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Dave Holland

British musician

1

Paul Bley

Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist

2

Marilyn Crispell

American pianist

3

Samuel Blaser

Swiss trombonist, bandleader and arranger

4

Jon Ballantyne

Jazz musician, composer, artist, and piano player who now resides in New York City, USA

5

Steve Kuhn

American pianist

6

Ambrose Akinmusire

American jazz composer and trumpeter

7

Dave Douglas

American jazz trumpeter

8

Ohad Talmor

9

Mark Turner

American saxophonist and composer

10

Ran Blake

American musician

11

Fred Hersch

American musician

12

Ravi Coltrane

American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)

13

Craig Taborn

American musician

14

Matthew Shipp

American jazz pianist and composer

15

Jaki Byard

American musician

16

Harold Mabern

American pianist

17

Gordon Beck

British musician

18

Randy Weston

American jazz pianist

19

Miguel Zenón

Puerto Rican alto saxophonist

20

Riccardo Zegna

Italian jazz pianist

21

Tommy Flanagan

American jazz pianist

22

Steve Argüelles

British musician

23

Barry Harris

American bebop jazz pianist

24

Ornette Coleman

American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer

25

Brad Mehldau

American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger

26

Greg Osby

American musician

27

Sonny Rollins

American jazz saxophonist and composer

28

David Virelles

pianist

29

Thomas Heberer

German jazz musician

30

Chris Jennings

Canadian musician in Paris France

31

Cecil Taylor

American jazz pianist and poet

32

Michel Reis

jazz musician

33

Clare Fischer

American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader

34

Michael Moore

American jazz musician

35

Roy Hargrove

American jazz trumpeter

36

Andy LaVerne

American musician

37

Charlie Haden

American jazz double bassist

38

Don Cherry

American jazz trumpeter

39

James Williams

American jazz pianist

40

Anthony Coleman

American musician

41

Thelonious Monk

American jazz pianist and composer

42

Ahmad Jamal

American jazz pianist

43

Christian McBride

American musician

44

Michel Camilo

Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)

45

Vadim Neselovskyi

46

Freddie Hubbard

American musician

47

Jim McNeely

American musician

48

Bill Smith

jazz musician and composer from the United States

49

Michael Weiss

American musician

50

Russ Lossing

American jazz musician

51

Geoffrey Keezer

American musician

52

Tomasz Szukalski

Polish jazz saxophone player, composer and improviser

53

Mal Waldron

American jazz pianist and composer

54

Mulgrew Miller

American pianist

55

Liam Noble

pianist

56

Bill Coleman

American musician

57

Dag Arnesen

jazz musician

58

Ben Webster

American saxophonist

59

Newman Taylor Baker

American musician

60

Patrick Moraz

Swiss musician