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Charles Davis

American musician

1

Louis Hayes

American drummer

2

Barry Harris

American bebop jazz pianist

3

Hank Jones

American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)

4

Harold Mabern

American pianist

5

Charles Lloyd

American jazz musician

6

Cannonball Adderley

American jazz alto saxophonist

7

Jeremy Pelt

American jazz trumpeter

8

Jaki Byard

American musician

9

McCoy Tyner

American jazz pianist

10

Ralph Sutton

American pianist

11

Ellis Marsalis Jr.

American pianist

12

Gerald Clayton

American musician

13

David Hazeltine

American musician

14

Stanley Clarke

American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever

15

Ronnie Mathews

American musician

16

Uri Caine

American pianist

17

Kevin Toney

American composer

18

Junior Mance

American musician

19

Gerald Albright

American saxophonist

20

Mike Garson

American musician

21

Jimmy Cobb

American jazz drummer

22

Nat Adderley

American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player

23

Wynton Kelly

American jazz pianist

24

Danny Mixon

American musician

25

George Duke

American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer (1946-2013)

26

Billy Taylor

American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator

27

Aaron Zigman

American composer and musician

28

Jane Jarvis

American jazz pianist

29

Sam Jones

American double bassist and cellist

30

Ahmad Jamal

American jazz pianist

31

Donal Fox

American musician

32

Victor Gaskin

American bassist

33

Russell Malone

jazz guitarist

34

Simon Spillett

British musician

35

Melissa Aldana

Chilean saxophonist

36

Joe Zawinul

Austrian composer and pianist

37

John Hicks

American jazz pianist and composer

38

George Winston

American recording artist; pianist

39

Mary Stallings

American singer

40

Nat Adderley Jr.

American musician and pianist

41

Jimmy Heath

American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader

42

Roland Hanna

American pianist

43

Art Tatum

American jazz pianist

44

Victor Feldman

English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist

45

Fred Hersch

American musician

46

Nils-Bertil Dahlander

Swedish musician; jazz drummer

47

Bill Evans

American jazz pianist

48

Keith Jarrett

American jazz and classical music pianist and composer

49

Randy Waldman

American musician

50

Brad Mehldau

American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger

51

Dick Hyman

American jazz pianist and composer

52

Willie Pickens

American jazz pianist, composer, arranger

53

Cedar Walton

American hard bop jazz pianist

54

Chuck Mangione

American jazz musician