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Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
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Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
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John Purcell
American jazz saxophonist
3
J. D. Parran
American musician
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Anthony Cox
American jazz bass player
5
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
6
John Stubblefield
American musician
7
James Carter
American musician
8
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
9
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
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Thurman Green
Jazz trombonist
11
Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
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Tommy Campbell
American drummer
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Charnett Moffett
American musician
14
Don Byron
American musician
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Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
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Defunkt
American band
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Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
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Oliver Lake
American musician
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Tony Reedus
American musician
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Marvin Smith
American musician
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Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
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Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
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James Williams
American jazz pianist
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Jean-Paul Bourelly
American jazz fusion guitarist
25
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
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Dave Holland
British musician
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Charles Davis
American musician
28
Tom Varner
American musician
29
Craig S. Harris
American musician
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Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist
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George Coleman
American musician
32
Billy Harper
American musician
33
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
34
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
35
Charlie Rouse
American musician
36
Arthur Blythe
American musician
37
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
38
David Friedman
American jazz percussionist
39
Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
40
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
42
Jim Pepper
Kaw-Muscogee Creek jazz musician
43
Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
44
Frank Lacy
American musician
45
Kenny Drew, Jr.
American pianist
46
Vincent Herring
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Harry Carney
American jazz musician
48
Bob Neloms
49
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
50
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
51
Rodney Jones
American jazz guitarist and bassist, born 30 August 1956 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
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Seamus Blake
Canadian jazz saxophonist
53
Manolo Badrena
Puerto Rican musician
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Philip Catherine
musician
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Warren Smith
American musician
56
Don Moye
American percussionist
57
Eddie Allen
jazz musician
58
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
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Duško Gojković
Serbian musician
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Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
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Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
63
Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
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Olu Dara
American musician
65
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
66
Gianluigi Trovesi
Italian musician
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Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
68
George Garzone
American musician
69
Mike LeDonne
American musician
70
Stafford James
American musician
71
Michael Carvin
American musician
72
Gary Bartz
American musician
