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Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
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Old and New Dreams
band that plays jazz
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Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
3
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
4
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
5
Carla Bley
American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader
6
Barre Phillips
American bassist
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Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
8
Dave Holland
British musician
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John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
10
Percy Heath
American musician
11
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
12
Walter Norris
American pianist
13
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
14
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
15
Paul Chambers
American musician
16
Tomasz Stańko
Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser
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Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
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Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
19
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
20
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
21
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
22
Ed Blackwell
American musician
23
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
24
Gato Barbieri
Argentine jazz musician
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Denardo Coleman
American drummer
26
Karl Berger
German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer
27
Miguel Zenón
Puerto Rican alto saxophonist
28
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
29
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
30
Lennie McBrowne
American musician
31
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
32
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
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Matt Garrison
American musician
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John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
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Lowell Davidson
American musician
