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Eddie Bert

American musician

1

Buddy DeFranco

American jazz clarinetist and bandleader

2

Kai Winding

Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist

3

Gus Johnson

American musician

4

Bob Brookmeyer

American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer

5

Bennie Green

American musician

6

Gene Quill

American musician

7

Dave Bailey

American drummer

8

Jimmy Cleveland

American jazz trombonist

9

Gerry Mulligan

American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer

10

Jimmy Knepper

American musician

11

Quentin Jackson

American musician

12

Marky Markowitz

American musician

13

Frank Rehak

American musician

14

Zoot Sims

American jazz saxophonist

15

Mel Lewis

American musician

16

Urbie Green

American jazz trombonist

17

Bill Crow

American bassist

18

Clark Terry

American swing and bebop musician

19

Ben Webster

American saxophonist

20

Wayne Andre

American trombonist

21

Don Butterfield

American musician

22

Rolf Ericson

Swedish musician

23

Lee Konitz

American jazz musician

24

Jerome Richardson

American jazz multi-instrumentalist

25

Jimmy Raney

American musician

26

Peter Ind

British jazz musician, painter and nonfiction writer

27

Britt Woodman

American jazz trombonist

28

Nick Travis

American jazz musician

29

Frank Rosolino

American jazz trombonist

30

Phil Woods

American saxophonist

31

Morgana King

American singer and actress

32

Danny Bank

American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist

33

Lennie Tristano

American jazz pianist and composer

34

Osie Johnson

American jazz drummer, arranger and singer

35

Freddie Green

American jazz guitarist

36

Bill Barber

American musician

37

Barry Galbraith

American guitarist

38

Gene Ammons

American jazz tenor saxophonist

39

Chubby Jackson

American musician

40

Joe Mondragon

Woody Herman Band member

41

Conte Candoli

American musician

42

Gary McFarland

American jazz musician

43

Chico Hamilton

American musician

44

Henry Grimes

American musician

45

Joe Benjamin

American musician

46

Joe Newman

American musician

47

Larry Bunker

American musician

48

Sonny Clark

American musician

49

Coleman Hawkins

American jazz saxophonist

50

Harry Edison

American trumpeter

51

Dannie Richmond

American drummer

52

Metronome All-Stars

band that plays jazz

53

Bill Holman

American composer, arranger, and conductor

54

Willie Bobo

American musician

55

Sonny Stitt

American jazz saxophonist

56

Jimmy Garrison

American double bassist

57

Lawrence Brown

jazz trombonist

58

Pete Candoli

American musician (1923-2008)

59

Johnny Coles

American trumpeter

60

J. J. Johnson

American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)

61

Walter Perkins

American drummer

62

Les Spann

American guitarist

63

Richard Williams

American jazz trumpeter

64

Leonard Gaskin

American musician

65

Stan Levey

American musician

66

Roy Haynes

American jazz drummer and group leader

67

Howard McGhee

American trumpeter

68

Buddy Collette

American musician

69

Eric Dolphy

American jazz musician

70

Ronnie Ball

British musician

71

Booker Ervin

American saxophonist

72

Richie Kamuca

American musician

73

Henry Coker

American musician

74

Louis Hayes

American drummer

75

George Duvivier

American musician

76

Bob Cranshaw

American musician

77

Max Roach

American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer