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Stomu Takeishi
Japanese musician
1
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
2
Chris Speed
American musician
3
Jamie Saft
American keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound engineer and producer
4
Myra Melford
Jazz pianist and composer
5
James Emery
American musician
6
Jim Black
American jazz drummer
7
Marty Ehrlich
American musician
8
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
9
Mark Dresser
American musician
10
Scott Colley
American musician
11
Ellery Eskelin
musician
12
Gerry Hemingway
American drummer
13
Mike Metheny
American jazz flugelhornist
14
Richard Bona
Cameroon-American jazz bassist and musician
15
Antonio Sánchez
Mexican jazz drummer, composer
16
Larry Grenadier
American bassist
17
Lyle Mays
American jazz musician
18
Herb Robertson
American musician
19
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
20
Mario Pavone
American musician
21
Steve Rodby
American jazz musician
22
Skúli Sverrisson
Icelandic musician
23
Reggie Nicholson
American musician
24
Jeff Ballard
American drummer
25
Ryan Kisor
American musician
26
Zeena Parkins
American musician
27
Mark Ledford
American jazz musician
28
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
29
Chris Kelsey
American musician
30
Mark Feldman
American violinist
31
David Fiuczynski
American musician
32
Kermit Driscoll
American musician
33
John Butcher
English tenor and soprano saxophone player
34
Mark Egan
American jazz musician
35
Matt Wilson
American jazz drummer
36
Rashied Ali
American jazz musician
37
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
38
Ben Goldberg
American clarinet player and composer
39
Mark Helias
American musician
40
William Hooker
American musician
41
Dave Holland
British musician
42
Melvin Gibbs
musician
43
Paul Wertico
American drummer
44
Joseph Bowie
American musician
45
Kenny Wollesen
American musician
46
Christian McBride
American musician
47
Sylvie Courvoisier
Swiss musician
48
Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
49
Miya Masaoka
American composer
50
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
51
Erik Friedlander
American musician
52
Chris Potter
American musician
53
Ernst Reijseger
Dutch musician
54
Tom Cora
American cellist and composer
55
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
56
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
57
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
