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Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
1
Mike Mainieri
American vibraphonist
2
Mitchel Forman
American pianist
3
Joe Beck
American musician
4
Jeremy Steig
son of William Steig
5
Michael Brecker
American musician
6
Bill Mays
American pianist
7
Anthony Jackson
American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter
8
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
9
Dave Holland
British musician
10
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
11
John Klemmer
American musician
12
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
13
Rob Mounsey
American musician, composer, and arranger
14
Hugh McCracken
American session musician
15
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
16
Bill Evans
American jazz saxophonist
17
Marty Morell
American musician
18
Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
19
Sam Brown
American jazz guitarist
20
Jay Leonhart
American double bassist, singer, and songwriter
21
Steve Gadd
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and session musician
22
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
23
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
24
Joe Sample
American pianist
25
Alan Broadbent
Jazz Pianist
26
Dave Taylor
American musician
27
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
28
Willie Dennis
jazz musician
29
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
30
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
31
Dan Tepfer
French-American jazz pianist and composer
32
Gus Johnson
American musician
33
Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
34
Chris Hinze
Dutch composer and record producer
35
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
36
Ralph Towner
American musician
37
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
38
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
39
Bill Charlap
American jazz pianist
40
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
41
Don Grusin
American musician
42
Yōsuke Yamashita
Japanese jazz pianist, composer, author (1942-)
43
Dave Burrell
American musician
44
Tony Levin
American musician
45
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
46
Makoto Ozone
Japanese jazz pianist, composer (1961-)
47
Michael Gregory
American jazz, blues and rock musician
48
Clifford Carter
American musician
49
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
50
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
51
Creed Taylor
American record producer
52
Paul Smith
jazz pianist from the United States
53
Denny Zeitlin
American pianist
54
Ray Bryant
American pianist
55
Gerry Niewood
American musician
56
Harold Lopez Nussa
Cuban jazz pianist
57
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
58
Ted Rosenthal
American musician
59
Bill Barber
American musician
60
Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
61
Shirley Horn
American singer
62
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
63
Kevin Toney
American composer
64
Michael Philip Mossman
American musician
65
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
66
Milt Jackson
American musician
67
Donald Fagen
American recording artist, musician, best known as co-founder and lead singer of the rock band Steely Dan.
68
Claude Williamson
American pianist
69
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
70
Glen Moore
American musician
71
Lew Soloff
American musician
72
Larry Bunker
American musician
73
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
74
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
75
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
76
Dave Samuels
American musician
77
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
78
Gordon Beck
British musician
79
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
