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Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
1
Joe Newman
American musician
2
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
3
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
4
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
5
Eddie Jones
American musician
6
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
7
George Duvivier
American musician
8
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
9
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
10
Emmett Berry
American musician
11
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
12
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
13
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
14
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
15
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
16
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
17
Gene Ramey
American musician
18
Jimmy Maxwell
American musician
19
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
20
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
21
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
22
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
23
Jimmy Crawford
American musician (1910-1980)
24
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
25
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
26
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
27
Al Grey
American jazz musician
28
Charles Thompson
American pianist
29
Buddy Catlett
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
30
Manny Albam
musician and composer
31
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
32
Åke Persson
Swedish musician
33
Porter Kilbert
American musician
34
Reunald Jones
American musician
35
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
36
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
37
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
38
J. C. Heard
American musician
39
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
40
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
41
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
42
Nat Pierce
American musician
43
Gus Johnson
American musician
44
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
45
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
46
Bennie Green
American musician
47
Don Byas
American musician
48
Tommy Turrentine
American swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer
49
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
50
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
51
Quentin Jackson
American musician
52
Shad Collins
American musician
53
Marshal Royal
American musician
54
Stuff Smith
American musician
55
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
56
Benny Bailey
American musician
57
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
58
Snooky Young
American musician
59
Al McKibbon
American musician
60
Les Spann
American guitarist
61
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
62
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
63
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
64
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
65
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
66
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
67
Buster Smith
Jazz alto saxophonist
68
Bill Graham
American musician
69
Chu Berry
American musician
70
Johnny Griffin
American musician
71
Aaron Bell
American musician
72
Billy Eckstine
American musician
73
Milt Jackson
American musician
74
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
75
Claude Hopkins
American pianist
76
Buddy Tate
American musician
77
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
78
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
79
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
80
Specs Wright
American jazz drummer
81
Henry Coker
American musician
82
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
83
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
84
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
85
Ray Nance
American musician
86
James Moody
American jazz musician
