Interesting to look back almost two years and not the changes. This was my earlier list
SONNY STITT
JIMMY SMITH
HOUSTON PERSON
JUNIOR MANCE
GRANT GREEN
DAVID NEWMAN
BROTHER JACK MCDUFF
LES MCCANN
DR LONNIE SMITH
WILLIS 'GATOR TAIL' JACKSON
GENE AMMONS
STANLEY TURRENTINE
CHARLES EARLAND
NAT ADDERLEY
JIMMY MCGRIFF
SHIRLEY SCOTT
EDDIE 'LOCKJAW' DAVIS
RICHARD 'GROOVE' HOLMES
LOU DONALDSON
MILT JACKSON
Now, it's
SONNY STITT
RAMSEY LEWIS
AHMAD JAMAL
GRANT GREEN
GENE AMMONS
JACK MCDUFF
JIMMY MCGRIFF
SHIRLEY SCOTT
ILLINOIS JACQUET
MILT BUCKNER
LES MCCANN
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
HOUSTON PERSON
NAT ADDERLEY
JIMMY SMITH
MILT JACKSON
DR LONNIE SMITH
EDDIE 'LOCKJAW' DAVIS
STANLEY TURRENTINE
JUNIOR MANCE
Sonny Stitt is still #1, but there are definitely some different people in there.
If I don't limit it to jazz, then Ray Charles, Youssou Ndour, Bembeya Jazz National and Chief Commander Ebeneezer Obey get in there.
MG