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Nels Cline
Nels Cline
American guitarist and composer
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Jon Irabagon
Jon Irabagon
American musician
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David Breskin
David Breskin
American poet and record producer
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Julian Lage
Julian Lage
American musician
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Trevor Dunn
Trevor Dunn
American bassist and composer
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William Hooker
William Hooker
American musician
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Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Fred Frith Trio
Fred Frith Trio
American experimental music and free improvising group
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Mary Halvorson
Mary Halvorson
US avant-garde jazz guitarist
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Weasel Walter
Weasel Walter
American composer
10
Ben Goldberg
Ben Goldberg
American clarinet player and composer
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Alex Cline
Alex Cline
American musician
12
Zeena Parkins
Zeena Parkins
American musician
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Tim Berne
Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
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Tim Dahl
Tim Dahl
musician
15
John Zorn
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
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Erik Friedlander
Erik Friedlander
American musician
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Derek Bailey
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
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Melvin Gibbs
Melvin Gibbs
musician
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Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne
American musician and music critic
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Medeski Martin & Wood
Medeski Martin & Wood
American jazz trio
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Marc Ribot
Marc Ribot
American musician
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Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
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Kris Davis
Kris Davis
Canadian jazz pianist and composer
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Alex Skolnick
Alex Skolnick
American musician
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Henry Kaiser
Henry Kaiser
American guitarist, film director, and scientific diver
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Vinny Golia
Vinny Golia
American musician
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John Medeski
John Medeski
American jazz keyboards player and composer
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James Blood Ulmer
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
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Jeff Gauthier
Jeff Gauthier
American musician
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John Scofield
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner
American musician
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Jim Black
Jim Black
American jazz drummer
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Anna Webber
Anna Webber
Canadian composer
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Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
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Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell
American musician
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Snarky Puppy
Snarky Puppy
American jazz rock band
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Craig Taborn
Craig Taborn
American musician
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Dave Stryker
Dave Stryker
American musician
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Joe Lovano
Joe Lovano
American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist
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Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore
American guitarist
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Cyro Baptista
Cyro Baptista
Brazilian musician
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Bobby Broom
Bobby Broom
American musician
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Wilco
Wilco
American alternative rock band
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Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp
English guitarist, composer and record producer
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Mike Watt
Mike Watt
musician, songwriter
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Kenny Wollesen
Kenny Wollesen
American musician
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Jackie Paris
Jackie Paris
American singer
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Jorge Roeder
Jorge Roeder
Peruvian bass player and composer (born 1980)
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Duck Baker
Duck Baker
American guitarist
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Nick Didkovsky
Nick Didkovsky
American musician
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Yuka Honda
Yuka Honda
Japanese musician
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Synyster Gates
Synyster Gates
American musician
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Anthony Coleman
Anthony Coleman
American musician
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Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell
American musician
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John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Mike Stern
Mike Stern
American jazz guitarist
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Tom Rainey
Tom Rainey
American jazz drummer
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Fred Frith
Fred Frith
English musician, composer and improvisor
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Page Hamilton
Page Hamilton
American singer and guitarist
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Masada
Masada
band
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Scott Amendola
Scott Amendola
musician
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Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
Ava Mendoza
American musician

Ava Mendoza

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American musician
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Ava Mendoza is an American guitarist, vocalist, and composer.

An avant-garde artist whose work is described as traversing a number of genres, Mendoza has performed with a wide range of musicians, including Nels Cline, Matana Roberts, Nick Zinner, Jon Irabagon, William Hooker, William Parker, Fred Frith, The Violent Femmes, Weasel Walter, tUnE-yArDs, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Moppa Elliott, Negativland, and Malcolm Mooney. Mendoza also leads the avant-rock band Unnatural Ways, a trio with Tim Dahl and Sam Ospovat.