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Rashied Ali
Rashied Ali
American jazz musician
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Clifford Thornton
Clifford Thornton
American musician
2
Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp
American jazz musician
3
Marion Brown
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
4
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
free jazz drummer
5
Roswell Rudd
Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
6
Perry Robinson
Perry Robinson
American musician
7
Saheb Sarbib
Saheb Sarbib
American musician
8
Joe Lee Wilson
Joe Lee Wilson
American singer (1935-2011)
9
Gene Ess
Gene Ess
American musician
10
Reggie Johnson
Reggie Johnson
American musician
11
Bobby Few
Bobby Few
American musician
12
Noah Howard
Noah Howard
American musician
13
Beaver Harris
Beaver Harris
American musician
14
Cecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
15
Dave Burrell
Dave Burrell
American musician
16
John Tchicai
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
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Alan Silva
Alan Silva
American musician
18
John Coltrane
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
19
Charles Moffett
Charles Moffett
American drummer
20
Robin Kenyatta
Robin Kenyatta
American jazz alto saxophonist
21
Bernard Vitet
Bernard Vitet
French trumpeter
22
Joe Chambers
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
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Juma Sultan
Juma Sultan
American musician
24
Kidd Jordan
Kidd Jordan
American saxophonist
25
Sunny Murray
Sunny Murray
American drummer
26
Henry Grimes
Henry Grimes
American musician
27
Jimmy Garrison
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
28
Horace Parlan
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
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Brotherhood of Breath
Brotherhood of Breath
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Henry Franklin
Henry Franklin
American musician
31
Sonny Fortune
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
32
Cameron Brown
Cameron Brown
American musician
33
Barre Phillips
Barre Phillips
American bassist
34
Reggie Workman
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
35
Mal Waldron
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
36
George Andrew Cables
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
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Wayne Dockery
Wayne Dockery
American musician
38
Donald Garrett
Donald Garrett
American musician and clarinetist
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Denis Charles
Denis Charles
American jazz drummer
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Albert Dailey
Albert Dailey
American musician
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Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
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Lewis Worrell
Lewis Worrell
American musician
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Jeanne Lee
Jeanne Lee
American singer
44
Ted Curson
Ted Curson
Jazz trumpeter
45
Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
46
Howard Johnson
Howard Johnson
American musician
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Mina Agossi
Mina Agossi
French singer-songwriter and songwriter
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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
Alan Shorter
American musician

Alan Shorter

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Alan Shorter (May 29, 1932 – April 5, 1988) was a free jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, and the older brother of composer and saxophone player Wayne Shorter.