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Newman Taylor Baker
American musician
1
Henry Grimes
American musician
2
Vinny Golia
American musician
3
Rashied Ali
American jazz musician
4
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
5
Joe Daley
American educator, jazz musician, composer and arranger who plays tuba, trombone and euphonium
6
Huw Warren
Welsh musician
7
Dave Holland
British musician
8
Bill Charlap
American jazz pianist
9
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
10
Steve Swell
American musician
11
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
12
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
13
John Patitucci
American jazz bassist and composer
14
Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
15
Chuck Redd
American musician
16
Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
17
Roy Campbell, Jr.
American trumpeter (1952-2014)
18
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
19
Renee Rosnes
Canadian pianist
20
Johnny Varro
American pianist
21
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
22
Ed Bickert
Canadian musician
23
Taylor Ho Bynum
American musician
24
Michael Marcus
American musician
25
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
26
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
27
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
28
Gwilym Simcock
British musician
29
Alan Silva
American musician
30
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
31
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
32
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
33
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
34
Ken Filiano
American musician
35
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
36
Jim McNeely
American musician
37
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
38
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
39
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
40
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
41
Chico Hamilton
American musician
42
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
43
John Garvey
American musician
44
Pheeroan akLaff
American jazz drummer
45
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
46
Mel Brown
American jazz drummer
47
Alvin Fielder
American drummer
48
Alex Cline
American musician
49
Andy McKee
American bassist
50
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
51
Frank Wright
American jazz musician
52
Bill Frisell
American musician
53
Gary Husband
British musician
54
Ava Mendoza
American musician
55
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
56
Alan Barnes
British musician
57
John Taylor
British jazz pianist
58
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
59
Organ trio
trio including a Hammond organ
60
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
61
Alvin Queen
American drummer
62
Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
63
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
64
Dave Brubeck
American jazz pianist and composer
65
Sinan Alimanović
Bosnian jazz pianist
66
Jean-Luc Ponty
French musician
67
Jim Hart
British drummer
68
Marshall Gilkes
American musician
