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Manfred Schoof

German musician

1

Buschi Niebergall

German musician

2

Peter Brötzmann

German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist

3

Alexander von Schlippenbach

German jazz pianist and composer

4

Gerd Dudek

German musician

5

Paul Rutherford

English free improvising trombonist

6

Han Bennink

Dutch musician

7

Wolfgang Dauner

German musician

8

Kenny Wheeler

Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player

9

Pierre Favre

Swiss musician

10

Attila Zoller

Hungarian Jazz guitarist

11

Evan Parker

English saxophonist

12

Conny Bauer

German musician

13

Enrico Rava

Italian trumpeter

14

Karl Berger

German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer

15

Tony Oxley

British musician

16

Jasper van 't Hof

Dutch musician

17

Irène Schweizer

Swiss musician

18

Eberhard Weber

German musician

19

John Tchicai

Danish free jazz saxophonist

20

Stu Martin

American musician

21

John Surman

British saxophonist and clarinetist

22

Vitold Rek

Polish musician

23

Ernst Reijseger

Dutch musician

24

Dieter Ilg

German bassist

25

William Parker

American jazz musician

26

Daniel Humair

Swiss drummer and painter

27

Rainer Brüninghaus

German musician

28

Kai Winding

Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist

29

Heiner Stadler

German musician

30

Thomas Heberer

German jazz musician

31

Yōsuke Yamashita

Japanese jazz pianist, composer, author (1942-)

32

Charly Antolini

Swiss musician

33

David Horler

British musician

34

Herb Geller

American saxophonist (1928-2013)

35

Jimmy Knepper

American musician

36

Derek Bailey

British guitarist

37

Larry Coryell

American guitarist

38

Steve McCall

American jazz drummer

39

Alphonse Mouzon

American musician (1948-2016)

40

Dave Holland

British musician

41

Trilok Gurtu

Indian musician

42

Paul Bley

Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist

43

Phil Woods

American saxophonist

44

Henry Lowther

British musician

45

Marvin Stamm

American trumpeter

46

Arkady Shilkloper

Russian trumpeter and hornist

47

Don Menza

American saxophonist

48

Eric Dolphy

American jazz musician

49

Randy Weston

American jazz pianist

50

Albert Ayler

American jazz saxophonist

51

Don Pullen

American jazz pianist and organist

52

John Abercrombie

American jazz guitarist

53

George Lewis

composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar

54

Max Roach

American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer

55

Eric Clapton

English musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist

56

Brian Eno

English musician, composer, record producer and visual artist