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Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
1
Herbie Lewis
American musician
2
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
3
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
4
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
5
Bobby Timmons
American pianist
6
Budd Johnson
American musician
7
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
8
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
9
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
10
Don Butterfield
American musician
11
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
12
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
13
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
14
Percy Heath
American musician
15
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
16
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
17
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
18
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
19
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
20
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
21
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
22
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
23
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
24
George Duvivier
American musician
25
Jackie Kelso
musician
26
Louis Hayes
American drummer
27
Connie Kay
American musician
28
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
29
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
30
Al McKibbon
American musician
31
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
32
Monty Budwig
American double bassist
33
Victor Gaskin
American bassist
34
Joe Newman
American musician
35
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
36
Henry Coker
American musician
37
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
38
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
39
David Axelrod
American musician, record producer, composer and arranger
40
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
41
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
42
Milt Jackson
American musician
43
Warren Smith
American musician
44
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
45
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
46
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
47
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
48
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
49
Specs Wright
American jazz drummer
50
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
51
Stephen Scott
American musician
52
Kenny Barron
American jazz pianist
53
Vincent Herring
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
54
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
55
Junior Mance
American musician
56
Willie Bobo
American musician
57
Albert Heath
American drummer
58
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
59
Al Grey
American jazz musician
60
Tommy Turrentine
American swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer
61
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
