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Dave Holland
British musician
1
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
2
Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
3
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
4
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
5
Phillip Wilson
American drummer (1941-1992)
6
Bill Elgart
American musician
7
Arild Andersen
Norwegian jazz musician
8
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
9
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
10
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
11
Bill Connors
American musician
12
Tony Oxley
British musician
13
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
14
Sheila Jordan
American jazz singer
15
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
16
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
17
Charles "Bobo" Shaw
American musician
18
Bob Moses
American musician
19
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
20
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
21
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
22
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
23
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
24
Steve Swell
American musician
25
Barre Phillips
American bassist
26
Return to Forever
American jazz fusion group led by Chick Corea
27
Ray Anderson
American trombonist/jazz/trumpet player
28
Giorgio Gaslini
Italian pianist, composer and conductor
29
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
30
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
31
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
32
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
33
Gary Peacock
American double-bassist
34
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
35
Ron McClure
American jazz bassist
36
Annette Peacock
American Jazz composer
37
Karl Berger
German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer
38
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
39
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
40
Anthony Braxton
American musician, composer, and philosopher
41
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
42
Richie Beirach
jazz pianist and composer
43
Han Bennink
Dutch musician
44
David Friedman
American jazz percussionist
45
Jeanne Lee
American singer
46
Glen Moore
American musician
47
Leroy Jenkins
composer and Avant-garde Jazz violinist and violist
48
Joe Daley
American educator, jazz musician, composer and arranger who plays tuba, trombone and euphonium
49
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
50
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
51
Mark Dresser
American musician
52
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
53
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
54
Mark Feldman
American violinist
55
Mario Pavone
American musician
56
Mark Helias
American musician
57
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
58
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
59
Beaver Harris
American musician
60
Cameron Brown
American musician
61
Carlos Ward
American musician
62
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
63
Naná Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist
64
Adam Nussbaum
American jazz drummer
65
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
66
Perry Robinson
American musician
67
Rainer Brüninghaus
German musician
68
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
69
John Clark
American jazz horn player and composer
70
Cecil Bridgewater
American jazz trumpeter
71
Pete La Roca
American drummer
72
Dave Taylor
American musician
73
Ida Kavafian
American musician
74
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
