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Ray Nance
American musician
1
Gil Fuller
American jazz arranger/composer and bandleader
2
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
3
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
4
Jonah Jones
American musician
5
Shirley Clay
American musician
6
Money Johnson
American musician
7
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
8
Lee Loughnane
American musician, member of Chicago
9
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
10
Johnny Hartman
Jazz Singer
11
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
12
Nicholas Payton
American musician
13
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
14
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
15
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
16
Tommy Ladnier
Jazz cornetist/trumpeter
17
Chris Botti
American trumpeter and composer
18
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
19
Rozelle Claxton
American jazz pianist
20
Darnell Howard
American musician
21
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
22
Wallace Davenport
American musician
23
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
24
Harold Mabern
American pianist
25
James Moody
American jazz musician
26
Willie Cook
American musician
27
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
28
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
29
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
30
Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
31
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
32
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
33
Ed Allen
musician
34
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
35
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
36
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
37
Fareed Haque
American musician
38
Omer Simeon
American musician
39
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
40
Charlie Allen
trumpeter
41
George Freeman
American musician
42
Richard M. Jones
American musician
43
Sonny Greer
American jazz drummer
44
Al Porcino
American musician
45
Jerry Blake
American musician
46
Jack Butler
American musician
47
Don Redman
American musician
48
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
49
Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
50
Truck Parham
American musician
51
Dick Vance
American musician
52
Joe Garland
American musician
53
Billy Eckstine
American musician
54
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
55
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
56
Tiny Davis
American trumpeter
57
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
58
Doc Cheatham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader
59
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
60
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
61
George Avakian
American record producer of Armenian descent
62
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
63
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
64
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
65
Dave Holland
British musician
66
McClure Morris
American musician
67
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
68
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
69
Arbee Stidham
American blues singer and multi-instrumentalist
