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Noble Sissle

African-American jazz musician

1

James Reese Europe

American jazz musician and United States Army officer

2

Terry Waldo

American musician

3

Panama Francis

American musician

4

Blanche Calloway

American singer, bandleader and composer

5

Buster Bailey

American musician

6

Cab Calloway

American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)

7

Emme Kemp

vocalist, musician, pianist, composer, actress, bandleader

8

Don Redman

American musician

9

Josie Miles

American singer

10

James P. Johnson

American pianist and composer

11

Dick Zimmerman

American magician

12

Adelaide Hall

American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer

13

Al Jolson

American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886-1950)

14

Sidney Bechet

American jazz musician

15

Jelly Roll Morton

American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer

16

Maceo Pinkard

American composer, lyricist, and music publisher

17

Steve Ross

American cabaret singer

18

Earl Hines

American jazz pianist

19

William Bolcom

American composer

20

Irving Berlin

Russian-born American songwriter

21

Morten Gunnar Larsen

Norwegian musician

22

Muggsy Spanier

American musician

23

Duke Ellington

American jazz musician, composer and band leader

24

Chick Corea

American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer

25

Dizzy Gillespie

American jazz trumpeter

26

Joe Smith

American jazz trumpeter

27

Dave Brubeck

American jazz pianist and composer

28

Harry Connick Jr.

American singer, conductor, pianist, actor, and composer

29

Jimmy Owens

jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator

30

Randy Weston

American jazz pianist

31

John Arpin

Canadian ragtime pianist

32

Scott Joplin

American composer, musician, and pianist

33

Thelonious Monk

American jazz pianist and composer