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Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
1
James Spaulding
American saxophonist
2
Gary Bartz
American musician
3
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
4
Bennie Maupin
American musician
5
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
6
Azar Lawrence
American musician
7
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
8
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
9
Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
10
Cecil McBee
American bassist
11
Louis Hayes
American drummer
12
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
13
Billy Harper
American musician
14
George Coleman
American musician
15
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
16
Al Foster
American musician
17
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
18
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
19
Roy Brooks
American drummer
20
Eddie Henderson
American musician
21
Carlos Garnett
American musician
22
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
23
Larry Young
American jazz musician
24
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
25
Stanley Cowell
American musician
26
Bob Northern
American jazz musician
27
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
28
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
29
James Mtume
American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist and radio personality
30
Onaje Allan Gumbs
American musician
31
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
32
Cecil Bridgewater
American jazz trumpeter
33
Freddie Waits
American musician
34
Dave Holland
British musician
35
Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
36
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist
37
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
38
Wallace Roney
American musician
39
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
40
Marcus Belgrave
American trumpeter
41
Jerry Gonzalez
American musician
42
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
43
Michael Carvin
American musician
44
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
45
Claudio Roditi
Brazilian musician
46
Ray Drummond
American musician
47
Lenny White
American drummer
48
Harold Land
American musician
49
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
50
Harold Vick
American musician
51
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
52
Red Rodney
American musician
53
Ted Curson
Jazz trumpeter
54
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
55
Bill Chase
American trumpeter
56
Stafford James
American musician
57
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
58
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
59
Richard Davis
American double-bassist
60
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
61
Charles Tolliver
American musician
62
Walter Davis
American pianist
63
Richie Powell
American pianist
64
Arthur Blythe
American musician
65
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
66
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
67
Bob Belden
American musician
68
Howard Johnson
American musician
69
Benny Bailey
American musician
