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Cal Massey
American musician
1
Malachi Thompson
American musician
2
Joe Ford
American musician
3
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
4
Bobby Broom
American musician
5
Joseph Bowie
American musician
6
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
7
Joe Farnsworth
American musician
8
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
9
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
10
Steve Davis
American musician
11
Jimmy Dawkins
American blues musician
12
Von Freeman
American saxophonist
13
Don Ewell
American musician
14
Billy Bang
American musician
15
Dave Specter
American Chicago blues and jazz guitarist
16
Ari Brown
American musician
17
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
18
Malachi Favors
American bassist
19
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
20
Terry Waldo
American musician
21
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
22
Roy Campbell, Jr.
American trumpeter (1952-2014)
23
Fareed Haque
American musician
24
Johnny Griffin
American musician
25
Charles Thompson
American pianist
26
Harry Gibson
American musician
27
Ira Sullivan
American jazz musician
28
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
29
Patti Bown
American musician
30
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
31
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
32
Dana Hall
Jazz drummer
33
Joel Helleny
American musician
34
Mark Levine
American musician
35
Josh Abrams
American musician
36
Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
37
Albert Heath
American drummer
38
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
39
Ernest Dawkins
jazz musician
40
Frank Catalano
American musician
41
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
42
Ernie Carson
American musician
43
Dave Samuels
American musician
44
Sam Lay
American drummer and vocalist
45
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
46
Albert Dailey
American musician
47
George Freeman
American musician
48
Budd Johnson
American musician
49
Milt Jackson
American musician
50
Scott Hamilton
American musician
51
Kahil El'Zabar
American musician
52
Karen Carroll
American Chicago blues singer
53
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre
American saxophonist
54
Armando Peraza
Cuban percussionist
55
Clare Fischer
American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
56
Chris Woods
American jazz saxophonist
57
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
58
Clarence Sharpe
59
Harrison Bankhead
American musician
60
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
61
Willie Bobo
American musician
62
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
63
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
64
Poncho Sanchez
American musician
65
Eddie Boyd
American blues pianist
66
Albert Nicholas
American musician
67
Grant Geissman
American jazz guitarist and Emmy-nominated composer
68
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
69
Mary Stallings
American singer
70
Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
71
Billy Harper
American musician
72
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
73
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
74
Graham Massey
British musician
75
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
76
Brad Goode
American musician
77
Steve McCall
American jazz drummer
78
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
79
Jodie Christian
Jazz pianist
