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Herb Pomeroy
American trumpeter
1
Serge Chaloff
American musician
2
Boots Mussulli
American musician
3
Joe Gordon
American trumpeter
4
Hal Galper
American pianist
5
Bill Berry
American musician
6
Phil Wilson
American jazz musician
7
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
8
Jacky Terrasson
jazz musician
9
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
10
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
11
Mathias Claus
jazz pianist, composer
12
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
13
Jimmy Raney
American musician
14
Alvin Stoller
American musician
15
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
16
Don Friedman
American jazz pianist
17
Roger Neumann
American musician
18
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
19
Joe Newman
American musician
20
John D'earth
American musician
21
Gordon Brisker
American musician
22
Steve Rochinski
American musician
23
Mike Jones
American jazz pianist
24
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
25
Snooky Young
American musician
26
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
27
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
28
Martin Drew
British musician
29
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
30
Charlie Byrd
American guitarist
31
Graham Collier
English jazz bassist, bandleader and composer
32
John Simmons
American jazz bassist
33
Buddy Emmons
American guitarist
34
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
35
Michel Reis
jazz musician
36
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
37
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
38
Buddy Deppenschmidt
American jazz drummer
39
Gray Sargent
40
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
41
Steve Hunt
American jazz pianist and composer
42
John LaPorta
American clarinetist
43
Charlie Mariano
American alto saxophonist
44
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
45
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
46
Dado Moroni
Italian musician
47
Fred Lipsius
American musician
48
Joe Lovano
American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist
49
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
50
Sonny Clark
American musician
51
Geri Allen
American composer and jazz pianist
52
Kendrick Scott
American musician
53
James Williams
American jazz pianist
54
Hiromi Uehara
Japanese-born jazz composer and pianist (1979-)
55
John Guerin
American drummer
