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Jessica Lurie
musician, composer, saxophonist,
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Vinny Golia
American musician
2
Jan Garbarek
Norwegian saxophonist
3
Albert Ayler
American jazz saxophonist
4
Lindsay Cooper
English musician, composer and activist
5
Frank Morgan
American musician
6
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
7
Miya Masaoka
American composer
8
Lori Goldston
American musician
9
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
10
Chris Cutler
English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist
11
Friedrich Gulda
Austrian pianist and composer
12
Evan Ziporyn
American composer
13
Elliott Sharp
American musician
14
Donny McCaslin
American musician
15
Chris Speed
American musician
16
Two Nice Girls
American rock band
17
Bobby Previte
American drummer
18
Tom Varner
American musician
19
Peter Brötzmann
German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
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Paul Desmond
American recording artist; jazz musician
21
Amy Beach
American composer and pianist
22
Ernestine Anderson
American jazz and blues singer
23
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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The Beat
British band
25
Matt Cameron
American drummer
26
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
27
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
28
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
29
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
30
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
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Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
32
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Allen Eager
American musician
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Dennis Budimir
American musician
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Let's Go Bowling
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Jimmie Noone
American musician
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Kurt Elling
American jazz singer and songwriter
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Lenny Hambro
Jazz Musician
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Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
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Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
42
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
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The Motels
American New Wave band
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Deerhunter
American rock band
45
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
