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Gerald Wilson

American trumpetist (1918-2014)

1

Tia Fuller

American musician

2

Rodney Whitaker

American jazz double bass player, educator

3

Jimmy Owens

jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator

4

Ron Blake

Puerto Rican musician

5

Sachal Vasandani

American jazz singer

6

Herlin Riley

American musician

7

Anthony Wilson

musician

8

Jon Faddis

Jazz trumpet player

9

Carl Allen

American jazz drummer

10

Christian McBride

American musician

11

Renee Rosnes

Canadian pianist

12

Luis Bonilla

American musician

13

Lewis Nash

American drummer

14

Steve Wilson

American jazz musician

15

Aaron Diehl

American jazz pianist

16

Kevin Eubanks

musician, band leader

17

Wynton Marsalis

American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)

18

Larry Gray

American musician

19

Clark Terry

American swing and bebop musician

20

Gilbert Castellanos

Mexican-born American jazz trumpeter

21

Joe Temperley

Scottish musician

22

Snooky Young

American musician

23

Warren Wolf

jazz musician

24

Ellis Marsalis Jr.

American pianist

25

Julius Watkins

American jazz musician

26

Gary Smulyan

Jazz baritone saxophonist

27

Gretchen Parlato

American singer

28

Eric Reed

American musician

29

Stix Hooper

American musician

30

Terell Stafford

American musician

31

Woody Shaw

American musician

32

Terence Blanchard

American musician and composer

33

Kamasi Washington

jazz saxophonist

34

Eddie Henderson

American musician

35

Kenny Garrett

American musician

36

Harry Edison

American trumpeter

37

Jeremy Pelt

American jazz trumpeter

38

Cécile McLorin Salvant

American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots

39

Regina Carter

American musician

40

Jerry Dodgion

American musician

41

Carmell Jones

American trumpeter

42

John Clayton

American jazz and classical double bassist

43

Ralph Peterson, Jr.

American jazz drummer

44

Billy Childs

American jazz pianist

45

Ronnie Cuber

American musician

46

Danilo Pérez

Panamanian pianist and composer

47

Jeff "Tain" Watts

American musician

48

Marcus Belgrave

American trumpeter

49

Roxy Coss

American jazz saxophonist and composer

50

Freddie Hubbard

American musician

51

Teddy Edwards

American jazz tenor saxophonist

52

Branford Marsalis

American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)

53

Robert Hurst

American jazz bassist

54

Dennis Irwin

American jazz musician

55

Larry Ridley

American musician

56

Jimmy Witherspoon

American jump blues singer

57

Harry Connick Jr.

American singer, conductor, pianist, actor, and composer

58

James Morrison

Australian jazz musician

59

Dave Holland

British musician

60

Roy Hargrove

American jazz trumpeter

61

Cassandra Wilson

American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi

62

Julian Lage

American musician

63

Curtis Fuller

American jazz musician

64

Cat Anderson

American jazz trumpeter

65

Ravi Coltrane

American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)

66

Frank Foster

American jazz musician and bandleader

67

Pepper Adams

American saxophonist

68

Eddie Gomez

Puerto Rican bassist

69

Russell Malone

jazz guitarist