1. Glenn Miller (1904)

Jazz Musician

Swing bandleader, composer, and arranger best known for his hits "In The Mood," "Chattanooga Choo Choo," and "At Last."

2. Herbie Fields (1919)

Jazz Musician

Multi-reedist who played R&B and jazz and who was considered a proto rock 'n' roller in attitude and performing style. He formed his own septet.

3. Lenny Hambro (1923)

Jazz Musician

Saxophonist and journeyman who recorded more than eighty sessions and served as manager and assistant leader of the New Glenn Miller Orchestra.

4. Zoot Sims (1925)

Jazz Musician

Tenor and soprano saxophonist who played with many different bands and artists, including Gerry Mulligan's sextet.

5. Kurt Rosenwinkel (1970)

Jazz Musician

Jazz guitarist and keyboard player who released the debut live album, The Remedy: Live at the Village Vanguard.

6. Tom Malone (1947)

Jazz Musician

Tom Malone is a famous Jazz Musician, who was born on June 16, 1947 in United States. Thomas Malone (born 1952) was an Irish hurler who played for club Kilkenny...

7. Arnett Howard (1950)

Jazz Musician

Famous jazz musician, teacher, historian, and ambassador for Columbus, Ohio.

8. Ronnie Laws (1950)

Jazz Musician

Preeminent American saxophonist known for his work in the jazz, funk, and R&B genres. His first hit song, "Always There," was included on his debut solo album, Pressure Sensitive.

9. Dag Arnesen (1950)

Jazz Musician

Jazz artist who became known for his collaborations with many orchestras, bands, and trios.

10. Jacky Terrasson (1966)

Jazz Musician

Jazz artist who gained recognition and acclaim after coming in first at the 1993 Thelonious Monk Piano Competition.

11. Marcus Miller (1959)

Jazz Musician

Jazz composer and bassist who worked with some of the genre's all-time greats, including Miles Davis. He was also a first-call session musician, collaborating on more than 500 albums with...

12. Jose Valdes (1957)

Jazz Musician

Founded Valdes Music Productions and created Latin Jazztet, Mambo Allstars, Jazz Facets, and The International VMP Orchestra.

13. Bob Mintzer (1953)

Jazz Musician

Saxophonist with the Yellowjackets as well as the leader of his own quartet. He also taught jazz composition at the University of Southern California.

14. Ahmed Abdullah (1947)

Jazz Musician

Ahmed Abdullah is a jazz trumpeter who was a prominent member of Sun Ra's band.

15. Tom Harrison (musician) (1985)

Jazz Musician

Tom Harrison is an English alto saxophonist and flautist who has been active on the British jazz scene since 2009. He reached a national audience following the release of his...

16. Jimmy Smith (musician) (1925)

Jazz Musician

James Oscar Jimmy Smith was an American jazz musician who achieved the rare distinction of releasing a series of instrumental jazz albums that often charted on Billboard.

17. Ernest Dawkins (1953)

Jazz Musician

Ernest Dawkins is an American jazz saxophonist principally active in free jazz and post-bop. Ernest Khabeer Dawkins was a neighbor of Anthony Braxton as a child. He played bass and...

18. Terje Bjørklund (1945)

Jazz Musician

Terje Bjørklund is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer. He was an active jazz pianist until approximately 1980. From then on he has concentrated on composing.

19. Alexis Cole (1976)

Jazz Musician

Called one of the great voices of today Alexis Cole has been compared to classic jazz singers such as Sarah Vaughan and Anita O'Day. Her luxurious voice and innovative interpretations...

20. Marc Johnson (musician) (1953)

Jazz Musician

Marc Alan Johnson is an American jazz musician composer and band leader married to the Brazilian jazz singer and pianist Eliane Elias. Johnson was born in Nebraska but grew up...

21. Edvard Askeland (1954)

Jazz Musician

Edvard Askeland is a Norwegian jazz musician known from a series of album releases in various genres and for being regular in Dag Arnesens lineups in 1970-80 and within «Cutting...

22. Staffan William-Olsson (1959)

Jazz Musician

Staffan William-Olsson is a Swedish Jazz musician and composer known guitarist of The Real Thing and the collaborations with the likes of Bob Berg Lee Konitz and Palle Mikkelborg.

23. Nils Mathisen (1959)

Jazz Musician

Nils Mathisen is a Norwegian Jazz musician and Composer known from significant efforts cabaret and musicals. Mathisen has released two solo albums and contributed to releases by Jan Werner Elisabeth...

24. Kit McClure (1951)

Jazz Musician

Kit McClure is a jazz musician and bandleader of the big band Kit McClure Band and founder of the Women in Jazz Project. In 2004 she started a project to...

25. Dennis Mackrel (1962)

Jazz Musician

Dennis Mackrel is an American jazz drummer composer and arranger. He is also known for his work as a bandleader and music educator. He is most notable for his associations...

