Pat Labarbera (1944)
Steve Lacy (1934-2004)
Guy Lafitte (1927-1998)
Oliver Lake (1942)
Ralph Lalama (1951)
Byard Lancaster (1942-2012)
Harold Land (1928-2001)
Brian Landrus (1978)
Don Lanphere (1928-2003)
John Laporta (1920-2004)
Prince Lasha (1929-2008)
Yusef Lateef (1920-2013)
Christof Lauer (1953)
Azar Lawrence (1953)
Hubert Laws (1939)
Daunik Lazro (1939)
Ronnie Laws (1950)
Claude Lawrence
Ingrid Laubrock
Andy Laster
Arnie Lawrence (1938-2005)
Brian Leake (1934-1992)
Remy Leboeuf (1986)
Bobby “Lips” Levine (1923-1997)
George Lewis (1900-1968)
Willie Lewis (1905-1971)
Eggy Ley (1928-1995)
Steve Lehman (1978)
Elliot Levin (1953)
Harlan Leonard (1905-1983)
Jed Levy (1958)
David Liebman (1946)
Terry Lightfoot (1935)
Charles Lloyd (1938) (note: as of this writing there are only two $60 tickets left to see Charles Lloyd at Stanford Bing Theatre, part of the Stanford Jazz Workshop Camp and Festival Series, compared to the $90 tickets and $120 tickets –back to my point about the line blurring between jazz and “classical” — who can afford $120 tickets?)
Jon Lloyd (1958)
Mark Lockheart (1961)
Joe Lovano (1952)
Erica Lindsay (1955)
Fredrik Ljungkvist
Giuseppi Logan (1935)
Julien Lourau (1970)
Tim Lin
Frank Lowe (1943-2003)
Jimmy Lyons (1932-1986)
Jimmie Lunceford (1902-1947)
Claude Luter (1923-2006)

edit to add, three weeks later:
James Brandon Lewis

New York Times ushers up James Brandon Lewis, on Okeh Records