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Michael Abels (1962-)
Cannonball Adderley (1928-1975.)
Nat Adderley (1931-2000.)
Leslie Adams (1932-2014.)
Samuel Akpabot (1932-2000.)
Eleanor Alberga (1949-)
Kenneth Amis (1970-)
Ephraim Amu (1899-1995.)
Thomas J. Anderson (1928-)
Louis Armstrong (1898-1971.)
David Baker (1931-2016.)
Jasmine Arielle Barnes (1991-)
Count Basie (1904-1984.)
Jon Batiste (1986-)
Brittney Benton (1999-)
Eubie Blake (1883-1983.)
Terence Blanchard (1962-)
Ed Bland (1926-2013.)
Margaret Bonds (1913-1972.)
Anthony Braxton (1945-)
Uzee Brown Jr. (1950-)
Courtney Bryan (1982-)
Henry T. Burleigh (1866-1949.)
Valerie Capers (1935-)
Benny Carter (1907-2003.)
Wallace Cheatham (1945-)
Billy Childs (1957-)
John Clayton (1952-)
Ornette Coleman (1930-2015.)
Valerie Coleman (1970-)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912.)
Alice Coltrane (1937-2007)
Katahj Copley (1998-)
John Coltrane (1926-1967.)
Roque Cordero (1917-2008.)
Amos Coulanges (1954-)
Chanell Crichlow (21st Century)
Arthur Cunningham (1928-1997.)
Anthony Davis (1951-)
Miles Davis (1926-1991.)
Tyson Gholston Davis (2000-)
William Dawson (1898-1990.)
Kevin Day (1996-)
R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943.)
Roger Dickerson (1934-)
Eric Dolphy (1928-1964.)
Julius Eastman (1940-1990.)
Duke Ellington (1899-1974.)
Mercer K. Ellington (1919-1996.)
Rachel Eubanks (1922-2006.)
Nicholas Felder (21st Century)
Alexis Ffrench (1970-)
Emmanuel Tanka Fonta (1966-)
Marques L.A. Garrett (1984-)
Damien Geter (21st Century)
Rhiannon Giddens (1977-)
Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993.)
Adolphus Hailstork (1941-)
Jacqueline Hairston (1936-)
JaRod Hall (1991-)
Herbie Hancock (1940-)
D. Antoinette Handy (1930-2002.)
William C. Handy (1873-1958.)
Robert A. Harris (1938-)
Julius Hemphill (1938-1995.)
Fletcher Henderson (1897-1952.)
Quincy C. Hilliard (1954-)
Moses Hogan (1957-2003.)
Jonathan Bailey Holland (1974-)
Nora Holt (1885-1974.)
Freddie Hubbard (1938-2008.)
David Hurd (1950-)
Abdullah Ibrahim (1934-)
Nathalie Joachim (21st Century)
Hall Johnson (1888-1970.)
J. Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954.)
Mikhail Johnson (1989-)
Quincy Jones (1933-)
Scott Joplin (1868-1917.)
Ulysses Kay (1917-1995.)
Hannah Kendall (1984-)
Daniel Kidane (1986-)
Consuela Lee (1926-2009.)
James Lee III (1975-)
Tania León (1943-)
George Lewis (1952-)
John Lewis (1920-2001.)
Wendell Logan (1940-2010.)
Allison Loggins-Hull (1982-)
João Luiz (1979-)
Celso Machado (1953-)
Wynton Marsalis (1961-)
Quinn Mason (1996-)
Christian McBride (1972-)
Lena Johnson McLin (1928-)
Charles Mingus (1922-1979.)
Thelonious Monk (1917-1982.)
Jessie Montgomery (1981-)
Dorothy Rudd Moore (1940-2022.)
Kermit Moore (1929-2013.)
Undine Smith Moore (1904-1988.)
Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941.)
Jeffrey Mumford (1955-)
Brian Raphael Nabors (1991-)
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson (1951-)
Oliver Nelson (1932-1975.)
James Newton (1953-)
Nkeiru Okoye (1972-)
Shawn Okpebholo (1981-)
Ali Osman (1958-)
Robert Owens (1925-1917.)
Charlie Parker (1920-1955.)
Coleridge-T. Perkinson (1932-2004.)
Julia (Amanda) Perry (1924-1979.)
Zenobia Powell Perry (1908-2004.)
Oscar Peterson (1924-2007.)
Rosephanye Powell (1962-)
Florence Beatrice Price (1888-1953.)
Matana Roberts (1975-)
Zanaida Robles (1979-)
Amadeo Roldan (1900-1939.)
Sonny Rollins (1930-)
Daniel Bernard Roumain (1971-)
Godwin Sadoh (1965-)
Chevalier Saint-Georges (1739-1799.)
David Sanford (1963-)
Jeff Scott (1967-)
Wayne Shorter (1933-)
Horace Silver (1928-2014.)
Carlos Simon (1986-)
Alvin Singleton (1940-)
Elijah Daniel Smith (1995-)
Hale Smith (1925-2009.)
Irene Britton Smith (1907-1999.)
Wadada Leo Smith (1941-)
Tyshawn Sorey (1980-)
Fela Sowande (1905-1987.)
Earl Louis Stewart (1950-)
William Grant Still (1895-1978.)
Harvey J. Stokes (1957-)
Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967.)
Roger Stubblefield (1965-)
Sun Ra (1914-1993.)
Justinian Tamusuza (1951-)
Art Tatum (1909-1956.)
Joel Thompson (1988-)
Richard Thompson (1950-)
Henry Threadgill (1944-)
Frederick Tillis (1930-)
George Walker (1922-2018.)
Errollyn Wallen (1958-)
Thomas Fats Waller (1904-1943.)
Lawren Brianna Ware (1994-)
Shelley Washington (1991-)
Clarence Cameron White (1880-1960.)
David F. Wilborn (1961-)
Marcus Wilcher (1985-)
Evan Williams (1988-)
Julius Williams (1954-)
Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981.)
Roderick Williams (1965-)
Sharon J. Willis (1949-)
Chandler L. Wilson (21st Century)
Olly Wilson (1937-2018.)
Ayanna Woods (21st Century)

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