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Ernest Ranglin
Ernest Ranglin
Jamaican guitarist and composer
1
Gary Crosby
Gary Crosby
British musician
2
Dwight Pinkney
Dwight Pinkney
Jamaican musician
3
Dizzy Reece
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
4
Rico Rodriguez
Rico Rodriguez
Jamaican musician
5
Art Farmer
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
6
Andy Hamilton
Andy Hamilton
British musician
7
Byron Lee
Byron Lee
Jamaican musician
8
Doc Severinsen
Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
9
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
10
Damian Marley
Damian Marley
Jamaican singer
11
Burning Spear
Burning Spear
Jamaican roots reggae musician
12
Buddy Childers
Buddy Childers
American musician
13
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
14
Aubrey Adams
Aubrey Adams
Jamaican musician
15
Dick Morrissey
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
16
Johnny Moore
Johnny Moore
Jamaican musician
17
Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
18
Abdullah Ibrahim
Abdullah Ibrahim
South African pianist and composer
19
Arturo O'Farrill
Arturo O'Farrill
Cuban-American musician
20
Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
21
Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
22
Carlos Malcolm
Carlos Malcolm
Jamaican musician
23
Lloyd Knibb
Lloyd Knibb
musician
24
Don Redman
Don Redman
American musician
25
Zap Pow
Zap Pow
26
Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
27
Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
28
Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
29
Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
30
Alison Hinds
Alison Hinds
Barbadian singer
31
Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
American musician
32
Don Lamond
Don Lamond
American musician
33
Woody Herman
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
34
Ron Holloway
Ron Holloway
American tenor saxophonist
35
Hank Jones
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
36
Tommy Cowan
Tommy Cowan
Jamaican musician
37
Luciano
Luciano
Jamaican second-generation roots reggae artist and poet
38
Addison Farmer
Addison Farmer
American musician
39
Winston Riley
Winston Riley
Jamaican musician
40
Erskine Hawkins
Erskine Hawkins
American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama
41
Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
42
Chris Columbus
Chris Columbus
American jazz drummer
43
Harry Connick Jr.
Harry Connick Jr.
American singer, conductor, pianist, actor, and composer
44
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
45
John Lewis
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
46
Lloyd Parks
Lloyd Parks
Jamaican musician
47
Cedric Brooks
Cedric Brooks
Jamaican reggae musician
48
Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
49
Bobby Shew
Bobby Shew
American musician
50
Beres Hammond
Beres Hammond
Jamaican musician
51
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
52
Mathias Eick
Mathias Eick
Norwegian musician
53
Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
54
Larry Gray
Larry Gray
American musician
55
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
56
Jimmy James
Jimmy James
Jamaican singer
57
Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
58
Vybz Kartel
Vybz Kartel
Jamaican musician, singer, composer, record producer and entrepreneur
59
Don Cherry
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
60
Jimmy Owens
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
61
Phil Driscoll
Phil Driscoll
American musician
62
Ronnie Scott
Ronnie Scott
British musician
63
Sam Rivers
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
64
Tarrus Riley
Tarrus Riley
Jamaican singer
65
The Jolly Boys
The Jolly Boys
band
66
John Dankworth
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
67
Kevin Eubanks
Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
Sonny Bradshaw
Jamaican jazz musician

Sonny Bradshaw

Intro
Jamaican jazz musician
Genres
Music

Cecil "Sonny" Bradshaw CD (28 March 1926 – 10 October 2009), known as the "dean of Jamaican music", and the "musician's musician", was a Jamaican bandleader, trumpeter, broadcaster, and promoter who was a major figure in Jamaican music for more than sixty years.