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Roy Ayers
American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer
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Sandra St. Victor
American singer-songwriter
2
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
3
Ben Perowsky
American drummer
4
Craig Handy
American tenor saxophonist
5
Armen Donelian
American musician
6
Wayne Garfield
Collaborating Songwriter, producer, vocalist, for four decades
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Cyrus Chestnut
American musician
8
The Fat Boys
American hip hop trio
9
Conrad Herwig
American musician
10
Jim Gilstrap
American singer
11
Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer
12
Wayne Henderson
American trombonist and record producer
13
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
14
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
15
Dee Barton
composer, arranger
16
Don Blackman
Prodigious jazz-funk pianist, versatile recording artist, performed with Parliament Funkadelic
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Billy Harper
American musician
18
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
19
David Kikoski
American musician
20
Bush Tetras
American rock band
21
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
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Mike Mainieri
American vibraphonist
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Dick Wellstood
American jazz pianist
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Jazzanova
musical artist
25
Gary Bartz
American musician
26
Stuff Smith
American musician
27
Hal McIntyre
American musician
28
Rick Margitza
American musician
29
Jack Wilson
American pianist (1936-2007)
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Dee Dee Ramone
American musician
31
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
32
Prince Markie Dee
American rapper and producer, member of the Fat Boys
33
Elmo Hope
American musician
34
Roy Orbison
American singer-songwriter
35
Maria Schneider
Jazz bandleader and composer
36
RAMP
American soul/jazz band
37
John Patitucci
American jazz bassist and composer
38
Kevin Ayers
English singer-songwriter, record producer
39
Fred Fisher
German-born American songwriter, Tin Pan Alley music publisher
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Clifton Williams
American composer
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Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
42
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
43
Masters at Work
house-garage production and remix team
44
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
45
Barney McAll
American musician
46
Budd Johnson
American musician
47
Omar Hakim
musician
48
Antonio Hart
American musician
49
Cecil Bridgewater
American jazz trumpeter
50
Grace Kelly
Asian-American jazz musician
51
Ramsey Lewis
American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality
52
Pee Wee Crayton
American R&B and blues guitarist and singer
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Ivan Davis
American musician
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John Clayton
American jazz and classical double bassist
55
Roland Hanna
American pianist
