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- Red Callender (1916–1992)
- James Cammack
- Alain Caron
- Ron Carter (born 1937)
- Malcolm Cecil
- Clive Chaman
- Paul Chambers (1935–1969)
- Stanley Clarke (born 1951)
- John Clayton
- Jeff Clyne (1937–2009)
- Avishai Cohen (born 1970)
- Greg Cohen
- Ira Coleman
- Scott Colley
- Graham Collier (1937–2011)
- Joe Comfort (1917–2008)
- Todd Coolman
- Curtis Counce (1926–1963)
- Anthony Cox
- Bob Cranshaw
- Gary Crosby
- Israel Crosby (1919–1962)
- Bill Crow
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