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Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
1
Philip Catherine
musician
2
Bernard Lubat
French jazz musician
3
Roger Guérin
French jazz trumpeter and singer
4
André Ceccarelli
French musician
5
Henri Texier
French musician
6
Michel Portal
French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
7
René Urtreger
French musician
8
Richard Galliano
French musician
9
Eddy Louiss
French musician
10
Jean-Luc Ponty
French musician
11
Martial Solal
French-Algerian jazz pianist
12
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
13
Aldo Romano
Italian musician
14
Joachim Kühn
German jazz pianist
15
François Jeanneau
French saxophonist
16
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
17
Fats Sadi
Belgian musician
18
Albert Mangelsdorff
German jazz trombonist
19
Glenn Ferris
American musician
20
Didier Lockwood
French jazz violonist and composer
21
Jimmy Gourley
American jazz guitarist
22
David Friedman
American jazz percussionist
23
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
24
Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
25
Stéphane Grappelli
French jazz violinist
26
Duško Gojković
Serbian musician
27
Benny Bailey
American musician
28
Tony Oxley
British musician
29
Georges Arvanitas
Jazz pianist
30
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
31
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
32
Svend Asmussen
Danish jazz violinist
33
Attila Zoller
Hungarian Jazz guitarist
34
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Danish jazz upright bassist
35
Michel Graillier
Jazz pianist
36
Mike Richmond
American musician
37
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
38
Karl Berger
German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer
39
Naná Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist
40
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
41
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
42
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
43
Jef Gilson
French musician
44
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
45
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
46
Al Levitt
American musician
47
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
48
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
49
Ari Hoenig
American musician
50
Vincent Courtois
French cellist
51
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
52
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
53
Rick Margitza
American musician
54
Bob Moses
American musician
55
Roland Hanna
American pianist
56
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
57
Bernard Vitet
French trumpeter
58
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
59
David Horler
British musician
60
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
61
Paul Rutherford
English free improvising trombonist
62
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
63
Sacha Distel
French singer and guitarist
64
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
65
Trilok Gurtu
Indian musician
66
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
67
Roberto Gatto
Italian musician
68
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
69
Larry Bunker
American musician
70
Jon Christensen
Norwegian jazz musician
71
Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
72
Stu Martin
American musician
73
Chris Karan
Greek Australian musician
74
Claude Bolling
French musician
75
Dave Taylor
American musician
76
Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
77
Dave Holland
British musician
78
James Buffington
American musician
