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Buster Bailey
American musician
1
Emmett Berry
American musician
2
Albert Nicholas
American musician
3
Sonny Greer
American jazz drummer
4
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
5
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
6
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
7
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
8
Gene Quill
American musician
9
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
10
Everett Barksdale
American jazz guitarist
11
Luis Russell
American jazz pianist and bandleader
12
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
13
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
14
Ray Nance
American musician
15
Russell Procope
American musician
16
Jonah Jones
American musician
17
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
18
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
19
Joe Benjamin
American musician
20
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
21
Eddie Bert
American musician
22
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
23
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
24
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
25
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
26
Cozy Cole
American musician
27
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
28
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
29
Joe Newman
American musician
30
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
31
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
32
Haywood Henry
American jazz baritone saxophonist
33
Jack Teagarden
American jazz musician
34
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
35
Hilton Jefferson
American jazz saxophonist
36
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
37
George Duvivier
American musician
38
Henry Coker
American musician
39
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
40
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
41
Garvin Bushell
American musician
42
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
43
George Washington
American jazz trombonist
44
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
45
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
46
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
47
Keg Johnson
American jazz trombonists
48
Bill Coleman
American musician
49
Rex Stewart
American jazz cornetist
50
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
51
Louis Hayes
American drummer
52
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
53
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
54
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
55
Nat Pierce
American musician
56
Tiny Grimes
American jazz and R&B guitarist
57
Bud Freeman
American musician
58
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
59
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
60
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
61
Al Grey
American jazz musician
62
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
63
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
64
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
65
Charlie Holmes
American saxophonist
66
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
67
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
68
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
69
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
70
Joe Thomas
trumpeter
71
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
72
Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
73
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
74
Eddie Jones
American musician
75
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
76
Quentin Jackson
American musician
77
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
78
Ruby Braff
American musician
79
Bennie Green
American musician
80
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
81
Cliff Jackson
American pianist
82
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
83
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
84
Tommy Pederson
American musician
85
Dick Vance
American musician
86
Rudy Powell
American jazz musician
87
Snub Mosley
American musician
88
Charlie Green
American jazz trombonist
