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Rashied Ali
American jazz musician
1
Art Davis
American double-bassist
2
Steve Kuhn
American pianist
3
Ralph Alessi
Trumpeter, composer
4
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
5
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
6
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
7
Cecil McBee
American bassist
8
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
9
Luis Perdomo
American musician
10
Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
11
John Medeski
American jazz keyboards player and composer
12
Alice Coltrane
American jazz musician
13
Matt Garrison
American musician
14
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
15
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
16
Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
17
Shane Endsley
American musician
18
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
19
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
20
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
21
Michael Cain
American pianist and composer
22
Steve Coleman
American saxophonist
23
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
24
Dave Holland
British musician
25
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
26
Bob Moses
American musician
27
Robin Eubanks
American musician
28
Lee Morgan
American trumpeter
29
Dezron Douglas
American composer and bassist
30
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
31
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
32
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
33
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
34
Javon Jackson
American musician
35
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
36
Brandee Younger
American Harpist
37
Brian Blade
American jazz musician
38
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
39
Byard Lancaster
American saxophonist
40
James Williams
American jazz pianist
41
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
42
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
43
George Coleman
American musician
44
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
45
George Adams
musician
46
Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
47
Sonny Greenwich
Canadian jazz guitarist
48
Horacio Hernandez
Cuban musician
49
Benoît Delbecq
French jazz pianist, composer and educator
50
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
51
Renee Rosnes
Canadian pianist
52
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
53
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
54
Carl Allen
American jazz drummer
55
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
56
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
57
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
58
Nasheet Waits
American musician
59
Grant Green
American jazz guitarist and composer
60
Mark Turner
American saxophonist and composer
61
Damion Reid
American drummer
