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Walter Davis
American pianist
1
Frankie Dunlop
American jazz drummer
2
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
3
Nelson Boyd
American musician
4
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
5
Don Sebesky
American jazz musician
6
Willie Maiden
American musician
7
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
8
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
9
John Simmons
American jazz bassist
10
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
11
Tate Houston
American saxophonist
12
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
13
Al Grey
American jazz musician
14
Speedy Jones
American drummer
15
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
16
Don Ellis
American jazz musician
17
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
18
George Tucker
American musician
19
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
20
Bill Watrous
American trombonist
21
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
22
Eddie Bert
American musician
23
Leroy Williams
American jazz drummer
24
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
25
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
26
Bill Chase
American trumpeter
27
Rolf Ericson
Swedish musician
28
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
29
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
30
Duško Gojković
Serbian musician
31
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
32
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
33
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
34
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
35
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
36
Albert Dailey
American musician
37
Conte Candoli
American musician
38
Joe Newman
American musician
39
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
40
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
41
Benny Bailey
American musician
42
Gene Roland
American composer
43
Henry Coker
American musician
44
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
45
Carmen Leggio
American musician
46
Bill Berry
American musician
47
Jimmy Knepper
American musician
48
Stu Martin
American musician
49
Jake Hanna
American drummer
50
Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist
51
Frank Rehak
American musician
52
Bill Hardman
American musician
53
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
54
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
55
Bennie Green
American musician
56
Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
57
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
58
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
59
Bob Hammer
American pianist
60
Don Sickler
American musician
61
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
