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Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
1
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
2
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
3
George Tucker
American musician
4
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
5
Harold Vick
American musician
6
George Duvivier
American musician
7
George Coleman
American musician
8
Richard Holmes
American organist
9
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
10
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
11
Peck Morrison
American musician
12
Thornel Schwartz
American jazz guitarist
13
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
14
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
15
Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
16
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
17
Seldon Powell
American musician
18
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
19
James Moody
American jazz musician
20
Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist
21
Dave Bailey
American drummer
22
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
23
Houston Person
American saxophonist
24
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
25
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
26
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
27
Albert Heath
American drummer
28
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
29
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
30
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
31
Woody Shaw
American musician
32
Gildo Mahones
American pianist
33
Bob Bushnell
musician
34
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
35
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
36
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
37
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
38
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
39
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
40
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
41
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
42
Al Grey
American jazz musician
43
Charlie Rouse
American musician
44
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
45
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
46
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
47
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
48
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
49
Barry Rogers
American musician
50
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
51
Roy Ayers
American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer
52
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
53
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
54
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
55
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
56
Larry Ridley
American musician
57
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
58
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
59
Grant Green
American jazz guitarist and composer
60
Teddy Kotick
American musician
61
Billy Butler
American musician
62
Beaver Harris
American musician
63
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
64
Johnny Griffin
American musician
65
Buddy Terry
American musician
66
Joe Beck
American musician
67
Hugh Lawson
American pianist
68
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
69
Joe Sample
American pianist
70
Benny Bailey
American musician
71
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
72
Freddie Roach
American organist
73
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
74
Roland Hanna
American pianist
75
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
76
John Patton
American organist
77
Calvin Newborn
American guitarist
78
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
79
Eddie Gladden
American musician
80
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
81
Walter Perkins
American drummer
82
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
83
Andy Bey
American musician
84
Oliver Jackson
American drummer
85
Harvey Mason
American drummer
