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Archie Shepp
American jazz musician
1
Dave Burrell
American musician
2
Byard Lancaster
American saxophonist
3
Bill Dixon
American musician
4
Noah Howard
American musician
5
Bobby Few
American musician
6
J. C. Moses
American musician
7
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
8
Rashied Ali
American jazz musician
9
Muhammad Ali
free jazz drummer
10
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
11
Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
12
Sunny Murray
American drummer
13
Alan Silva
American musician
14
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
15
Karl Berger
German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer
16
Marzette Watts
American jazz musician
17
Sirone
American musician
18
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
19
Juma Sultan
American musician
20
Carlos Ward
American musician
21
Beaver Harris
American musician
22
Alan Shorter
American musician
23
Henry Grimes
American musician
24
Jeanne Lee
American singer
25
Malachi Favors
American bassist
26
Charles Davis
American musician
27
Gene Ess
American musician
28
Jerry Gonzalez
American musician
29
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
30
Donald Garrett
American musician and clarinetist
31
Clifford Jarvis
American drummer
32
Hamid Drake
American musician
33
Calo Scott
musical artist
34
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
35
Howard Johnson
American musician
36
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
37
Leroy Jenkins
composer and Avant-garde Jazz violinist and violist
38
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
39
Robin Kenyatta
American jazz alto saxophonist
40
Perry Robinson
American musician
41
Kiane Zawadi
American jazz musician
42
Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
43
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
44
Avery Sharpe
American musician
45
Saheb Sarbib
American musician
46
Anthony Braxton
American musician, composer, and philosopher
47
Tyler Mitchell
American screenwriter
48
Tony Allen
Drummer, composer, songwriter
49
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
50
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
51
Frank Wright
American jazz musician
52
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
53
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
54
Lars Gullin
Swedish musician
55
Cecil McBee
American bassist
56
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
57
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
58
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
59
Cal Massey
American musician
60
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
