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Ford Dabney
American conductor and songwriter
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Clyde Bernhardt
American musician
2
Willie "The Lion" Smith
American musician
3
Bill Coleman
American musician
4
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
5
Edgar Hayes
American musician
6
Ernie Andrews
American singer
7
Sean Jones
American musician
8
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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Joe Liggins
American R&B, jazz and blues pianist
10
Jack McVea
American musician
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Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
12
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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James Reese Europe
American jazz musician and United States Army officer
14
Floyd Smith
American jazz guitarist
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Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
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James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
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Albert Ammons
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Walter Page
American jazz musician
20
Luis Bonilla
American musician
21
Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
22
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Bill Dixon
American musician
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Buddy Tate
American musician
25
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
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Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
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Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
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Don Byas
American musician
30
Jazz Gillum
American blues harmonica player
31
Milt Buckner
American musician
32
Alfred Lion
American record executive born in Germany
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Todd Rhodes
American musician
34
Mike Nock
New Zealand born musician residing in Australia.
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Olu Dara
American musician
36
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
37
Don Redman
American musician
38
Noble Sissle
African-American jazz musician
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Paul Whiteman
American jazz musician and radio personality
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Mercer Ellington
American musician
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Leon Thomas
American singer
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Sirone
American musician
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Terell Stafford
American musician
44
Pete Brown
American musician
45
Sonny Parker
American blues and jazz singer, dancer, and drummer
46
Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
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Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
