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Louis Hayes
American drummer
1
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
2
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
3
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
4
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
5
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
6
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
7
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
8
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
9
Albert Heath
American drummer
10
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
11
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
12
Ben Riley
American drummer
13
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist
14
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
15
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
16
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
17
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
18
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
19
Lennie McBrowne
American musician
20
Johnny Griffin
American musician
21
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
22
Leroy Williams
American jazz drummer
23
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
24
George Duvivier
American musician
25
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
26
Duke Jordan
American musician
27
Dolo Coker
American musician
28
Bennie Green
American musician
29
Roy Brooks
American drummer
30
Larry Gales
American musician
31
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
32
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
33
Charlie Rouse
American musician
34
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
35
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
36
Percy Heath
American musician
37
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
38
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
39
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
40
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
41
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
42
Walter Perkins
American drummer
43
Les Spann
American guitarist
44
Mel Lewis
American musician
45
Budd Johnson
American musician
46
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
47
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
48
Seldon Powell
American musician
49
Wilbur Ware
American musician
50
Bill Hardman
American musician
51
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
52
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
53
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
54
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
55
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
56
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
57
Joe Newman
American musician
58
Matthew Gee
American musician
59
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
60
Harold Land
American musician
61
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
62
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
63
Charles McPherson
American jazz alto saxophonist
64
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
65
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
66
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
67
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
68
Louis Smith
American musician
69
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
70
Benny Bailey
American musician
71
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
72
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
73
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
74
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
75
Frankie Dunlop
American jazz drummer
76
Milt Jackson
American musician
77
Willie Bobo
American musician
78
Frank Butler
American jazz drummer
79
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
80
The Three Sounds
American jazz piano trio
81
Melvin Sparks
American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist
82
Jimmy Raney
American musician
83
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
84
Herbie Lewis
American musician
85
Don Butterfield
American musician
86
Makanda Ken McIntyre
American jazz musician and composer
87
Connie Kay
American musician
