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Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
1
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
2
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
3
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
4
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
5
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
6
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
7
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
8
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
9
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
10
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
11
Kenny Washington
American musician
12
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
13
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
14
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
15
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
16
Les Spann
American guitarist
17
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
18
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
19
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
20
Robin Eubanks
American musician
21
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
22
Roland Hanna
American pianist
23
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
24
Stanley Cowell
American musician
25
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
26
Curley Russell
American jazz musician
27
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
28
Bill Hardman
American musician
29
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
30
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Walter Perkins
American drummer
32
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
33
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
34
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
35
Tommy Turrentine
American swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer
36
Kirk Lightsey
American musician
37
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
38
Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
39
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
40
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
41
Albert Dailey
American musician
42
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
43
Joe Benjamin
American musician
44
Snooky Young
American musician
45
Sonny Red
American musician
46
Charles McPherson
American jazz alto saxophonist
47
Craig Handy
American tenor saxophonist
48
Walter Davis
American pianist
49
Kenny Drew, Jr.
American pianist
50
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
51
Sabu Martinez
American musician
52
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
53
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
54
Ray Mantilla
American jazz drummer
55
Bobby Broom
American musician
56
Wilbur Ware
American musician
57
Larry Gales
American musician
58
Herbie Lewis
American musician
59
Eddie Marshall
American drummer
60
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
61
Sonny Clark
American musician
62
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
63
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
64
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
65
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
66
George Coleman
American musician
67
Eddie Preston
American musician
68
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
69
George Barrow
American jazz musician
70
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
