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Wayne Garfield
Collaborating Songwriter, producer, vocalist, for four decades
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Fred Wesley
American jazz trombonist
2
Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Nigerian musician and activist
3
Dave Pike
American jazz musician
4
Wayne Henderson
American trombonist and record producer
5
Charles Tolliver
American musician
6
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
7
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
8
Badal Roy
musician
9
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
10
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
11
Down to the Bone
band
12
Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
13
Gary Bartz
American musician
14
Tony Allen
Drummer, composer, songwriter
15
James Taylor Quartet
band that plays jazz
16
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
17
Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
18
Ginger Baker
English rock drummer
19
Larry Young
American jazz musician
20
Femi Kuti
Nigerian musician
21
RAMP
American soul/jazz band
22
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
23
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
24
Eric Gale
American musician
25
George Coleman
American musician
26
John Tropea
American musician
27
David T. Walker
American musician
28
Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
29
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
30
Frank Ricotti
British musician
31
George Adams
musician
32
Lenny White
American drummer
33
Sylvia Striplin
American musician
34
James Gadson
American musician
35
Mike Mainieri
American vibraphonist
36
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
37
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
38
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
39
Demon Fuzz
musical artist
40
Miles Tackett
American musician
41
Ed Motta
Brazilian musician
42
Jack Wilson
American pianist (1936-2007)
43
Sandra St. Victor
American singer-songwriter
44
Carlos Garnett
American musician
45
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
46
Betty Davis
American funk and soul singer
47
Chris Karan
Greek Australian musician
48
Barry Rogers
American musician
49
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
50
Mtume
51
Mandrill
American funk band from Brooklyn, New York
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Ronald Muldrow
American musician
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Joe Beck
American musician
