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Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
1
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
2
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
3
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
4
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
5
Duke Jordan
American musician
6
Percy Heath
American musician
7
Dolo Coker
American musician
8
Jimmy Raney
American musician
9
Seldon Powell
American musician
10
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
11
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
12
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
13
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
14
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
15
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
16
Joe Newman
American musician
17
Dave Bailey
American drummer
18
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
19
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
20
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
21
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
22
Freddie Waits
American musician
23
Conte Candoli
American musician
24
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
25
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
26
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
27
Larance Marable
American musician
28
Charles Kynard
American musician
29
Hampton Hawes
American jazz pianist
30
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
31
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
32
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
33
George Duvivier
American musician
34
Tal Farlow
American jazz guitarist
35
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
36
Lennie McBrowne
American musician
37
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
38
Milt Jackson
American musician
39
Joe Castro
American musician
40
Joe Benjamin
American musician
41
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
42
James Buffington
American musician
43
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
44
Addison Farmer
American musician
45
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
46
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
47
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
48
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
49
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
50
Bennie Green
American musician
51
Willie Bobo
American musician
52
J. C. Heard
American musician
53
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
54
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
55
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
56
Claude Williamson
American pianist
57
Bill Crow
American bassist
58
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
59
Harold Vick
American musician
60
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
61
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
62
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
63
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
64
Mel Lewis
American musician
65
Ron Jefferson
jazz drummer
66
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
67
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
68
George Barrow
American jazz musician
69
Art Pepper
American musician
70
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
71
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
72
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
73
Eddie Jones
American musician
74
Walter Perkins
American drummer
75
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
76
Reunald Jones
American musician
77
Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
78
Will Davis
Jazz pianist
79
George Morrow
American jazz bassist
80
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
81
Stuff Smith
American musician
82
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
83
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
