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Barry Finnerty
American musician
1
Johnny Mince
American musician
2
Svend Asmussen
Danish jazz violinist
3
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
4
Derek Wadsworth
English jazz musician, composer and arranger
5
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
6
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
7
Ray Bryant
American pianist
8
Elmer Snowden
American musician
9
Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer
10
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
11
Bud Shank
American saxophonist and flautist
12
Stan Wrightsman
American pianist (1910-1975)
13
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
14
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
15
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
16
Archie Shepp
American jazz musician
17
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
18
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
19
Eddie Barefield
American musician
20
Ray Anthony
American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor
21
Daryl Runswick
British musician
22
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
23
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
24
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
25
Richard M. Jones
American musician
26
Josiah "Cie" Frazier
New Orleans jazz musician
27
Bunny Berigan
American musician
28
McClure Morris
American musician
29
John Horler
British musician
30
Herb Flemming
American musician
31
Jaki Byard
American musician
32
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
33
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
34
Johnny Frigo
American jazz musician
35
Ray Bauduc
American musician
36
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
37
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
38
Lennie Tristano
American jazz pianist and composer
39
Harold Vick
American musician
40
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
41
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
42
Tony Allen
Drummer, composer, songwriter
43
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
44
Erskine Hawkins
American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama
45
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
46
Tex Beneke
American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader
47
Guy Pratt
British bassist
48
Artie Shaw
American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader
49
Dave Holland
British musician
50
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
51
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
52
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
53
Simon Phillips
English drummer (born 1957)
54
Howard Johnson
American musician
55
Mark Naftalin
American blues keyboardist, composer, and record producer
56
Ray Charles
American recording artist; musician, singer, songwriter
57
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
58
Chuck Hedges
59
John Mayall
English blues musician
60
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
61
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
62
Carol Kaye
American bass guitarist
63
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
64
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
65
Chuck Berghofer
American musician
66
Frank Fields
American musician
67
Eddy Davis
American jazz musician
68
Lenny Hambro
Jazz Musician
69
Paul Chambers
American musician
70
Lonnie Liston Smith
American pianist
71
Ray Draper
American musician
72
Alex Chilton
American songwriter, guitarist, singer & producer
73
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
74
Quincy Jones
American record producer
75
Panama Francis
American musician
76
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
77
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
78
Kenny Graham
British musician
79
Don Thompson
Canadian musician
80
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
81
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
82
Ken Colyer
British musician
