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Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
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Ira Sullivan
American jazz musician
2
Cecil McBee
American bassist
3
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
4
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
5
Milt Jackson
American musician
6
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
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Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
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Dave Holland
British musician
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Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
10
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
11
John Gross
American saxophone, flute and clarinet player
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Don Ellis
American jazz musician
13
Joe Sample
American pianist
14
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
15
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
16
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
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Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
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Alice Coltrane
American jazz musician
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Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
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Albert Heath
American drummer
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Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
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Frank Lowe
American jazz saxophonist
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Gato Barbieri
Argentine jazz musician
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Clint Houston
American musician
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Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
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Michael Brecker
American musician
29
Gary Bartz
American musician
30
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
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Art Davis
American double-bassist
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Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
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Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
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Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Carlos Ward
American musician
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Eddie Henderson
American musician
38
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
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Art Themen
English saxophonist
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Jean-Luc Ponty
French musician
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Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
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The Crusaders
American jazz fusion group
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Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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James Williams
American jazz pianist
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Sirone
American musician
47
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
48
Magma
French progressive rock band
49
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
50
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
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Paul Humphrey
American musician
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Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
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Cameron Brown
American musician
54
Bennie Maupin
American musician
55
Elton Dean
British saxophonist
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Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
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Kjetil Møster
Jazz saxophonist
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Paul Jackson
American musician
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Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
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Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
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Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
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Bill Connors
American musician
64
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
65
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
66
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
67
Matt Garrison
American musician
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Return to Forever
American jazz fusion group led by Chick Corea
69
Roy Babbington
British bassist
70
Michał Urbaniak
Polish musician
71
Arthur Blythe
American musician
