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Louis Hayes
American drummer
1
Joe Liggins
American R&B, jazz and blues pianist
2
T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
3
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
4
Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
5
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
6
Mel Wanzo
American trombonist
7
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
8
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
9
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
10
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
11
Don Lamond
American musician
12
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
13
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
14
Bobby Jones
American jazz saxophonist
15
Milt Jackson
American musician
16
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
17
Art Pepper
American musician
18
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
19
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
American vocal group in the 1940s and 1950s
20
Percy Heath
American musician
21
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
22
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
23
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
24
Connie Kay
American musician
25
Buddy Childers
American musician
26
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
27
J. C. Heard
American musician
28
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
29
Carl Fontana
American musician
30
Ernie Freeman
American musician
31
Eddie Beal
American musician
32
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
33
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
34
Budd Johnson
American musician
35
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
36
Joe Bushkin
American jazz pianist, songwriter
37
Flip Phillips
American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player
38
Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
39
Ed Soph
American drummer
40
Jake Hanna
American drummer
41
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
42
Alvin Stoller
American musician
43
Miguelito Valdés
Cuban singer (1912-1978)
44
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
45
Don Butterfield
American musician
46
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
47
Joe Sullivan
American musician
48
Tate Houston
American saxophonist
49
Ernie Andrews
American singer
50
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
51
Red Rodney
American musician
52
Kenneth Ascher
American musician
53
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
54
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
55
Gary Foster
Musician, Instrumentalist
56
Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
57
Bernie Glow
American musician
58
Willie Dennis
jazz musician
59
Duško Gojković
Serbian musician
60
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
61
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
62
Jimmy Maxwell
American musician
63
Mel Tormé
American recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor, writer, music arranger (1925-1999)
64
Burt Collins
American trumpeter and musician
65
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
66
James Moody
American jazz musician
67
Emmett Berry
American musician
68
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
69
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
70
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
71
Tom Malone
American musician
72
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
73
Eddie Bert
American musician
74
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
