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Svend Asmussen
Svend Asmussen
Danish jazz violinist
1
Stéphane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli
French jazz violinist
2
Paul Smith
Paul Smith
jazz pianist from the United States
3
Ed Thigpen
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
4
Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
5
Buddy DeFranco
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
6
Joe Carroll
Joe Carroll
American singer
7
Taft Jordan
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
8
Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
9
Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
10
Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
11
Bill Graham
Bill Graham
American musician
12
Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
13
Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
14
Britt Woodman
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
15
Kansas Fields
Kansas Fields
American musician
16
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty
French musician
17
Kai Winding
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
18
Norman Granz
Norman Granz
American jazz musician and producer
19
Alvin Stoller
Alvin Stoller
American musician
20
Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
21
Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
22
Teddy Wilson
Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
23
Nelson Boyd
Nelson Boyd
American musician
24
Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
25
Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
26
Stan Levey
Stan Levey
American musician
27
Herb Ellis
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
28
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
29
Willie Cook
Willie Cook
American musician
30
Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
31
Jimmy Woode
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
32
Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
33
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
34
Lucky Thompson
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
35
Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
36
Benny Harris
Benny Harris
American jazz trumpeter
37
Buster Cooper
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
38
J. C. Heard
J. C. Heard
American musician
39
Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
40
A. K. Salim
A. K. Salim
American musician
41
Joe Benjamin
Joe Benjamin
American musician
42
Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones
American musician
43
Sid Catlett
Sid Catlett
American musician
44
Georgie Auld
Georgie Auld
Canadian jazz musician
45
Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
46
Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
47
Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
48
Shorty Sherock
Shorty Sherock
American musician
49
Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
50
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
51
Quentin Jackson
Quentin Jackson
American musician
52
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
53
Harry Lookofsky
Harry Lookofsky
American musician
54
Charlie Fowlkes
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
55
Fats Navarro
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
56
Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
57
Pierre Michelot
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
58
Allan Ganley
Allan Ganley
British musician
59
Regina Carter
Regina Carter
American musician
60
Earl Hines
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
61
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
American musical duo, collaboration
62
Clyde Hart
Clyde Hart
American musician
63
Jan Johansson
Jan Johansson
Swedish jazz pianist
Stuff Smith
American musician

Stuff Smith

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Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith (August 14, 1909 – September 25, 1967), better known as Stuff Smith, was an American jazz violinist. He is well known for the song "If You're a Viper" (the original title was "You'se a Viper").

Smith was, along with Stéphane Grappelli, Michel Warlop, Svend Asmussen, Ray Nance and Joe Venuti, one of jazz music's preeminent violinists of the swing era.