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James Hurt
American musician
1
Antonio Hart
American musician
2
Tommy Stewart
American trumpeter
3
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
4
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
5
Rodney Whitaker
American jazz double bass player, educator
6
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
7
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
8
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
9
Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
10
Eddie Chamblee
American saxophonist
11
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
12
Gerald Albright
American saxophonist
13
Robert Shaw
American conductor, born 1916
14
Courtney Pine
British musician
15
Billy Harper
American musician
16
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
17
Leroy Anderson
American composer (1908-1975)
18
Bobby Troup
American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (1918-1999)
19
Willie Jones, III
American drummer
20
James Chirillo
Jazz guitar
21
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
22
Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
23
Andy Martin
Jazz trombonist
24
Buster Bailey
American musician
25
James Williams
American jazz pianist
26
Jacques Schwarz-Bart
French musician
27
Yusef Lateef
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
28
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
29
George Shirley
American tenor
30
Itzhak Perlman
Israeli-American violinist and conductor
31
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
32
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
33
Harold Jones
American musician and drummer
34
George Russell
American pianist and composer
35
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
36
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Bud Shank
American saxophonist and flautist
38
Juhani Aaltonen
Finnish jazz saxophonist and flautist.
39
Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist
40
The Herbaliser
English jazz hip hop group
41
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
42
William Warfield
American concert bass-baritone singer and actor (1920-2002)
43
Mark Sherman
American musician
44
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
45
Regina Carter
American musician
46
Terell Stafford
American musician
47
Return to Forever
American jazz fusion group led by Chick Corea
48
Webster Lewis
American musician
49
Noble Sissle
African-American jazz musician
50
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
51
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
52
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
53
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
54
Nicholas Payton
American musician
55
Bobby McFerrin
American jazz vocalist
56
Tia Fuller
American musician
57
Jim Beard
American musician
58
Dana Hall
Jazz drummer
59
Scott Robinson
American musician
60
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
61
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
62
Frederick Fennell
American conductor
63
John Medeski
American jazz keyboards player and composer
64
Dimmu Borgir
Norwegian symphonic black metal band
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Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
