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James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
1
Geri Allen
American composer and jazz pianist
2
Bobby Bradford
American musician
3
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
4
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
5
Ed Schuller
American musician
6
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
7
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
8
George Adams
musician
9
Ted Nash
American musician
10
Tom Varner
American musician
11
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
12
Billy Bang
American musician
13
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
14
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
15
J. D. Parran
American musician
16
Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
17
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
18
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
19
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
20
Mark Helias
American musician
21
Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
22
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
23
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
24
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
25
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
26
Charles "Bobo" Shaw
American musician
27
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
28
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
29
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
30
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
31
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
32
Karen Borca
American musician
33
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
34
Milt Jackson
American musician
35
Beaver Harris
American musician
36
George Russell
American pianist and composer
37
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
38
Steve Coleman
American saxophonist
39
Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
40
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
41
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
42
Dennis Mackrel
jazz musician
43
Ethan Iverson
American pianist
44
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
45
Jeanne Lee
American singer
46
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
47
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
48
Renee Rosnes
Canadian pianist
49
Bill Smith
jazz musician and composer from the United States
50
David Izenzon
American musician
51
Lou Marini
American saxophonist, arranger and composer
52
Charles Tolliver
American musician
53
James Chirillo
Jazz guitar
54
Michael Brecker
American musician
55
Christian McBride
American musician
56
Cameron Brown
American musician
57
Bobby Broom
American musician
58
Chico Hamilton
American musician
59
Joyce Collins
American musician
60
Johnny Mandel
American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz (1925-2020)
61
Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
62
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
63
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
64
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
65
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
66
Gianluigi Trovesi
Italian musician
67
Steve Reich
American composer
68
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
69
Jim Pepper
Kaw-Muscogee Creek jazz musician
70
Charles Wuorinen
American composer
71
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
72
Jimmy Lyons
American jazz saxophonist
73
Peter Apfelbaum
American jazz saxophonist and composer
74
Bill Dixon
American musician
75
Roy Campbell, Jr.
American trumpeter (1952-2014)
76
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
77
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
78
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
79
Blue Mitchell
American musician
80
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
81
William Russo
American musician
82
Steve Swell
American musician
83
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
84
Lennie McBrowne
American musician
