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Steve Swell

American musician

1

Cooper-Moore

American musician

2

Matt Lavelle

American musician

3

Bobby Bradford

American musician

4

Susie Ibarra

American musician

5

Michael Philip Mossman

American musician

6

James Carter

American musician

7

William Parker

American jazz musician

8

Craig Taborn

American musician

9

Eric Reed

American musician

10

Hank Jones

American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)

11

Dave Liebman

American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist

12

Carter Beauford

American musician

13

Jimmy Owens

jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator

14

Joey DeFrancesco

American jazz musician

15

Ron Carter

American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer

16

Mark de Clive-Lowe

New Zealand musician

17

Andrew Cyrille

American avant-garde jazz drummer

18

Freddie Hubbard

American musician

19

Michael Marcus

American musician

20

Andrew Lamb

American musician

21

Javon Jackson

American musician

22

Don Byron

American musician

23

Vinny Golia

American musician

24

Marcus Miller

American jazz musician

25

Pharoah Sanders

American jazz saxophonist

26

John Patitucci

American jazz bassist and composer

27

James Mtume

American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist and radio personality

28

Russell Malone

jazz guitarist

29

Will Smith

American actor, film producer, and rapper

30

Renee Rosnes

Canadian pianist

31

Luis Bonilla

American musician

32

Lil Wayne

American rapper, singer, songwriter, record executive, and entrepreneur

33

George Benson

American recording artist, guitarist, singer, and songwriter

34

Benny Carter

American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)

35

Larry Coryell

American guitarist

36

Ralph Bowen

Canadian musician

37

Eric Harland

American musician

38

Bobby Broom

American musician

39

Cameron Brown

American musician

40

Groundation

band

41

Peter Bernstein

American musician

42

Winard Harper

Jazz drummer

43

Larry Shields

American jazz musician

44

Cassandra Wilson

American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi

45

Elliott Carter

American composer

46

Sabu Toyozumi

Japanese jazz drummer, erhu player (1943-)

47

James Blood Ulmer

American jazz and blues guitarist and singer

48

Adam Rogers

American musician

49

George Wein

American promoter and musician

50

Oliver Lake

American musician

51

Wayne Shorter

American jazz saxophonist and composer

52

Ben Webster

American saxophonist

53

Kai Eckhardt

German musician

54

Bill Harris

American jazz trombonist

55

Jack Cooper

American composer, arranger, orchestrator, multireedist, and music educator.

56

The Brian Setzer Orchestra

American band

57

Duke Ellington

American jazz musician, composer and band leader

58

James Chirillo

Jazz guitar

59

Count Basie Orchestra

American big band led by Count Basie

60

Benny Golson

American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)

61

Kermit Driscoll

American musician

62

Wynton Marsalis

American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)

63

Frank Lowe

American jazz saxophonist

64

Herbie Hancock

American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor

65

Paquito D'Rivera

Cuban musician

66

Scott Robinson

American musician

67

Clark Gayton

American musician

68

Bill Charlap

American jazz pianist