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Pamelia Kurstin
American musician
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Polar Bear
British experimental jazz band
2
Regina Carter
American musician
3
Joanna MacGregor
British musician
4
Darol Anger
American musician
5
Alec Wilder
American composer, lyricist
6
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
7
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
8
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
9
Astor Piazzolla
Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger
10
Paul Chambers
American musician
11
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
12
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
13
Mark O'Connor
American fiddle player
14
Renee Rosnes
Canadian pianist
15
Paquito D'Rivera
Cuban musician
16
Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
17
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
18
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
19
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
20
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
21
Richie Powell
American pianist
22
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
23
Tommy Smith
Scottish saxophone player
24
Joe Harriott
Jamaican jazz musician
25
Nils Wogram
German jazz trombonist
26
Cécile McLorin Salvant
American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots
27
Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
28
Diz Disley
Anglo-Canadian musician
29
Jean-Michel Basquiat
American artist (1960-1988)
30
Nigel Kennedy
British-born violinist and violist
31
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
32
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
33
Elmo Hope
American musician
34
Flavio Boltro
Italian musician
35
Chris Laurence
musician
36
Jean-Sébastien Simonoviez
French jazz musician
37
Fred Katz
American cellist
38
Marcus Miller
American jazz musician
39
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
40
Chico Hamilton
American musician
