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Hal Galper

American pianist

1

Terumasa Hino

Japanese jazz trumpet player

2

Sonny Fortune

American saxophonist

3

Michael Brecker

American musician

4

Billy Higgins

American jazz drummer

5

Ronnie Cuber

American musician

6

Roland Hanna

American pianist

7

Mickey Tucker

American pianist

8

Kenny Drew

American jazz pianist

9

Cecil McBee

American bassist

10

Jimmy Raney

American musician

11

Adam Nussbaum

American jazz drummer

12

Sam Jones

American double bassist and cellist

13

Eddie Henderson

American musician

14

Dexter Gordon

American jazz tenor saxophonist

15

Al Foster

American musician

16

Cedar Walton

American hard bop jazz pianist

17

Horace Parlan

American-Danish jazz pianist

18

Frank Strozier

American saxophonist

19

Albert Heath

American drummer

20

Bob Moses

American musician

21

Mark Soskin

Jazz pianist

22

Reggie Workman

American double-bassist

23

Frank Foster

American jazz musician and bandleader

24

Freddie Hubbard

American musician

25

Tom Harrell

American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist

26

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Danish jazz upright bassist

27

Clifford Jordan

American jazz saxophone player

28

Philip Catherine

musician

29

Michael Carvin

American musician

30

John Scofield

American jazz guitarist and composer

31

Ron McClure

American jazz bassist

32

Bob Cranshaw

American musician

33

Tony Williams

American jazz drummer

34

Randy Brecker

American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)

35

Hilton Ruiz

American musician of Puerto Rican descent

36

Louis Hayes

American drummer

37

Red Rodney

American musician

38

Clint Houston

American musician

39

Roy Haynes

American jazz drummer and group leader

40

Von Freeman

American saxophonist

41

Michał Urbaniak

Polish musician

42

Tete Montoliu

Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933-1997)

43

Dannie Richmond

American drummer

44

Mike Richmond

American musician

45

Makanda Ken McIntyre

American jazz musician and composer

46

Barry Harris

American bebop jazz pianist

47

Leroy Williams

American jazz drummer

48

Billy Drummond

American musician

49

John Abercrombie

American jazz guitarist

50

Lonnie Smith

American jazz musician

51

Walter Booker

American jazz double-bassist

52

Jesper Lundgaard

Danish musician

53

Michael Cochrane

American musician

54

Bob Berg

American musician

55

Barry Altschul

American drummer

56

Doug Raney

American musician

57

Dave Stryker

American musician

58

Curtis Fuller

American jazz musician

59

Bill Mays

American pianist

60

Vic Juris

American jazz guitarist

61

David Sanborn

American saxophonist

62

Louis Smith

American musician

63

Kevin Hays

American musician

64

Ben Riley

American drummer

65

Junior Cook

American saxophonist

66

Beaver Harris

American musician

67

Jimmy Cobb

American jazz drummer

68

Larry Schneider

American musician

69

Joe Sample

American pianist

70

Jerome Richardson

American jazz multi-instrumentalist

71

Duke Jordan

American musician

72

Jim McNeely

American musician