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Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
1
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
2
Seldon Powell
American musician
3
Mel Lewis
American musician
4
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
5
Billy Harper
American musician
6
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
7
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
8
Gene Ramey
American musician
9
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
10
Tommy Bryant
American musician
11
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
12
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
13
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
14
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
15
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
16
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
17
Bennie Green
American musician
18
Joe Newman
American musician
19
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
20
Reunald Jones
American musician
21
Bill Hughes
jazz musician
22
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
23
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
24
Bill Evans
American jazz saxophonist
25
Sonny Clark
American musician
26
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
27
Don Butterfield
American musician
28
Stu Martin
American musician
29
Stan Levey
American musician
30
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
31
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
32
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
33
Gerry Brown
American jazz drummer (b. 1951)
34
Reggie Johnson
American musician
35
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
36
Sue Evans
American musician
37
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
38
Sonny Russo
American jazz trombonist
39
Sonny Lester
American record producer
40
Tina Brooks
American musician
41
Rick Laird
Irish musician
42
Dick Vance
American musician
43
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
44
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
45
Dick Nash
American musician
46
Ernie Caceres
American musician
47
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
48
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
49
Sonny Burke
American musical arranger, composer, big band leader and producer (1914-1980)
50
Clyde Hurley
American musician
51
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
52
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
53
Percy Heath
American musician
54
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
55
Buddy Tate
American musician
56
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
57
Ray Bauduc
American musician
58
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
59
Ronnie Stephenson
British musician
60
Bunny Berigan
American musician
61
John Eckert
American jazz trumpeter
62
Walter Page
American jazz musician
63
Mel Wanzo
American trombonist
64
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
65
Dick Katz
American musician
66
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
67
Sonny Clay
American musician
68
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
69
Budd Johnson
American musician
70
Sonny Bradshaw
Jamaican jazz musician
71
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
72
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
73
Bud Brisbois
American trumpeter (1937-1978)
74
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
75
Lew Soloff
American musician
76
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
77
Dolo Coker
American musician
78
Matthew Gee
American musician
79
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
80
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
81
Larry Gray
American musician
82
Chris Columbus
American jazz drummer
