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Ai Kuwabara

Japanese jazz pianist, composer (1991-)

1

Alain Jean-Marie

French pianist

2

Alan Shorter

American musician

3

Alex Blake

American musician

4

Andreas Varady

Slovakian jazz guitarist

5

Anita O'Day

American jazz singer

6

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist

7

Art Tatum

American jazz pianist

8

Arthur Prysock

American singer

9

Astrud Gilberto

Brazilian singer and songwriter

10

Billie Holiday

American jazz singer

11

Billy Mitchell

American jazz tenor saxophonist

12

Blossom Dearie

American jazz singer and pianist

13

Blues Magoos

American rock band

14

Boney James

American recording artist; saxophonist, songwriter, and record producer

15

Brazilian Girls

band

16

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

17

Buddy Bregman

American musical arranger, record producer and composer

18

Charlie Parker

American jazz saxophonist and composer

19

Chihiro Yamanaka

Japanese jazz pianist (1974-)

20

Chris Botti

American trumpeter and composer

21

Christian McBride

American musician

22

Curtis Amy

American musician

23

David Foster

Canadian musician, record producer, songwriter

24

David Sanborn

American saxophonist

25

Diana Krall

Canadian recording artist; jazz singer and pianist

26

Dizzy Gillespie

American jazz trumpeter

27

Don Costa

American recording artist, conductor, record producer, music arranger, jazz guitarist

28

Dorothy Dandridge

American film and theatre actress, singer and dancer

29

Ed Thigpen

American jazz drummer

30

Ella Fitzgerald

American jazz singer

31

Findlay Brown

British singer

32

Flip Phillips

American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player

33

Gary McFarland

American jazz musician

34

Gene Harris

American pianist

35

Gil Evans

American pianist

36

Herb Ellis

American jazz guitarist

37

Herbie Hancock

American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor

38

Howard Johnson

American musician

39

Incognito

British band

40

James Cotton

American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter

41

Janis Ian

American singer-songwriter and writer

42

Jayne Cortez

Avant-garde jazz poet

43

Jeffery Smith

American singer

44

Jerome Richardson

American jazz multi-instrumentalist

45

Jim Sherwood

musician

46

Jimmy Heath

American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader

47

Jimmy Smith

American jazz musician

48

Kenny Burrell

American jazz guitarist

49

Kenyon Hopkins

American composer who composed many film scores in a jazz idiom (1912-1983)

50

Kurt Rosenwinkel

American jazz guitarist and keyboardist

51

Lester Young

American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist

52

Lightnin' Hopkins

American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist

53

Little Eva

American singer

54

Lizz Wright

American singer

55

Lloyd Trotman

American musician

56

Lou Reed

American musician, recording artist, singer-songwriter (1942-2013)

57

Luis Salinas

Argentine musician

58

Luiz Bonfá

Brazilian musician

59

Luiz Henrique Rosa

Brazilian musician

60

Lyle Ritz

American bassist and ukulele player

61

Maceo Parker

American saxophonist and composer

62

Madness

English ska band

63

Marc Johnson

American jazz bass player, composer and band leader

64

Margaret Whiting

American recording artist; singer

65

Mark Murphy

American singer

66

Marvin Stamm

American trumpeter

67

Miho Hazama

Japanese jazz composer and arranger (1986-)

68

Nicholas Payton

American musician

69

Nico

German musician, model and actress, one of Warhol's superstars

70

Oliver Nelson

American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)

71

Oscar Peterson

Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer

72

Pino Palladino

Welsh bassist

73

Queen Latifah

American musician and actress

74

Ralph Burns

American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger

75

Rare Earth

American rock band

76

Ray Brown

American jazz double bassist and cellist

77

Richie Havens

American singer-songwriter

78

Ricky Nelson

American musician (1940-1985)

79

Rodney Kendrick

American musician

80

Roy Hargrove

American jazz trumpeter

81

Sarah McLachlan

Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter

82

Seth MacFarlane

American producer

83

Stephen Scott

American musician

84

Steve Turre

American jazz trombonist

85

Talk Talk

English pop and post-rock group

86

Teengenerate

87

The Law

English band

88

The Mothers of Invention

American rock band from California

89

The Righteous Brothers

American singing duo

90

The Scruffs

American band

91

The Velvet Underground

American rock band

92

Thomas Morgan

American musician

93

Till Brönner

German jazz musician

94

Tim Hardin

American recording artist; folk musician and composer

95

Tom Grant

American smooth jazz/jazz fusion pianist and vocalist

96

Tom Scott

American jazz musician

97

Tony Scott

American jazz clarinetist, musician

98

Toshiko Akiyoshi

Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)

99

Turk Murphy

American musician

100

Val Valentin

recording engineer

101

Walter Wanderley

Brazilian musician

102

Wes Montgomery

American jazz musician

103

Yuna

Malaysian singer-songwriter