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Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
1
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
2
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
3
Harry Blons
American musician
4
Joe Newman
American musician
5
Dewey Jackson
American jazz musician
6
Buddy Tate
American musician
7
Derek Smith
British musician
8
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
9
Budd Johnson
American musician
10
Wallace Davenport
American musician
11
Norman Mason
American bandleader, conductor and jazz musician
12
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
13
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
14
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
15
Wardell Gray
American musician
16
Eddie Vinson
American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter
17
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
18
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
19
Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
20
Snooky Young
American musician
21
Johnny Griffin
American musician
22
Buster Bailey
American musician
23
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
24
Chris Woods
American jazz saxophonist
25
Walter Page
American jazz musician
26
Melton Mustafa
American musician
27
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
28
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
29
Al Grey
American jazz musician
30
Booty Wood
American jazz musician
31
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
32
Eddie Durham
American musician
33
Arnett Cobb
American jazz tenor saxophonist
34
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
35
George Matthews
American musician
36
Sid Catlett
American musician
37
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
38
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
39
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
40
Jimmy Maxwell
American musician
41
Bill DeArango
American musician
42
Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer
43
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
44
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
45
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
46
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
47
Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
48
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
49
Sabu Martinez
American musician
50
Buster Smith
Jazz alto saxophonist
51
Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
52
Tiny Davis
American trumpeter
53
Shad Collins
American musician
54
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
55
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
56
Buddy Collette
American musician
57
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
58
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
59
Marshal Royal
American musician
60
Bob Crosby
American dixieland bandleader and vocalist (1913-1993)
61
Gus Johnson
American musician
62
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
63
Ben Thigpen
American jazz musician
64
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
65
Valaida Snow
American musician
66
John Heard
American musician and sculptor
