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Herb Ellis

American jazz guitarist

1

Mundell Lowe

American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)

2

Martin Drew

British musician

3

Percy Heath

American musician

4

Milt Jackson

American musician

5

Monty Alexander

Jamaican pianist

6

Jo Jones

American jazz drummer

7

André Previn

German-American pianist, conductor and composer

8

Joe Pass

American musician

9

Christian McBride

American musician

10

Trigger Alpert

musician

11

Ed Thigpen

American jazz drummer

12

Jeff Hamilton

American musician

13

Modern Jazz Quartet

American jazz ensemble

14

Karriem Riggins

Jazz drummer, hip hop producer (1975-)

15

Mickey Roker

American jazz drummer

16

Irving Ashby

American jazz guitarist

17

Oscar Peterson

Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer

18

Kenny Clarke

American jazz drummer

19

John Clayton

American jazz and classical double bassist

20

Johnny Frigo

American jazz musician

21

Ray Bryant

American pianist

22

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Danish jazz upright bassist

23

Roy McCurdy

jazz drummer

24

Buster Cooper

American trombonist

25

Hank Jones

American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)

26

Al Viola

American musician

27

Ernie Royal

American jazz trumpeter

28

Ella Fitzgerald

American jazz singer

29

Keter Betts

American jazz musician

30

Russell Malone

jazz guitarist

31

Shelly Manne

American jazz drummer

32

Geoffrey Keezer

American musician

33

Bill Goodwin

American jazz drummer

34

Betty Bennett

American jazz singer

35

J. C. Heard

American musician

36

Tommy Flanagan

American jazz pianist

37

John Heard

American musician and sculptor

38

Gary Husband

British musician

39

Bobby Durham

American musician

40

Barney Kessel

American jazz guitarist

41

Mulgrew Miller

American pianist

42

Dave Holland

British musician

43

Major Holley

American jazz upright bassist

44

Junior Mance

American musician

45

Chris Jennings

Canadian musician in Paris France

46

John Lewis

American jazz pianist, composer and arranger

47

Wynton Kelly

American jazz pianist

48

George Adams

musician

49

James Williams

American jazz pianist

50

Red Mitchell

American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet

51

Stanley Clarke

American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever

52

Kenny Burrell

American jazz guitarist

53

Herb Geller

American saxophonist (1928-2013)