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Joe Watkins
American jazz drummer
1
Placide Adams
American jazz musician
2
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
3
Bud Freeman
American musician
4
Eddie Edwards
American jazz musician
5
Nick LaRocca
American jazz musician
6
Sammy Rimington
British musician
7
Larry Shields
American jazz musician
8
George Brunies
American musician
9
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
10
Zutty Singleton
American jazz drummer
11
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
12
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
13
Tom Brown
New Orleans dixieland jazz trombonist
14
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
15
Richard M. Jones
American musician
16
Paul Barbarin
American musician
17
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
18
Doc Cheatham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader
19
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
20
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
21
Kid Rena
American musician
22
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
23
Chink Martin
American jazz tuba player
24
Jimmie Noone
American musician
25
Baby Dodds
American musician
26
Alvin Tyler
American R&B and neo-bop jazz saxophonist and arranger
27
Wellman Braud
American musician
28
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
29
Johnny Wiggs
American musician
30
C. J. Chenier
American musician
31
Elmer Schoebel
American musician
32
Lee Collins
American musician
33
Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
34
Omer Simeon
American musician
35
Kid Thomas Valentine
American jazz musician
36
Tony Parenti
American musician
37
Johnny Stein
American musician
38
Emmett Hardy
American musician
39
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
40
Doc Souchon
American musician
41
Emile Christian
American musician
42
Ray Bauduc
American musician
43
Money Johnson
American musician
44
Tommy Ladnier
Jazz cornetist/trumpeter
45
Pete Fountain
American clarinetist (1930-2016)
46
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
47
Snooks Eaglin
American musician
48
Punch Miller
American musician
49
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
50
Johnny Frigo
American jazz musician
51
George Freeman
American musician
52
George Lewis
American musician
53
Alvin Fielder
American drummer
54
Luis Russell
American jazz pianist and bandleader
55
Bunk Johnson
American musician
56
Jabbo Smith
American musician
57
Louis Prima
American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter (1910-1978)
58
Andy Blakeney
American musician
59
Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
60
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
61
Ed Allen
musician
62
Al Hirt
American trumpeter and bandleader
63
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
64
Papa Bue
Danish trombonist and bandleader
65
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
66
Blanche Thomas
American musician
67
Minor Hall
American musician
