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Grace Kelly
Asian-American jazz musician
1
Lynne Arriale
American musician
2
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
3
Melissa Aldana
Chilean saxophonist
4
Claire Daly
American jazz saxophonist
5
Tomeka Reid
American jazz musician
6
Marian McPartland
British pianist, composer, writer and radio host
7
Mary Osborne
American musician
8
Denzil Best
American jazz drummer
9
Ingrid Jensen
Canadian jazz trumpet player
10
Vesta Williams
American R&B singer (1957-2011)
11
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
12
Gretchen Parlato
American singer
13
Ethel
string quartet
14
Jon Irabagon
American musician
15
Buster Williams
American musician
16
Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
17
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
18
Charles Davis
American musician
19
Luciana Souza
Brazilian singer
20
Chaka Khan
American singer-songwriter
21
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
22
The Lennon Sisters
American vocal group
23
James Carter
American musician
24
Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer
25
Jessica Williams
American jazz pianist
26
Anna Webber
Canadian composer
27
Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
28
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
29
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
30
Sheila Jordan
American jazz singer
31
Lovie Austin
American pianist
32
Terry Pollard
jazz pianist prominent in the Detroit jazz scene of the 1940s and 1950s
33
Anita O'Day
American jazz singer
34
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
35
Guillermo E. Brown
musician
36
Kris Davis
Canadian jazz pianist and composer
37
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
38
Laurie Anderson
American interdisciplinary artist and musician
39
Ayako Shirasaki
jazz pianist, composer
40
Lucinda Williams
American rock, folk, blues, and country music singer, songwriter and musician
41
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
42
Coko
American singer (b. 1970)
43
Vi Redd
American jazz altosaxophonist, singer and educator
44
Victoria Williams
American singer, songwriter
45
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
46
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
47
Mary J. Blige
American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress from New York
48
Brandee Younger
American Harpist
49
Sweet Inspirations
American R&B vocal group
50
Jenny Scheinman
American jazz violinist and composer
51
Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
52
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
53
George Barnes
American musician
54
Becca Stevens
American jazz, pop, and folk singer, and guitarist
55
Beverly Kenney
American jazz vocalist
56
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
57
Elmo Hope
American musician
58
Herbie Nichols
American musician
59
Saul Williams
American singer, musician, poet, writer, and actor
