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Hubert Fol
French saxophonist
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Benny Vasseur
French jazz trombonist (1926-2015)
2
Gérard Badini
French jazz musician
3
Jean-Claude-René Naudé
French composer and songwriter
4
Philippe Brun
French trumpeter
5
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
6
François Guin
French conductor and trumpeter
7
Jack Diéval
French jazz musician
8
Pierre Cullaz
French cellist and music educator
9
René Urtreger
French musician
10
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
11
Anthony Ortega
American musician and clarinetist
12
François Jeanneau
French saxophonist
13
Christian Garros
French jazz drummer, percussionist
14
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
15
Kansas Fields
American musician
16
Henri Chaix
Swiss pianist (1925-1999)
17
Hal Galper
American pianist
18
Alain Jean-Marie
French pianist
19
Ralph Burns
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
20
Michel Gaudry
French jazz musician
21
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
22
Elek Bacsik
Hungarian-American jazz guitarist and violinist; cousin of guitarist Django Reinhardt
23
Dany Doriz
French musician
24
Maurice Vander
French pianist
25
Jean-Louis Chautemps
French jazz musician, saxophonist
26
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
27
Russell Smith
American jazz musician
28
Aimé Barelli
French conductor and trumpeter
29
Flavio Ambrosetti
Swiss jazz saxophonist (1919-2012)
30
Daniel Humair
Swiss drummer and painter
31
Chris Griffin
American jazz trumpeter of the swing era
32
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
33
Boris Vian
French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer (1920-1959)
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Dick Wellstood
American jazz pianist
35
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
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Billie Pierce
American jazz pianist and singer
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Takashi Kako
Japanese composer
38
André Paquinet
French jazz trombonist
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Thomas Raymond Kelly
American musician
40
Bill Crow
American bassist
41
Jimmy McLin
42
Jess Stacy
American musician
43
Ivan Jullien
French music arranger and jazz musician
44
Joe LaBarbera
American musician
45
Gene Allen
American musician
46
Claude Bolling
French musician
47
Bert Wilson
American saxophonist (1939-2013)
48
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
49
Buster Bailey
American musician
50
Fumio Itabashi
Japanese pianist and composer (born 1949)
51
Colin Purbrook
British pianist
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Arville Harris
American saxophonist (1904-1954)
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Marshal Royal
American musician
54
Don Byas
American musician
55
Ray Bryant
American pianist
