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Jeremy Pelt
American jazz trumpeter
1
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
2
Louis Hayes
American drummer
3
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
4
Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
5
Tony Reedus
American musician
6
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
7
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
8
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
9
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
10
George Coleman
American musician
11
Steve Davis
American musician
12
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
13
Joe Farnsworth
American musician
14
Ryan Kisor
American musician
15
Junior Mance
American musician
16
Nat Adderley Jr.
American musician and pianist
17
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
18
Kenny Garrett
American musician
19
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
20
Carl Allen
American jazz drummer
21
Johnny Griffin
American musician
22
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
23
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
24
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
25
Seamus Blake
Canadian jazz saxophonist
26
Bobby Jones
American jazz saxophonist
27
Don Butterfield
American musician
28
Billy Drummond
American musician
29
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
30
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
31
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
32
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
33
David Williams
American jazz musician
34
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
35
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
36
Conrad Herwig
American musician
37
Mike LeDonne
American musician
38
Tate Houston
American saxophonist
39
Hal Galper
American pianist
40
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
41
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
42
Les Spann
American guitarist
43
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
44
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
45
Eddie Preston
American musician
46
Nat Reeves
American musician
47
Alan Barnes
British musician
48
Kenny Drew, Jr.
American pianist
49
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
50
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
51
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
52
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
53
Peter Bernstein
American musician
54
Don Menza
American saxophonist
55
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
