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Henry Coker
American musician
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Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
2
Joe Newman
American musician
3
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
4
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
5
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
6
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
7
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
8
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
9
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
10
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
11
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
12
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
13
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
14
Bill Hughes
jazz musician
15
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
16
Wendell Culley
American jazz trumpeter
17
Marshal Royal
American musician
18
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
19
Eddie Jones
American musician
20
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
21
Nat Pierce
American musician
22
Matthew Gee
American musician
23
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
24
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
25
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
26
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
27
A. K. Salim
American musician
28
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
29
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
30
Willie Smith
American musician
31
Snooky Young
American musician
32
Bennie Green
American musician
33
Bernie Glow
American musician
34
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
35
Jimmy Maxwell
American musician
36
Quentin Jackson
American musician
37
Eddie Preston
American musician
38
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
39
Eddie Bert
American musician
40
George Duvivier
American musician
41
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
42
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
43
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
44
Al Grey
American jazz musician
45
Mel Lewis
American musician
46
Frank Rehak
American musician
47
Gene Ramey
American musician
48
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
49
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
50
Gus Johnson
American musician
51
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
52
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
53
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
54
Tommy Potter
American musician
55
J. C. Heard
American musician
56
Bill Graham
American musician
57
Speedy Jones
American drummer
58
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
59
Don Lamond
American musician
60
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
61
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
62
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
63
Willie Cook
American musician
64
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
65
Bill Harris
American jazz trombonist
66
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
67
Aaron Bell
American musician
68
Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
69
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
70
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
71
Russell Procope
American musician
72
Ray Nance
American musician
73
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
74
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
75
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
76
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
77
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
78
Henderson Chambers
American musician