26. Russ Spiegel (1962)

Jazz Musician

Russ Spiegel is a New York City-based jazz guitarist composer arranger film scorer and actor who has made successful forays into screenwriting and film production.

27. Ole Thomsen (1952)

Jazz Musician

Ole Thomsen is a Norwegian Jazz musician and composer known from a number of releases and since 1977 central on the Bergen jazz scene. He is the older brother of...

28. Helge Lilletvedt (1960)

Jazz Musician

Helge Lilletvedt is a Norwegian Jazz musician composer and music arranger known from collaboration with musicisns like Terje Rypdal Vigleik Storaas Arve Henriksen Per Jørgensen Olav Dale Ole Amund Gjersvik...

29. Jeri Brown (1952)

Jazz Musician

Jeri Brown is an American living in Quebec Canada as a jazz singer songwriter and professor.

30. David Weiss (musician) (1964)

Jazz Musician

David Weiss is a jazz trumpeter and the founder of The New Jazz Composers Octet a group dedicated to innovation in jazz. He studied music at North Texas State University...

31. Uwe Kropinski (1952)

Jazz Musician

Uwe Kropinski (born February 20 1952 is a German jazz guitarist. Born in Berlin Kropinski studied jazz and classic guitar at Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin from 1973 to...

32. Johannes Eick (1964)

Jazz Musician

Johannes Eick is a Norwegian bassist the son of bassist and vibrafonist Jürgen Eick and the older brother of musicians Trude Eick and Mathias Eick. As young he played in...

33. Rez Abbasi (1965)

Jazz Musician

Rez Abbasi is an American fusion and jazz guitarist music producer and composer.

34. Frank Kvinge (1968)

Jazz Musician

Kvinge is a Norwegian Jazz musician residing in Drøbak near Oslo known from several album releases.

35. Rob Waring (1956)

Jazz Musician

Rob Waring is an American-Norwegian Jazz musician and composer.

36. David Gald (1968)

Jazz Musician

David Gald is a Norwegian Jazz musician known for collaborations with such musicians as Bjørn Alterhaug Arve Henriksen and Trygve Seim and on a series of album releases.

37. Harald Dahlstrøm (1961)

Jazz Musician

Harald Dahlstrøm is a Norwegian jazz musician known for participation on a series of records from collaborations with musicians like Kenneth Sivertsen and Dance with a Stranger and as band...

38. Svein Magnus Furu (1983)

Jazz Musician

Svein Magnus Furu is a Norwegian Jazz musician composer and music journalist known from several bands and album releases.

39. Clifton Anderson (1957)

Jazz Musician

Clifton Anderson is an American jazz musician a trombone player. He grew up surrounded by music. His father was a church organist /choir director and his mother a singer and...

40. Eddie Allen (jazz musician) (1957)

Jazz Musician

Eddie Allen is a jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist from Milwaukee. He has worked with Muhal Richard Abrams Lester Bowie Art Blakey Benny Carter Chico Freeman Craig Harris and Dizzy Gillespie....

41. Asaf Sirkis (1969)

Jazz Musician

Asaf Sirkis is an Israeli jazz drummer now resident in London.

42. Anat Fort (1970)

Jazz Musician

Anat Fort is an Israeli jazz pianist and composer who has recorded several acclaimed albums and performed across Europe and the United States. Fort studied music at William Paterson University...

43. Per Zanussi (1977)

Jazz Musician

Per Zanussi is an Italian-Norwegian Jazz musician and composer known from several bands and releases such as with Hamid Drake Louis Moholo Paal Nilssen-Love Bobby Bradford Sabir Mateen Franklin Kiermyer...

44. Mads Berven (1977)

Jazz Musician

Mads Falck Berven is a Norwegian Jazz musician and law graduate from University of Bergen known from a series of albums and cooperations with the like of Øystein Moen Eirik...

45. Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (1971)

Jazz Musician

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten is a Norwegian bassist active in the jazz and free jazz genres.

46. Christian Wallumrød (1971)

Jazz Musician

Christian Wallumrød is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer and is considered one of the most prominent musicians of the younger Norwegian generation known from releases with his own Christian...

47. Børge-Are Halvorsen (1978)

Jazz Musician

Børge-Are Halvorsen is a Norwegian Jazz musician. His family moved to Sandane in Gloppen where he spent his youth but he was lateer a freelance musician resident of Oslo since...

48. Brian Landrus (1978)

Jazz Musician

Brian Landrus is a New York City based jazz saxophonist multi-instrumentalist composer producer & educator.

49. Assaf Kehati (1979)

Jazz Musician

Assaf Kehati is an Israeli jazz guitarist composer bandleader and educator based in Boston Massachusetts.

50. Mat Walerian (1984)

Jazz Musician

Mat Walerian born Mateusz Jan Walerian is jazz saxophonist and woodwind player composer and bandleader who specializes in improvisation and avant-garde music.