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Ehud Asherie
Israeli-American jazz pianist and organist
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Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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Johnny O'Neal
American musician
4
Babs Gonzales
American singer
5
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
6
Elmo Hope
American musician
7
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
8
Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
9
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
10
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
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Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
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Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Omer Avital
Israeli musician
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Harold Mabern
American pianist
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Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
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Chris Anderson
American jazz pianist
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Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
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John Mehegan
American musician
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Eli Degibri
Israeli-born jazz saxophonists and composer
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Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
22
Freddie Redd
American pianist
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Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
24
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
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Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
26
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
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Mark Murphy
American singer
28
Pete La Roca
American drummer
29
Walter Davis
American pianist
30
Myron Walden
American musician
31
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
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Johnny Griffin
American musician
35
Vahagn Hayrapetyan
Soviet composer, jazz musician and pianist
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Luis Perdomo
American musician
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Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
38
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Steve Kuhn
American pianist
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Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
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Sullivan Fortner
musical artist
42
Lee Morgan
American trumpeter
43
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
44
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
45
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
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David Schnitter
American musician
48
Milt Jackson
American musician
49
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
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Mike LeDonne
American musician
51
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
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Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
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Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
54
Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
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Ryan Kisor
American musician
56
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
57
Alice Coltrane
American jazz musician
58
Ray Bryant
American pianist
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George Russell
American pianist and composer
60
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
61
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
62
Joe Sample
American pianist
63
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
64
Theo Hill
musical artist
65
Friedrich Gulda
Austrian pianist and composer
66
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
67
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
68
Eddie Higgins
American musician
69
Jaki Byard
American musician
70
Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
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Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
72
Erroll Garner
American jazz pianist and composer
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Alfred Lion
American record executive born in Germany
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Bill Evans
American jazz pianist
75
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
76
Fred Hersch
American musician
77
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
78
Hal Galper
American pianist
79
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
