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Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Louis Hayes
American drummer
2
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
3
Ernie Farrow
American musician
4
Sonny Red
American musician
5
Hugh Lawson
American pianist
6
Lex Humphries
American drummer
7
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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James Buffington
American musician
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Oliver Jackson
American drummer
10
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
11
Bill Hardman
American musician
12
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
13
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
14
Yusef Lateef
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
15
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
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Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
17
Harold Land
American musician
18
Bobby Jaspar
cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer
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Addison Farmer
American musician
20
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
22
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Clifford Jarvis
American drummer
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Albert Heath
American drummer
25
A. K. Salim
American musician
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Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
27
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
28
Tate Houston
American saxophonist
29
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
31
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
32
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
34
Joe Newman
American musician
35
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
36
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
37
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
38
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
39
Teddy Charles
American musician
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Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Dave Bailey
American drummer
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Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Johnny Griffin
American musician
44
George Coleman
American musician
45
Dud Bascomb
American musician
46
George Tucker
American musician
47
Kiane Zawadi
American jazz musician
48
Joe Puma
American musician
49
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
50
Ray Draper
American musician
51
Billy Butler
American musician
52
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
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Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
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Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
55
Terry Pollard
jazz pianist prominent in the Detroit jazz scene of the 1940s and 1950s
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Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
57
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
60
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
61
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
62
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Snooky Young
American musician
64
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
66
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
