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Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
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Don Myrick
American musician
2
Pete Cosey
American guitarist
3
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
4
Phil Cohran
American trumpeter
5
Jimmie Noone
American musician
6
Wilbur Sweatman
American musician
7
Lonnie Donegan
Scottish-born skiffle musician
8
Slint
band
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Earth, Wind & Fire
American band
10
Sun Ra
American jazz composer and bandleader (1914-1993)
11
Stan Kesler
American musician, record producer and songwriter
12
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
13
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
14
Plain White T's
band
15
Malachi Thompson
American musician
16
Kenny Ball
English trumpeter, band leader, arranger
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Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
18
Mighty Mo Rodgers
American blues musician and songwriter
19
Jason Scheff
American musician
20
Sam the Sham
American rock and roll singer
21
Dolly Jones
American jazz musician
22
Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
23
Luther Allison
American blues guitarist
24
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
25
Paul Butterfield
American blues singer and harmonica player
26
Archie Shepp
American jazz musician
27
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
28
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
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Fats Waller
American jazz pianist and composer
31
Howard Armstrong
African American string band and country blues musician
32
Terry Kath
American musician, former member of the rock band Chicago
33
James Harman
American blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter
34
Sammy Rimington
British musician
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Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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The Band
rock band from Toronto
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Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
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Rotary Connection
American psychedelic soul band
