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John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
1
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
2
Barry Guy
British musician
3
Dave Holland
British musician
4
Stu Martin
American musician
5
Joëlle Léandre
French double bassist, vocalist and composer
6
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
7
Tony Oxley
British musician
8
Ned Rothenberg
American composer
9
Mat Maneri
American composer, improviser and jazz violin and viola player
10
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
11
Peter Kowald
German free jazz double bassist and tubist
12
Peter Brötzmann
German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
13
Pierre Favre
Swiss musician
14
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
15
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
16
Gary Peacock
American double-bassist
17
Paul Rutherford
English free improvising trombonist
18
Paul Lytton
British musician
19
Alexander von Schlippenbach
German jazz pianist and composer
20
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
21
Han Bennink
Dutch musician
22
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
23
Charles Gayle
American jazz musician
24
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
25
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
26
Bill Connors
American musician
27
Bill Elgart
American musician
28
Spring Heel Jack
English electronic music duo, consisting of John Coxon and Ashley Wales
29
William Parker
American jazz musician
30
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
31
Paul Lovens
German musician
32
Kazuo Imai
Japanese musician
33
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
34
Barry Altschul
American drummer
35
Craig Taborn
American musician
36
Annette Peacock
American Jazz composer
37
Albert Mangelsdorff
German jazz trombonist
38
Dewey Johnson
American jazzman
39
Phillip Wilson
American drummer (1941-1992)
40
Misha Mengelberg
Dutch composer and jazz pianist
41
Matthew Shipp
American jazz pianist and composer
42
Thomas Heberer
German jazz musician
43
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
44
Bruce Ditmas
American musician
45
Peter Ind
British jazz musician, painter and nonfiction writer
46
Ron McClure
American jazz bassist
47
Terje Gewelt
Norwegian musician
48
Carla Bley
American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader
49
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
50
Michael Formanek
American jazz bassist
51
Andy Sheppard
English musician
52
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
53
Gavin Bryars
British musician
54
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
