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Kris Davis
Canadian jazz pianist and composer
1
Mary Halvorson
US avant-garde jazz guitarist
2
Tyshawn Sorey
American composer and multi-instrumentalist
3
Matana Roberts
American musician
4
Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
5
Jen Shyu
American musician
6
Theo Bleckmann
German composer and vocalist
7
Cécile McLorin Salvant
American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots
8
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
9
Craig Taborn
American musician
10
Matthew Stevens
Canadian jazz guitarist
11
Aaron Parks
American musician
12
Jazzmeia Horn
American jazz singer
13
Jon Irabagon
American musician
14
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
15
Wallace Roney
American musician
16
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
17
Linda May Han Oh
Malaysian-Australian jazz bassist and composer
18
Bobby Broom
American musician
19
Anthony Braxton
American musician, composer, and philosopher
20
Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
21
David Breskin
American poet and record producer
22
Steve Lehman
American musician
23
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
24
Gretchen Parlato
American singer
25
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
26
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
27
John Escreet
British musician
28
Snarky Puppy
American jazz rock band
29
Becca Stevens
American jazz, pop, and folk singer, and guitarist
30
Ryan Keberle
American musician
31
Tomeka Reid
American jazz musician
32
Thomas Heberer
German jazz musician
33
Fred Hersch
American musician
34
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
35
Sullivan Fortner
musical artist
36
Tony Glausi
American trumpeter
37
Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer
38
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
39
Claire Daly
American jazz saxophonist
40
Anna Webber
Canadian composer
41
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
42
Kenny Garrett
American musician
43
Scott DuBois
American musician
44
Jason Lindner
American pianist
45
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
46
Mostly Other People Do the Killing
band
47
Jerry Gonzalez
American musician
48
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
49
Jackie Paris
American singer
50
Amir ElSaffar
American musician
51
Kris Bowers
American composer and pianist
52
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
53
Dave Holland
British musician
54
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
55
Michael Blake
Canadian saxophonist
56
Elmo Hope
American musician
