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Don Patterson
American jazz organist
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Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
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Willis Jackson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
3
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
American organist
4
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
5
Jimmy Ponder
American guitarist
6
Pat Martino
American jazz guitarist and composer
7
Charles Earland
jazz musician
8
Walter Perkins
American drummer
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Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
10
The Delfonics
American R&B/soul vocal group
11
Joe Newman
American musician
12
Rusty Bryant
American musician
13
Richard Holmes
American organist
14
Lennie McBrowne
American musician
15
Burt Collins
American trumpeter and musician
16
Hank Marr
American musician
17
Eric Kloss
American musician
18
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
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Thornel Schwartz
American jazz guitarist
20
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
21
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
23
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
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Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
25
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
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King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
28
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
29
Houston Person
American saxophonist
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Grover Washington, Jr.
American recording artist, jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist (1943-1999)
31
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
34
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
35
Buddy Terry
American musician
36
Gene Ludwig
American musician
37
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
38
Bob Bushnell
musician
39
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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Roy Brooks
American drummer
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Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
42
Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers
jazz band
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Billy Butler
American musician
44
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
45
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
46
Harold Vick
American musician
47
Eric Gale
American musician
48
Idris Muhammad
American drummer
49
Teresa Brewer
US pop singer
50
George Duvivier
American musician
51
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
52
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
54
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
55
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
56
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
59
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
60
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
61
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
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Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
63
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
64
Milt Buckner
American musician
65
Patti Bown
American musician
66
Johnny Griffin
American musician
67
Uri Caine
American pianist
