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John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
2
Florian Weber
German composer and pianist
3
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
4
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Danish jazz upright bassist
5
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
6
Fred Hersch
American musician
7
Dave Holland
British musician
8
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
9
Kris Davis
Canadian jazz pianist and composer
10
Hal Galper
American pianist
11
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
12
Medeski Martin & Wood
American jazz trio
13
Roberto Magris
Italian pianist
14
Denny Zeitlin
American pianist
15
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
16
Niels Klein
German jazz saxophonist and composer
17
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
18
Mike Holober
American musician
19
Craig Taborn
American musician
20
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
21
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
22
Melissa Aldana
Chilean saxophonist
23
Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
24
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
25
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
26
Soulive
27
Paal Nilssen-Love
Norwegian musician
28
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
29
Kevin Hays
American musician
30
Barry Altschul
American drummer
31
Gary Husband
British musician
32
Michael Eckroth
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
33
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
34
Norma Winstone
English jazz singer
35
Bill Evans
American jazz pianist
36
Elmo Hope
American musician
37
Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist
38
Christian Jacob
French jazz pianist
39
Tommy Smith
Scottish saxophone player
40
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
41
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
42
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
43
Theo Jörgensmann
German musician
44
John Bernard Riley
American musician
45
Marian McPartland
British pianist, composer, writer and radio host
46
Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
47
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
48
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
49
Gwilym Simcock
British musician
50
Joe LaBarbera
American musician
51
Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
52
Jacques Loussier
French jazz pianist and composer
53
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
54
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
55
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
56
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
57
James Moody
American jazz musician
58
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
59
Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
60
Erroll Garner
American jazz pianist and composer
61
Jon Hiseman
English drummer and sound engineer
62
Milt Jackson
American musician
63
Tord Gustavsen
Norwegian musician
64
Peter Erskine
American musician
65
David Horler
British musician
66
Stafford James
American musician
67
Bobby Broom
American musician
68
Abdullah Ibrahim
South African pianist and composer
69
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
70
Eddie Costa
American jazz musician; pianist and vibraphonist
71
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
72
Ray Bryant
American pianist
