Originally Posted by Janszoon

Hmmm...

Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Thelonius Monk
Art Blakey
Sonny Rollins
Horace Silver
Charles Mingus
Louis Armstrong
Lennie Tristano
Duke Ellington
Benny Goodman
Gene Krupa
Art Tatum
Charlie Haden
Lionel Hampton
Stan Getz
Matthew Shipp
John Zorn
John Lewis
Count Basie
Sun Ra
Ahmad Jamal
Charlie Parker
Clifford Brown
Max Roach
Dizzy Gillespie
Jelly Roll Morton
Eric Dolphy
Fats Navarro
Freddie Hubbard
Ornette Coleman
Stuff Smith
Gutbucket
Last Exit
Cecil Taylor
Anthony Braxton
Chick Corea
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Moondog
Cab Calloway
Louis Jordan
Lonnie Smith
Chick Webb
Herbie Hancock

...all give the US quite the edge over the UK for me.