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John Carter
American jazz musician
1
Frode Gjerstad
Jazz saxophonist
2
John Stevens
English drummer
3
Jon Rune Strøm
Norwegian jazz musician and bassist
4
Ken Filiano
American musician
5
Louis Moholo
South African jazz musician
6
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
7
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
American musician
8
Baikida Carroll
American musician
9
Denardo Coleman
American drummer
10
Alex Cline
American musician
11
Fred Lonberg-Holm
American musician
12
Marty Ehrlich
American musician
13
Nate Morgan
American musician and pianist
14
Rich Halley
American saxophonist
15
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
16
Wayne Peet
American musician
17
Charles Moffett
American drummer
18
Spontaneous Music Ensemble
19
James Newton
American flautist, composer, and conductor
20
Vinny Golia
American musician
21
Eivin One Pedersen
Norwegian musician
22
David Izenzon
American musician
23
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
24
Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
25
Matt Garrison
American musician
26
Tom Varner
American musician
27
Prince Lasha
American musician
28
Geri Allen
American composer and jazz pianist
29
Henry Franklin
American musician
30
Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
31
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
32
Charles Tyler
American musician
33
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
34
Francis Wong
American jazz musician
35
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
36
Bobby Bryant
American trumpeter
37
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
38
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
39
Mark Helias
American musician
40
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
41
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
42
Michael Stephans
American writer, poet and jazz musician
43
Alfred Ellis
American saxophonist
44
Joseph Bowie
American musician
45
Johnny Dyani
South African jazz double bassist
46
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
47
John Gross
American saxophone, flute and clarinet player
48
SFJAZZ Collective
band that plays jazz
49
Myra Melford
Jazz pianist and composer
50
Mark Dresser
American musician
51
Bobby Previte
American drummer
52
Don Friedman
American jazz pianist
53
Paul Rutherford
English free improvising trombonist
54
Howard Riley
British musician
55
Karl Berger
German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer
56
Howard Johnson
American musician
57
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
58
Steve Coleman
American saxophonist
59
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
60
Universal Congress Of
band that plays jazz
61
Jayne Cortez
Avant-garde jazz poet
62
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
63
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
64
Paul Plimley
Canadian musician
65
Joanne Brackeen
American musician and jazz educator
66
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
