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Herman Autrey
American jazz musician
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Joe Davis
American music publisher
2
Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
3
Eliane Elias
Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, arranger and songwriter
4
Anna Mae Winburn
African-American vocalist and jazz bandleader
5
Alberta Hunter
American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse
6
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
7
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
8
Fats Waller
American jazz pianist and composer
9
Adelaide Hall
American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer
10
Jack Little
British-born American composer, singer, pianist, actor, and songwriter
11
Irene Kitchings
American musician and pianist
12
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
13
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
14
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
15
Midge Williams
African American swing and jazz singer
16
Martha Tilton
American singer
17
Irene Higginbotham
American musician
18
May Alix
American cabaret and jazz vocalist
19
Barbara Sutton Curtis
American jazz musician (1930-2019)
20
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
21
Marian McPartland
British pianist, composer, writer and radio host
22
Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist (1919-1965)
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Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
24
Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
25
Edith Wilson
American blues singer and vaudeville performer (1896-1981)
26
Maxine Sullivan
American blues and jazz singer (1911-1987)
27
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
28
Mabel Wayne
American songwriter
29
Helen O'Connell
American actress and singer (1920-1993)
30
Liane Carroll
British musician
31
Jimmie Gordon
American musician
32
Mabel Scott
American singer
33
Robert Glasper
American jazz pianist, composer and record producer
34
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
35
Slick Jones
American drummer
36
Eugenie Baird
American musician
37
Ford Dabney
American conductor and songwriter
38
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
39
Ethel Waters
American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress
40
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
41
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
42
Ted Lewis
American singer (1890-1971)
43
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
44
Art Tatum
American jazz pianist
45
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
46
Harry Gibson
American musician
47
Lovie Austin
American pianist
48
Peggy Lee
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, composer and actress (1920-2002)
49
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
50
Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
51
Muggsy Spanier
American musician
52
Lil Green
American blues singer and songwriter
53
Lena Horne
American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer (1917-2010)
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Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
