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Return to Forever
American jazz fusion group led by Chick Corea
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Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
2
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
3
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
4
Dave Holland
British musician
5
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
6
Barry Altschul
American drummer
7
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
8
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
9
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
10
Gary Peacock
American double-bassist
11
Jean-Luc Ponty
French musician
12
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
13
Lenny White
American drummer
14
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
15
Arild Andersen
Norwegian jazz musician
16
Al Di Meola
American guitarist
17
Flora Purim
Brazilian jazz singer
18
Sonny Greenwich
Canadian jazz guitarist
19
Ralph Towner
American musician
20
Eberhard Weber
German musician
21
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
22
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
23
Frank Gambale
Australian guitarist
24
Ron McClure
American jazz bassist
25
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
26
Hiromi Uehara
Japanese-born jazz composer and pianist (1979-)
27
Barre Phillips
American bassist
28
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
29
Pete La Roca
American drummer
30
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
31
Jorge Rossy
Spanish jazz musician
32
The Tony Williams Lifetime
33
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
34
Peter Erskine
American musician
35
Edward Vesala
Finnish musician
36
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
37
Dave Pike
American jazz musician
38
Trilok Gurtu
Indian musician
39
Jimmy Earl
Musician, producer
40
Palle Danielsson
Swedish jazz musician; double bassist and composer
41
Percy Heath
American musician
42
James Genus
American musician
43
Alex Machacek
Austrian jazz musician
44
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
45
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
46
Jon Christensen
Norwegian jazz musician
47
Billy Drummond
American musician
48
Tommy Smith
Scottish saxophone player
49
Steve Gadd
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and session musician
50
Rainer Brüninghaus
German musician
