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Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
1
Donald Harrison
musician, composer, producer, instructor
2
Larry Grenadier
American bassist
3
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
4
Adam Rogers
American musician
5
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
6
Marcus Miller
American jazz musician
7
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
8
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
9
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
10
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
11
Robert Glasper
American jazz pianist, composer and record producer
12
John Medeski
American jazz keyboards player and composer
13
Dave Holland
British musician
14
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
15
Charnett Moffett
American musician
16
Robert Hurst
American jazz bassist
17
Jean Toussaint
jazz musician
18
Wendell Harrison
American musician
19
Christian Scott
American jazz composer and trumpeter
20
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
21
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
22
Robert Irving III
American pianist and composer
23
Medeski Martin & Wood
American jazz trio
24
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
25
Willie Weeks
American bassist
26
Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
27
John Patitucci
American jazz bassist and composer
28
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
29
Tyler Mitchell
American screenwriter
30
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
31
Taru Alexander
American drummer
32
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
33
Rodney Whitaker
American jazz double bass player, educator
34
Warren Wolf
jazz musician
35
Charles Davis
American musician
36
Omer Avital
Israeli musician
37
Michael Cain
American pianist and composer
38
Don Moye
American percussionist
39
Dwayne Burno
American bassist
40
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
41
Joe Lovano
American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist
42
Christian McBride
American musician
43
Ben Street
American musician
44
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
45
Don Payne
American jazz bassist
46
James Carter
American musician
47
Knut Riisnæs
musician
48
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
49
Peter Beets
Dutch musician
50
Lonnie Liston Smith
American pianist
51
The Tony Williams Lifetime
52
Cindy Blackman
American musician
53
Bertram Turetzky
American musician
54
Jaco Pastorius
American jazz bassist, producer, educator
55
Jorge Rossy
Spanish jazz musician
