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Charlie Fowlkes
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
1
Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
2
Al Aarons
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
3
Sonny Payne
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
4
Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
5
Marshal Royal
Marshal Royal
American musician
6
Eric Dixon
Eric Dixon
American jazz musician
7
Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
8
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
9
Bill Hughes
Bill Hughes
jazz musician
10
Norman Keenan
Norman Keenan
American musician
11
Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
12
Bobby Plater
Bobby Plater
American musician
13
Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
14
Henderson Chambers
Henderson Chambers
American musician
15
Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
16
Wallace Davenport
Wallace Davenport
American musician
17
Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
American musician
18
Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
19
George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
20
Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
21
Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
22
Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
23
Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
24
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
25
Speedy Jones
Speedy Jones
American drummer
26
Jimmy Nottingham
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
27
Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
28
Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
29
Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
30
Billy Byers
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
31
Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
32
Walter Perkins
Walter Perkins
American drummer
33
Oscar Brashear
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
34
Richard Boone
Richard Boone
American singer
35
Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
36
Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
37
Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
38
Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
39
Quentin Jackson
Quentin Jackson
American musician
40
Russell Procope
Russell Procope
American musician
41
Bud Brisbois
Bud Brisbois
American trumpeter (1937-1978)
42
Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
43
Eddie Preston
Eddie Preston
American musician
44
Louie Bellson
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
45
Ed Shaughnessy
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
46
Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey
American musician
47
Bennie Green
Bennie Green
American musician
48
Jimmy Forrest
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
49
Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson
American musician
50
Herbie Lovelle
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
51
Conte Candoli
Conte Candoli
American musician
52
Al Porcino
Al Porcino
American musician
53
Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
54
Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
55
Wild Bill Davis
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
56
Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
57
Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
58
Ike Isaacs
Ike Isaacs
American jazz bassist
59
Åke Persson
Åke Persson
Swedish musician
60
Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones
American musician
61
Matthew Gee
Matthew Gee
American musician
62
Les Spann
Les Spann
American guitarist
63
Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
64
Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
65
Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
66
Wendell Culley
Wendell Culley
American jazz trumpeter
67
Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
68
Cat Anderson
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
69
Don Butterfield
Don Butterfield
American musician
70
Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
Sonny Cohn
American musician

Sonny Cohn

Intro
American musician
Genres
Music

George Thomas Cohn (March 14, 1925 – November 7, 2006), known professionally as Sonny Cohn, was an American jazz trumpeter whose career spanned over six decades. After working four fifteen years with Red Saunders (1945–1960), Cohn went on to spend another twenty four years in Count Basie's trumpet section (1960–1984).