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Lovie Austin
American pianist
1
Joe Garland
American musician
2
Jimmie Noone
American musician
3
Paul Horn
American flautist in jazz and New Age music
4
Elmer Snowden
American musician
5
Boyd Atkins
American musician
6
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
7
Arbee Stidham
American blues singer and multi-instrumentalist
8
Haywood Henry
American jazz baritone saxophonist
9
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
10
Edgar Battle
American musician
11
Jimmy Archey
American musician
12
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
13
Ben Smith
American jazz alto saxophonist, tenor saxophonist and clarinetist
14
Harold Ashby
American musician
15
Tommy Ladnier
Jazz cornetist/trumpeter
16
June Clark
Jazz trumpeter and cornetist
17
Dave Pell
American musician
18
Pete Fountain
American clarinetist (1930-2016)
19
Frankie Trumbauer
American musician
20
Sam Lanin
American jazz bandleader, musician
21
Joe Venuti
jazz violinist
22
Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
23
Darnell Howard
American musician
24
Phil Napoleon
American jazz musician
25
Omer Simeon
American musician
26
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
27
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
28
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
29
Acker Bilk
English recording artist; clarinetist and vocalist
30
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
31
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
32
Ernie Caceres
American musician
33
Claude Thornhill
American pianist, composer and arranger
34
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
35
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
36
Buster Smith
Jazz alto saxophonist
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Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
38
Wardell Gray
American musician
39
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
40
Bertha "Chippie" Hill
American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer
41
Johnny Letman
American musician
42
Ahmed Abdul-Malik
bassist
43
Shirley Clay
American musician
44
Blind Blake
American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist
45
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
46
Pee Wee Russell
American musician
47
Panama Francis
American musician
48
Valaida Snow
American musician
49
Charlie Dixon
American musician
50
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
51
Richard M. Jones
American musician
52
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
53
Lem Johnson
American musician
54
Herb Flemming
American musician
55
Ray Linn
American musician
56
Teddy Weatherford
American musician
57
Makanda Ken McIntyre
American jazz musician and composer
58
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
59
Hal Singer
American musician
60
Quinn Wilson
American jazz bassist and tubist (1906-1978)
61
Frank Teschemacher
American musician
