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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
