Sorry computer troubles as I was saying you can't leave out

Count Basie
George Clinton ( I know ya'll may hate me for that one but...)
Cab Calloway
John Coltrane
Lester Young
Howlin' Wolf
Sarah Vaughn
Fats Waller
Ma Rainey
Theolonius Monk Theolonius Monk Theo...oops sorry got carried away
Jelly Roll Morton
Charles Mingus
Quincy Jones
Ben Harper
Man I could keep going and going
Wes Montgomery and I said Wes Montgomery
Ah man