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James Carter
American musician
1
Junko Onishi
Japanese jazz pianist (1967-)
2
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
3
Russell Malone
jazz guitarist
4
Lizz Wright
American singer
5
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
6
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
7
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
8
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
9
Russell Procope
American musician
10
Stuff Smith
American musician
11
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
12
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
13
Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
14
Cyrus Chestnut
American musician
15
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
16
Shirley Horn
American singer
17
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
18
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
19
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
20
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
21
Claus Ogerman
German composer
22
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
23
Rodney Whitaker
American jazz double bass player, educator
24
Ray Nance
American musician
25
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
26
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
27
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
28
Paul Smith
jazz pianist from the United States
29
Milt Jackson
American musician
30
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
31
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
32
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
33
Betty Carter
American jazz singer, recording artist, songwriter
34
Willie Smith
American musician
35
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
36
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
37
Romero Lubambo
Brazilian musician
38
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
39
Terry Pollard
jazz pianist prominent in the Detroit jazz scene of the 1940s and 1950s
40
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
41
Don Shirley
American-Jamaican jazz pianist and composer
42
Joe Pass
American musician
43
Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
44
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
45
Rachel Z
American jazz pianist
46
Geri Allen
American composer and jazz pianist
47
Jean-Luc Ponty
French musician
48
Alvin Stoller
American musician
49
Quentin Jackson
American musician
50
Stéphane Grappelli
French jazz violinist
51
Roland Hanna
American pianist
52
Renee Rosnes
Canadian pianist
53
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
54
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
55
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
56
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
57
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
58
Percy Heath
American musician
59
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
60
Marcus Belgrave
American trumpeter
61
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
62
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
American musical duo, collaboration
