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Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Larry Grenadier
American bassist
2
Lyle Mays
American jazz musician
3
Paul McCandless
American musician
4
Dave Holland
British musician
5
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
6
Don Alias
American jazz percussionist
7
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
8
Brian Blade
American jazz musician
9
Chris Potter
American musician
10
Mark Ledford
American jazz musician
11
Naná Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist
12
Yellowjackets
American jazz fusion band
13
Antonio Sánchez
Mexican jazz drummer, composer
14
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
15
Jeff Ballard
American drummer
16
Ray Obiedo
American musician
17
Tim Landers
American musician
18
Jaco Pastorius
American jazz bassist, producer, educator
19
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
20
Alex Iles
American musician
21
Bob Sheppard
American musician
22
Jim Keltner
American session drummer
23
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
24
Linda May Han Oh
Malaysian-Australian jazz bassist and composer
25
Paul Wertico
American drummer
26
Chuck Berghofer
American musician
27
Manfred Eicher
German record producer
28
Luis Conte
Cuban jazz musician
29
Dave Taylor
American musician
30
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
31
Mitchel Forman
American pianist
32
Eberhard Weber
German musician
33
Denardo Coleman
American drummer
34
Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
35
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
36
David Torn
American guitarist
37
Bob Moses
American musician
38
Kurt Rosenwinkel
American jazz guitarist and keyboardist
39
Gil Goldstein
American jazz pianist and accordionist
40
Chuck Domanico
American musician
41
David Hungate
American musician
42
Kenny Garrett
American musician
43
Paul Jackson, Jr.
American musician
44
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
45
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
46
Vince Mendoza
American composer
47
Billy Kilson
American musician
48
Gerald Veasley
American musician
49
Christian McBride
American musician
50
Mitchell Froom
American musician
51
Laurindo Almeida
Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer
52
Tom Malone
American musician
53
Mark Egan
American jazz musician
54
Richard Bona
Cameroon-American jazz bassist and musician
55
Reuben Rogers
American musician
56
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
57
Return to Forever
American jazz fusion group led by Chick Corea
58
Scott Colley
American musician
