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Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
1
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
2
Martin Drew
British musician
3
Percy Heath
American musician
4
Milt Jackson
American musician
5
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
6
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
7
André Previn
German-American pianist, conductor and composer
8
Joe Pass
American musician
9
Christian McBride
American musician
10
Trigger Alpert
musician
11
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
12
Jeff Hamilton
American musician
13
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
14
Karriem Riggins
Jazz drummer, hip hop producer (1975-)
15
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
16
Irving Ashby
American jazz guitarist
17
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
18
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
19
John Clayton
American jazz and classical double bassist
20
Johnny Frigo
American jazz musician
21
Ray Bryant
American pianist
22
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Danish jazz upright bassist
23
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
24
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
25
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
26
Al Viola
American musician
27
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
28
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
29
Keter Betts
American jazz musician
30
Russell Malone
jazz guitarist
31
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
32
Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
33
Bill Goodwin
American jazz drummer
34
Betty Bennett
American jazz singer
35
J. C. Heard
American musician
36
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
37
John Heard
American musician and sculptor
38
Gary Husband
British musician
39
Bobby Durham
American musician
40
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
41
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
42
Dave Holland
British musician
43
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
44
Junior Mance
American musician
45
Chris Jennings
Canadian musician in Paris France
46
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
47
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
48
George Adams
musician
49
James Williams
American jazz pianist
50
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
51
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
52
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
53
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
