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Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Knocky Parker
American musician
2
Steve Lewis
American musician
3
George Washington Thomas, Jr.
American musician
4
Glover Compton
American musician
5
Buddy Bolden
American cornetist and jazz pioneer
6
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
7
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
8
Lorenzo Tio
American clarinetist
9
Ward Pinkett
American jazz trumpeter and scat vocalist
10
George Guesnon
American musician
11
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
12
Albert Nicholas
American musician
13
Little Brother Montgomery
American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer
14
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
15
Terry Waldo
American musician
16
Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
17
Huey "Piano" Smith
American musician
18
Lars Edegran
Swedish musician
19
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
20
Zue Robertson
American musician
21
Zutty Singleton
American jazz drummer
22
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
23
Dink Johnson
American musician
24
Baby Dodds
American musician
25
Tom Brown
New Orleans dixieland jazz trombonist
26
James Booker
American musician
27
Buzzy Drootin
American musician
28
Professor Longhair
African-American blues musician
29
Boogie Bill Webb
American Louisiana blues and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter
30
Lee Collins
American musician
31
Kid Thomas Valentine
American jazz musician
32
Omer Simeon
American musician
33
Tiny Parham
Canadian musician
34
Quinn Wilson
American jazz bassist and tubist (1906-1978)
35
Morten Gunnar Larsen
Norwegian musician
36
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
37
Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
38
George Brunies
American musician
39
William Manuel Johnson
American double bassist
40
Scott Joplin
American composer, musician, and pianist
41
George Lewis
American musician
42
Punch Miller
American musician
43
Ken Colyer
British musician
44
Roy Palmer
American musician
45
Richard M. Jones
American musician
46
Edmond Dédé
American composer
