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Charlie Rouse
American musician
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Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
2
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
3
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
4
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
5
Curley Russell
American jazz musician
6
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
7
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
8
Larry Gales
American musician
9
Dave Holland
British musician
10
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
11
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
12
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
13
Ben Riley
American drummer
14
Joshua Breakstone
American musician
15
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
16
Willie Jones
American drummer and music educator
17
Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
18
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
19
Bobby Watson
composer
20
Miguel Zenón
Puerto Rican alto saxophonist
21
Rufus Reid
American musician
22
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
23
Eli Degibri
Israeli-born jazz saxophonists and composer
24
Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
25
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
26
Florian Weber
German composer and pianist
27
Melissa Aldana
Chilean saxophonist
28
Sullivan Fortner
musical artist
29
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
30
Ernie Henry
American musician
31
Johnny Griffin
American musician
32
Sonny Clark
American musician
33
Eddie Bert
American musician
34
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
35
Lou Donaldson
American saxophonist
36
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
37
Paul Jeffrey
American musician
38
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
39
Steve Slagle
American musician
40
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
41
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
42
Paul Chambers
American musician
43
Bobby Broom
American musician
44
Stefon Harris
American musician
45
Bob Reynolds
American musician
46
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
47
Kenny Garrett
American musician
48
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
49
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
