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Howard Johnson
American musician
1
Sharon Freeman
American musician
2
Bob Northern
American jazz musician
3
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
4
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
5
Jay Berliner
American musician
6
Joe Daley
American educator, jazz musician, composer and arranger who plays tuba, trombone and euphonium
7
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
8
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
9
Jimmy Knepper
American musician
10
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
11
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
12
Lew Soloff
American musician
13
George Adams
musician
14
Dave Holland
British musician
15
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
16
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
17
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
18
Billy Harper
American musician
19
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
20
Henry Lowther
British musician
21
Eddie Bert
American musician
22
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
23
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
24
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
25
Gil Evans
American pianist
26
James Buffington
American musician
27
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
28
Dave Taylor
American musician
29
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
30
Cecil McBee
American bassist
31
Don Butterfield
American musician
32
Larry Bunker
American musician
33
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
34
Bernie Glow
American musician
35
Freddie Waits
American musician
36
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
37
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
38
Charles McPherson
American jazz alto saxophonist
39
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
40
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
41
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
42
Emil Richards
American musician
43
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
44
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
45
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
46
Claus Ogerman
German composer
47
Ray Mantilla
American jazz drummer
48
Arthur Blythe
American musician
49
Roy Brooks
American drummer
50
Sue Evans
American musician
51
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
52
Joe Beck
American musician
53
Marvin Peterson
American jazz trumpeter and composer
54
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
55
Harold Vick
American musician
56
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
57
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
58
Don Sebesky
American jazz musician
59
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
60
Roland Hanna
American pianist
61
Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
62
Lonnie Liston Smith
American pianist
63
Janice Robinson
64
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
65
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
66
Burt Collins
American trumpeter and musician
67
George Duvivier
American musician
68
Baikida Carroll
American musician
69
J. D. Parran
American musician
70
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
71
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
72
Albert Heath
American drummer
73
Bob Moses
American musician
74
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
75
Seldon Powell
American musician
76
Gene Cherico
American musician
77
Leroy Jenkins
composer and Avant-garde Jazz violinist and violist
78
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
79
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
80
Mike Richmond
American musician
81
Snooky Young
American musician
