0
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
1
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
2
Walter Davis
American pianist
3
Keg Johnson
American jazz trombonists
4
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
5
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
6
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
7
Hilton Jefferson
American jazz saxophonist
8
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
9
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
10
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
11
Budd Johnson
American musician
12
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
13
Chu Berry
American musician
14
Jerry Blake
American musician
15
Percy Heath
American musician
16
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
17
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
18
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
19
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
20
Milt Jackson
American musician
21
Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
22
Joe Guy
American musician
23
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
24
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
25
Al McKibbon
American musician
26
Don Byas
American musician
27
Johnny Griffin
American musician
28
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
29
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
30
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
31
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
32
Ron Holloway
American tenor saxophonist
33
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
34
Les Spann
American guitarist
35
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
36
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
37
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
38
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
39
Billy Butler
American musician
40
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
41
Bessie Smith
American blues singer
42
J. C. Heard
American musician
43
Stan Levey
American musician
44
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
45
Frank Paparelli
American musician and pianist
46
Buster Harding
Canadian-born American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
47
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
48
James Moody
American jazz musician
49
Howard E. Johnson
(1908 - 1991) American musician
50
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
51
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
52
Ma Rainey
African-American blues singer
53
Al Haig
American pianist
54
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
55
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
56
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
57
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
58
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
59
Aaron Bell
American musician
60
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
61
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
