
40
Bobby Watson
composer
41
Ingrid Jensen
Canadian jazz trumpet player
42
Cecil Brooks III
American musician
43
Kenwood Dennard
American musician, pianist and music educator
44
Fred Hersch
American musician
45
Paul Humphrey
American musician
46
Eric Reed
American musician
47
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
48
Jeffery Smith
American singer
49
Etta James
American recording artist; singer
50
Eddie Daniels
American musician
51
Benny Green
American musician
52
Phil Markowitz
American musician
53
Jodie Christian
Jazz pianist
54
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
55
John Pisano
American musician
56
Michael Formanek
American jazz bassist
57
Wendell Harrison
American musician
58
James Genus
American musician
59
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
60
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
61
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
62
Gerald Veasley
American musician
63
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
64
Rufus Reid
American musician
65
Eddie Allen
jazz musician
66
Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
67
Tim Landers
American musician
68
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
69
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
70
Plas Johnson
American musician
71
Robert Hurst
American jazz bassist
72
Winard Harper
Jazz drummer
73
Marvin Smith
American musician
74
Houston Person
American saxophonist
75
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
