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Manfred Schoof
German musician
1
Paul Lovens
German musician
2
Rudi Mahall
German jazz clarinetist and composer
3
Paul Rutherford
English free improvising trombonist
4
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
5
Peter Brötzmann
German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
6
Aki Takase
Japanese musician
7
Buschi Niebergall
German musician
8
Gerd Dudek
German musician
9
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
10
Thomas Heberer
German jazz musician
11
Irène Schweizer
Swiss musician
12
Barry Guy
British musician
13
Karl Berger
German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer
14
Michael Griener
German drummer
15
Peter Kowald
German free jazz double bassist and tubist
16
Han Bennink
Dutch musician
17
Conny Bauer
German musician
18
Takeo Moriyama
Japanese drummer (1945-)
19
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
20
Tony Oxley
British musician
21
Phil Wachsmann
Ugandan musician
22
Henry Lowther
British musician
23
Lauren Newton
American singer
24
Louis Moholo
South African jazz musician
25
Hans Reichel
German improvisational guitarist, experimental luthier, inventor, and type designer
26
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
27
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
28
Jo Thönes
German drummer
29
Gebhard Ullmann
German saxophonist
30
Paul Dunmall
Jazz saxophonist
31
Misha Mengelberg
Dutch composer and jazz pianist
32
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
33
Sunny Murray
American drummer
34
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
35
Hannes Zerbe
German composer and pianist
36
Geri Allen
American composer and jazz pianist
37
Michael Gielen
Austrian conductor
38
Isang Yun
Korean composer
39
Anna Prohaska
Austrian singer and opera singer
40
Heiner Stadler
German musician
41
Wolfgang Fortner
German composer and conductor
42
Jonathan Darlington
British conductor
43
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
44
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
45
Susie Ibarra
American musician
46
Bernard Vitet
French trumpeter
47
Frank Wright
American jazz musician
48
Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
49
Günter Wand
German orchestra conductor
