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Chuck Flores
American jazz drummer
1
Armando Peraza
Cuban percussionist
2
Don Sleet
American musician
3
Monty Budwig
American double bassist
4
Russ Freeman
American musician
5
Larry Bunker
American musician
6
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
7
Jack Marshall
American musician, conductor, composer (1921-1973)
8
Howard Rumsey
American musician
9
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
10
Chuck Berghofer
American musician
11
Frank Butler
American jazz drummer
12
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
13
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
14
Alvin Stoller
American musician
15
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
16
Art Pepper
American musician
17
Richie Kamuca
American musician
18
Conte Candoli
American musician
19
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
20
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
21
Curtis Counce
American musician
22
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
23
Joe Dodge
American musician
24
John Gross
American saxophone, flute and clarinet player
25
Eddie Costa
American jazz musician; pianist and vibraphonist
26
Mel Powell
American composer
27
Joe Maini
American musician
28
Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
29
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
30
Dave MacKay
American musician
31
Lennie Tristano
American jazz pianist and composer
32
Bud Shank
American saxophonist and flautist
33
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
34
Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
35
Elmo Hope
American musician
36
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
37
Flip Phillips
American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player
38
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
39
Victor Gaskin
American bassist
40
Don Fagerquist
American musician
41
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
42
André Previn
German-American pianist, conductor and composer
43
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
44
Ray Bauduc
American musician
45
Gary Foster
Musician, Instrumentalist
46
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
47
Teddy Charles
American musician
48
Will Bradley
American trombonist
49
Bob Shad
American music executive
50
Joe Albany
American pianist
51
Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
52
Bob Cooper
West Coast jazz musician
53
Adele Girard
American jazz harpist
