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Kenny Graham
British musician
1
Hugh Masekela
South African jazz trumpeter
2
Abdullah Ibrahim
South African pianist and composer
3
Victor Ntoni
South African musician
4
Jimmy Carl Black
American musician
5
Jim Walker
Canadian musician, drummer
6
Shep Shepherd
American jazz musician
7
Joe Lovano
American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist
8
Dolly Rathebe
South African actor and musician
9
Frank Butler
American jazz drummer
10
Jonas Gwangwa
South African musician
11
Eugene Chadbourne
American musician and music critic
12
Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
13
Red Saunders
American musician
14
Louis Barbarin
American jazz drummer
15
Mike Stevens
British musician
16
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
17
Willie Jones, III
American drummer
18
Jabu Khanyile
South African musician
19
Tony Sbarbaro
American jazz drummer
20
Johnny Clegg
South African musician, anthropologist and anti-apartheid icon
21
Al Dreares
American jazz drummer
22
Joe Cinderella
American music educator and jazz musician
23
Danny Barcelona
American musician
24
Tom Cora
American cellist and composer
25
Glover Compton
American musician
26
Guy Warren
Ghanian musician / drummer
27
Christian Vander
French musician
28
Ward Swingle
American jazz singer
29
Dennis Chambers
American musician
30
Ben Smith
American jazz alto saxophonist, tenor saxophonist and clarinetist
31
Tommy Bryant
American musician
32
Sathima Bea Benjamin
South African jazz singer
33
Papa Jack Laine
American musician
34
Donald Ayler
American musician
35
Clyde Stubblefield
American drummer
36
Chuck Flores
American jazz drummer
37
Zu
Italian instrumental/experimental music band
38
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
39
Bill Dowdy
American musician
40
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
41
Eddie Dougherty
American jazz musician
42
Vusi Mahlasela
South African musician
43
Bobby Sanabria
American musician
44
Tommy Benford
American jazz drummer
45
Duck Baker
American guitarist
46
Errol Buddle
Australian jazz musician
47
Jimmy Chamberlin
Drummer, songwriter, Producer
48
Leroy Kirkland
American musician
49
Bill Barber
American musician
50
Todd Cochran
American musician
51
Julian Argüelles
British musician
52
Fred Frith
English musician, composer and improvisor
53
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
54
Fletcher Allen
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
55
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
56
Ian Carr
British trumpeter
57
Steve Smith
American drummer
58
Lou Blackburn
American musician
59
Theodore Carpenter
American trumpeter and jazz musician
60
Herbie Mann
American jazz flutist
61
Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
62
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
63
John "Jabo" Starks
American drummer
