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Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
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Albert Heath
American drummer
2
Louis Hayes
American drummer
3
Yusef Lateef
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
4
Percy Heath
American musician
5
Will Davis
Jazz pianist
6
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
7
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
8
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
9
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
10
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
11
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
12
Johnny Griffin
American musician
13
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
14
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
15
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
16
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
17
Frank Gant
American jazz drummer
18
Roy Brooks
American drummer
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Oscar Pettiford
American musician
20
Terry Pollard
jazz pianist prominent in the Detroit jazz scene of the 1940s and 1950s
21
Snooky Young
American musician
22
Milt Jackson
American musician
23
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
24
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
25
Connie Kay
American musician
26
Specs Wright
American jazz drummer
27
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
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Hugh Lawson
American pianist
29
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
30
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
31
Ricky Ford
American jazz tenor saxophonist
32
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
33
Sonny Red
American musician
34
Herman Wright
American jazz musician
35
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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James Black
American R&B and jazz musician
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Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
38
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Lex Humphries
American drummer
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Kirk Lightsey
American musician
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Les Spann
American guitarist
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Buddy Lucas
American musician
