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Joe Haymes
American musician
1
Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
2
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
3
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
4
Helen Forrest
American singer
5
Budd Johnson
American musician
6
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
7
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
8
Chu Berry
American musician
9
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
10
Chris Griffin
American jazz trumpeter of the swing era
11
Charlie Barnet
American saxophonist, composer, bandleader
12
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
13
Loren Schoenberg
American musician
14
Bunny Berigan
American musician
15
Mel Powell
American composer
16
Buddy Tate
American musician
17
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
18
John Bunch
American jazz pianist
19
Edgar Sampson
American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, and violinist
20
Bill Crow
American bassist
21
Gene Bertoncini
American jazz guitarist
22
Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
23
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
24
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
25
zeke Zarchy
American jazz trumpeter
26
Ziggy Elman
American musician
27
Pee Wee Erwin
American musician
28
Abe Most
American jazz musician
29
George Siravo
American musician
30
Donald Harrison
musician, composer, producer, instructor
31
Sol Yaged
American jazz clarinetist
32
Dick Haymes
American actor and singer (1918-1980)
33
Artie Bernstein
American jazz bassist
34
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
35
Scott Hamilton
American musician
36
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
37
Jack Washington
American jazz saxophonist
38
George Avakian
American record producer of Armenian descent
39
Lee Young
American musician
40
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
41
Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
42
George Van Eps
musician
43
Philip Catherine
musician
44
Murray McEachern
Canadian musician
45
Joe LaBarbera
American musician
46
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
47
Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
48
Jess Stacy
American musician
49
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
50
Artie Shaw
American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader
51
Ernie Caceres
American musician
52
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
53
Mildred Bailey
American jazz singer
54
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
55
Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
56
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
57
Svend Asmussen
Danish jazz violinist
58
Ben Pollack
American musician
59
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
60
John Hammond
American record producer, civil rights activist and music critic
61
J. C. Heard
American musician
62
Nick Brignola
American musician
63
Georgie Auld
Canadian jazz musician
64
Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
65
Don Lamond
American musician
66
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
67
Adrian Rollini
American musician
68
Eddie Costa
American jazz musician; pianist and vibraphonist
69
Nat Peck
American musician
70
Chick Webb
American musician
71
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
72
Eddie Barefield
American musician
73
Al Klink
American musician
74
Frank Teschemacher
American musician
75
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
76
Tex Beneke
American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader
77
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
78
Eddie Sauter
American composer and bandleader (1914-1981)
79
James Chirillo
Jazz guitar
80
Johnny Griffin
American musician
81
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
