These are some of my Favorites (complete list from blog profile)

This current post strives to provide a complete list of the people and groups that I wanted to place in my profile page, but the 2000 character limit is a buzzkill to contend with.
Here is an unadulterated list here for all to see and to hopefully make suggestions, as to some new artists to contend with, grow with, and enjoy forever.

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in no particular order:

Miles Davis, James Brown, Chick Corea, Vince Mendoza, Vikter DuPlaix, Count Basie, Dave Holland, Pat Metheny Group, Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland, Eddie Harris, Keith Jarrett, Horace Silver, Pleasure, Yellowjackets, Oliver Nelson, Marcos Valle, Butch Miles, Joe Chambers, Les McCann, Capp/Pierce Juggernaut, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, Buddy Rich, Warren "Baby" Dodds, Billy Cobham, Bruce Carter (R.I.P, Donald Bailey, Tony Williams, Billy Kilson, Ray Marchica, Nick Ceroli, Billy Higgins, Carlos Vega, Steve Gadd, Terry Bozzio, Chad Wackerman, Gary Hobbs, Donny Osborne, Keith Carlock, Terry Silverlight, Steve Smith, Joey Heredia, Jeff Porcaro, Eric Gravatt, Simon Phillips, Keith Moon, John Bohnam, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Mel Brown, Irv Cottler, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Sonny Payne, Clyde Stubblefield, Jabo Starks, Clayton Fillyaw, Ed Shaughnessy, Alvin Stoller, Neil Peart, Bobby Previte, John Perett, Joe LaBarbera, Dafenis Prieto, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Ndugu Chancler, Antonio Sanchez, Radiohead, Jack De Johnette, John "JR" Robinson, Nesbert "Stix" Hooper, Eddie Marshall, Shelly Manne, David "Panama" Francis, Gerryck King, Bobby Rosengarden, Land Richards, Tod Carver, Tom Grant, The Piano Throwers, Darol Anger, Darin Clendenin/Jake Kot, Led Zeppelin, Gerard Presencer, Jeremy Stacey, Thara Memory, Obo Addy, Derek Sims, Little Beaver (Willie Hale), Caetano Veloso, John Scofield, The Police, David Sylvain, Wayne Kramer (and MC5), Marcus Gilmore, Marcus Baylor, Gene Lake, JoJo Mayer, Dennis Chambers, Chris Parker, Adam Deitch, Sauter-Finnegan Orchestra (Eddie Sauter, Bill Finnegan), W.S.Holland, Jerry Allison, Cozy Powell, Phil Collins, Frank Katz, Frank Briggs, Grady Tate, Terry Clarke, Allan Ganley, Paulo Braga, Floyd Sneed, Jim Keltner, Baron John Von Ohlen, Gary Chester, Raymond Pounds, Akira Jimbo, Harvey Mason, Mike Clark, Narada Michael Walden, Steve Ferrone, Ron Davis, Les De Merle,
Zach Danziger, Daniel Sadownick, Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, David Ornette Cherry, Thelonius Monk, Elmo Hope, Donny Hathaway, Scott Law, DK Stewart and the DK4,
Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Michael Jackson, Joe Williams, Howard Hewett, Tomasz Stanko Ensemble, Leroy "The Walker" Vinnegar, Jeff Sipe(APT Q258),Kazumi Watanabe, Jon Cleary and The Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Ivan Neville, Nancy King & Steve Christofferson, Paul Bley, Sandin Wilson, Gordon Lee's GLEEFUL Big Band, Joe Roccissano, Andy Kirk's 12 Clouds Of Joy, Woody Herman's Thundering Herd, Maynard Ferguson, Stan Kenton, Terrence Blanchard, The Metropole Orchestra, David Diamond, Leonard Bernstein, Angie Stone, Michael Bard, Mint Condition, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Joe Henry, Dan Siegel, Edgar Winter's White Trash, the MIGHTY Chris Whitley (R.I.P), Billy Ward (great drummer/educator from NYC), Wilco, Bobby Torres, Wayne Krantz, Dave Mattacks, Gino Vannelli, Lee Ritenour, Michel Columbier, Prince, Bob Florence Big Band, Lloyd Jones Struggle, Matthew Herbert, Marcus Shelby Trio, Clare Fischer, George Duke, MR.Frank Zappa, Kenny Wheeler, Peter Erskine, Max Roach, Weather Report (or any Joe Zawinul/Wayne Shorter related output), Scott Henderson & Tribal Tech, Allan Holdsworth, Janice Scroggins, Me'shell Nedege'ocello, The Crusaders, Mos Def, Roy Ayers, James Poyser, Photek, Squarepusher, Dan Balmer, Nik Bartsch'RONIN, Tord Gunderson,