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James Newton
American flautist, composer, and conductor
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Marty Ehrlich
American musician
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Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
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J. D. Parran
American musician
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Oliver Lake
American musician
5
Arthur Blythe
American musician
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Pheeroan akLaff
American jazz drummer
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Tomeka Reid
American jazz musician
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Anthony Davis
American pianist and composer
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Baikida Carroll
American musician
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Jay Hoggard
American musician
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Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
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Steve McCall
American jazz drummer
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Michael Gregory
American jazz, blues and rock musician
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John Purcell
American jazz saxophonist
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George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
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Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
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Don Moye
American percussionist
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John Blake, Jr.
American jazz violinist
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Phillip Wilson
American drummer (1941-1992)
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Jerome Harris
American jazz musician
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James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
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Dave Holland
British musician
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Dave Taylor
American musician
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Cecil McBee
American bassist
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Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
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Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
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Barry Altschul
American drummer
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Mark Dresser
American musician
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Olu Dara
American musician
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John Carter
American jazz musician
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Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
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Marvin Peterson
American jazz trumpeter and composer
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Jack Wilkins
American musician
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Larry Young
American jazz musician
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Warren Smith
American musician
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Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
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Jamaaladeen Tacuma
American musician
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Charles "Bobo" Shaw
American musician
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John Stubblefield
American musician
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Ronnie Burrage
American musician
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Karl Berger
German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer
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Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
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Herb Robertson
American musician
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Jaimie Branch
American jazz trumpeter and composer
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Douglas Ewart
American musician
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Manolo Badrena
Puerto Rican musician
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Pete Levin
American musician
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Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
49
Frank Lowe
American jazz saxophonist
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Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
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Andrew White
American musician
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Mark Helias
American musician
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James Emery
American musician
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Alex Cline
American musician
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Bob Stewart
American musician
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John Lindberg
American musician
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Anthony Jackson
American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter
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Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
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Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
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Mino Cinelu
French musician
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John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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George Duvivier
American musician
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Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
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Thurman Barker
American jazz drummer
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David Friedman
American jazz percussionist
66
Ray Anderson
American trombonist/jazz/trumpet player
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Leroy Jenkins
composer and Avant-garde Jazz violinist and violist
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Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
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Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Billy Hart
American jazz drummer
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Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
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Roland Hanna
American pianist
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Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
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Anthony Braxton
American musician, composer, and philosopher
75
Masabumi Kikuchi
Japanese keyboardist (1939-2015)
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Bruce Purse
Bruce Purse is a musician, composer, arranger, trumpet player. Founder of The Pocketbook Orchestra
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Hank Roberts
American cellist
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Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
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