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Bob Mintzer
jazz musician
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Robben Ford
American blues, jazz and rock guitarist
2
Jimmy Haslip
American electric bass player and record producer
3
Jaco Pastorius
American jazz bassist, producer, educator
4
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
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Ricky Lawson
American musician
7
Larry Carlton
American musician
8
Tom Scott
American jazz musician
9
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
10
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
11
Don Alias
American jazz percussionist
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Nelson Rangell
American musician
13
Kenny Garrett
American musician
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Marilyn Scott
American singer
15
Paul McCandless
American musician
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Richard Elliot
Scottish musician
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Peter Erskine
American musician
18
Lee Ritenour
American jazz guitarist, session musician, and composer
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Alex Acuña
Peruvian musician
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Christian McBride
American musician
21
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
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Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
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Naná Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist
24
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
25
Anthony Jackson
American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter
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Acoustic Alchemy
English jazz band
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Mike Stern
American jazz guitarist
28
Charnett Moffett
American musician
29
Manolo Badrena
Puerto Rican musician
30
Joe Sample
American pianist
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Steve Rodby
American jazz musician
32
David Hungate
American musician
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Chuck Domanico
American musician
34
Tim Landers
American musician
35
Joe DeRenzo
American musician
36
Giovanni Hidalgo
Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator
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Will Lee
American bass guitarist
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Vince Mendoza
American composer
39
Don Grusin
American musician
40
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Return to Forever
American jazz fusion group led by Chick Corea
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Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
43
Jeff Golub
American guitarist
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Kazumi Watanabe
Japanese jazz guitarist, composer, producer and University visiting professor (1953-)
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Lenny White
American drummer
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Eumir Deodato
Brazilian musician
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Weather Report
American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s
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Mitchel Forman
American pianist
