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Ray Drummond
American musician
1
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
2
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
3
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
4
Woody Shaw
American musician
5
Bill Hardman
American musician
6
Louis Hayes
American drummer
7
Johnny Griffin
American musician
8
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
9
Cecil McBee
American bassist
10
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
11
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
12
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
13
Ben Riley
American drummer
14
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
15
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
16
Walter Davis
American pianist
17
Albert Dailey
American musician
18
Ricky Ford
American jazz tenor saxophonist
19
Carlos Garnett
American musician
20
Javon Jackson
American musician
21
Gary Bartz
American musician
22
Benny Green
American musician
23
Wallace Roney
American musician
24
James Spaulding
American saxophonist
25
Vincent Herring
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
26
Stafford James
American musician
27
Sal Nistico
American musician
28
Lee Morgan
American trumpeter
29
Kenny Garrett
American musician
30
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
31
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
32
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
33
Azar Lawrence
American musician
34
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
35
Leon Lee Dorsey
American musician
36
Carl Allen
American jazz drummer
37
Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
38
David Williams
American jazz musician
39
Victor Sproles
American musician
40
Charles Davis
American musician
41
Dale Barlow
Australian musician
42
Roger Humphries
American musician
43
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
44
James Williams
American jazz pianist
45
Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
46
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
47
Stephen Scott
American musician
48
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
49
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
50
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
51
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
52
David Schnitter
American musician
53
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
54
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
55
Freddie Redd
American pianist
56
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
57
Eddie Henderson
American musician
58
Reggie Johnson
American musician
59
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
60
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
61
Jymie Merritt
American bassist
62
John Gross
American saxophone, flute and clarinet player
63
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist
64
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
65
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
66
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
67
Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
68
Cameron Brown
American musician
69
Joe Bonner
American musician
70
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
