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George Freeman
American musician
1
Brad Goode
American musician
2
Jodie Christian
Jazz pianist
3
Malachi Favors
American bassist
4
Frank Catalano
American musician
5
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
6
Douglas Ewart
American musician
7
Albert Heath
American drummer
8
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
9
Hamid Drake
American musician
10
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
11
Ernest Dawkins
jazz musician
12
Ron McClure
American jazz bassist
13
Chico Freeman
American saxophonist
14
Billy Harper
American musician
15
Joe Ford
American musician
16
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
17
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
18
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
19
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
20
Johnny Griffin
American musician
21
Joe Farnsworth
American musician
22
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
23
Tatsu Aoki
American musician
24
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
25
Eddie Johnson
American jazz and blues tenor saxophonist
26
Steve LaSpina
American musician, artist, educator
27
Ari Brown
American musician
28
Billy Drummond
American musician
29
Larry Schneider
American musician
30
Gary Bartz
American musician
31
Michał Urbaniak
Polish musician
32
Kahil El'Zabar
American musician
33
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist
34
Malachi Thompson
American musician
35
Zane Massey
American saxophonist
36
Pierre Dørge
Danish avant-garde jazz guitarist, bandleader and composer
37
Joe Locke
American musician
38
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
39
Steve McCall
American jazz drummer
40
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Danish jazz upright bassist
41
Dave Stryker
American musician
42
Doug Raney
American musician
43
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre
American saxophonist
44
Dana Hall
Jazz drummer
45
Vic Juris
American jazz guitarist
46
Bob Rockwell
American jazz saxophonist
47
Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
48
Mike Richmond
American musician
49
Willem Breuker
Dutch jazz musician
50
Hilton Ruiz
American musician of Puerto Rican descent
51
Robert Irving III
American pianist and composer
52
Bernt Rosengren
Swedish jazz saxophonist and composer
53
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
54
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
55
Andy LaVerne
American musician
56
Ronnie Cuber
American musician
57
Eddie Shaw
African American, Chicago blues tenor saxophonist
58
Bob Berg
American musician
59
Rashied Ali
American jazz musician
60
Vincent Herring
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
61
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
62
Eddie Allen
jazz musician
63
Reginald Robinson
American musician
64
Eddie Harris
American jazz musician, saxophonist
65
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
66
Scott Colley
American musician
67
Ira Sullivan
American jazz musician
68
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
69
Don Moye
American percussionist
70
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
71
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
72
Steve Slagle
American musician
73
Chris Potter
American musician
74
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
75
Eddie Henderson
American musician
76
Thurman Barker
American jazz drummer
77
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
