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Hans Reichel

German improvisational guitarist, experimental luthier, inventor, and type designer

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Wayne Horvitz

American musician

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Tom Cora

American cellist and composer

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Matthew Shipp

American jazz pianist and composer

4

Chris Brown

American composer, pianist and electronic musician

5

William Parker

American jazz musician

6

Hamid Drake

American musician

7

Christian Marclay

American-Swiss artist

8

Evan Parker

English saxophonist

9

Andrew Cyrille

American avant-garde jazz drummer

10

Alan Silva

American musician

11

Peter Kowald

German free jazz double bassist and tubist

12

İlhan Erşahin

Turkish composer

13

Sam Rivers

American jazz musician and composer

14

Reggie Nicholson

American musician

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Elliott Sharp

American musician

16

Dave Douglas

American jazz trumpeter

17

Don Cherry

American jazz trumpeter

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Anthony Braxton

American musician, composer, and philosopher

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Stephan Mathieu

German experimental musician and sound artist

20

Peter Brötzmann

German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist

21

Ornette Coleman

American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer

22

Roy Campbell, Jr.

American trumpeter (1952-2014)

23

Steve Lacy

American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer

24

Leon Thomas

American singer

25

John Tchicai

Danish free jazz saxophonist

26

Sunny Murray

American drummer

27

Phil Minton

Jazz/free-improvising vocalist and trumpeter

28

Kenny Wheeler

Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player

29

Han Bennink

Dutch musician

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Craig Taborn

American musician

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John Zorn

American composer, saxophonist and bandleader

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Ellery Eskelin

musician