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Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
1
Tia Fuller
American musician
2
Rodney Whitaker
American jazz double bass player, educator
3
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
4
Ron Blake
Puerto Rican musician
5
Sachal Vasandani
American jazz singer
6
Herlin Riley
American musician
7
Anthony Wilson
musician
8
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
9
Carl Allen
American jazz drummer
10
Christian McBride
American musician
11
Renee Rosnes
Canadian pianist
12
Luis Bonilla
American musician
13
Lewis Nash
American drummer
14
Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
15
Aaron Diehl
American jazz pianist
16
Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
17
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
18
Larry Gray
American musician
19
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
20
Gilbert Castellanos
Mexican-born American jazz trumpeter
21
Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
22
Snooky Young
American musician
23
Warren Wolf
jazz musician
24
Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist
25
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
26
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
27
Gretchen Parlato
American singer
28
Eric Reed
American musician
29
Stix Hooper
American musician
30
Terell Stafford
American musician
31
Woody Shaw
American musician
32
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
33
Kamasi Washington
jazz saxophonist
34
Eddie Henderson
American musician
35
Kenny Garrett
American musician
36
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
37
Jeremy Pelt
American jazz trumpeter
38
Cécile McLorin Salvant
American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots
39
Regina Carter
American musician
40
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
41
Carmell Jones
American trumpeter
42
John Clayton
American jazz and classical double bassist
43
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
44
Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
45
Ronnie Cuber
American musician
46
Danilo Pérez
Panamanian pianist and composer
47
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
48
Marcus Belgrave
American trumpeter
49
Roxy Coss
American jazz saxophonist and composer
50
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
51
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
52
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
53
Robert Hurst
American jazz bassist
54
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
55
Larry Ridley
American musician
56
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
57
Harry Connick Jr.
American singer, conductor, pianist, actor, and composer
58
James Morrison
Australian jazz musician
59
Dave Holland
British musician
60
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
61
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
62
Julian Lage
American musician
63
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
64
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
65
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
66
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
67
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
68
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
69
Russell Malone
jazz guitarist
