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Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
1
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
2
Makoto Ozone
Japanese jazz pianist, composer (1961-)
3
Robin Eubanks
American musician
4
Marvin Smith
American musician
5
Abraham Burton
American saxophonist and bandleader
6
Charnett Moffett
American musician
7
Howard Johnson
American musician
8
Mitchel Forman
American pianist
9
Eddie Preston
American musician
10
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
11
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
12
Stu Martin
American musician
13
Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
14
Tommy Smith
Scottish saxophone player
15
Dave Holland
British musician
16
Eric Gale
American musician
17
Bill Evans
American jazz saxophonist
18
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
19
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
20
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
21
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
22
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
23
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
24
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
25
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
26
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
27
Bob Berg
American musician
28
Rick Margitza
American musician
29
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
30
Dave Taylor
American musician
31
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
32
Tom Varner
American musician
33
Antonio Hart
American musician
34
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
35
Reggie Johnson
American musician
36
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
37
Peter Erskine
American musician
38
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
39
Frankie Dunlop
American jazz drummer
40
Bobby Broom
American musician
41
Sunny Murray
American drummer
42
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
43
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
44
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
45
Kenny Garrett
American musician
46
Percy Heath
American musician
47
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
48
Seamus Blake
Canadian jazz saxophonist
49
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
50
Giovanni Hidalgo
Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator
51
Frank Lacy
American musician
52
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
53
Bill Pierce
American musician
54
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
55
Duško Gojković
Serbian musician
56
John Guerin
American drummer
57
Manolo Badrena
Puerto Rican musician
58
Jeff Golub
American guitarist
59
Henry Coker
American musician
60
Larry Rosen
American music producer, entrepreneur
61
Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
62
Kurt Rosenwinkel
American jazz guitarist and keyboardist
63
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
64
Lew Soloff
American musician
65
Alan Dawson
American musician
66
Greg Gisbert
American jazz musician
67
James Moody
American jazz musician
68
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
69
David Izenzon
American musician
70
Abraham Laboriel
Mexican musician
71
Tim Landers
American musician
72
Anthony Jackson
American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter
73
Bill Hardman
American musician
74
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
75
Philip Catherine
musician
76
Warren Smith
American musician
77
Connie Kay
American musician
78
Albert Dailey
American musician
79
Larry Carlton
American musician
80
Adam Nussbaum
American jazz drummer
81
Jay Leonhart
American double bassist, singer, and songwriter
