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David Hazeltine
American musician
1
Matthew Shipp
American jazz pianist and composer
2
Jaki Byard
American musician
3
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
4
Reginald Robinson
American musician
5
Harold Mabern
American pianist
6
Larry Gray
American musician
7
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
8
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
9
Jimmy Bennington
American musician
10
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
11
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
12
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
13
Craig Taborn
American musician
14
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
15
Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
16
Robert Irving III
American pianist and composer
17
Ira Sullivan
American jazz musician
18
Von Freeman
American saxophonist
19
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
20
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
21
Lennie Tristano
American jazz pianist and composer
22
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
23
Yutaka Shiina
Japanese jazz pianist, composer (1964-)
24
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
25
Elmo Hope
American musician
26
Dan Nimmer
pianist
27
Billy Hart
American jazz drummer
28
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
29
Fumio Karashima
Japanese jazz pianist, composer (1948-2017)
30
Jane Jarvis
American jazz pianist
31
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
32
Joe Albany
American pianist
33
Charles Davis
American musician
34
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
35
Jodie Christian
Jazz pianist
36
Chris Anderson
American jazz pianist
37
Ryo Kawasaki
Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020)
38
Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
39
Willie Jones
American drummer and music educator
40
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
41
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
42
Steve Grossman
American saxophonist
43
Ab Baars
Dutch tenor saxophonoist and clarinetist
