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Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
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Kris Bowers
American composer and pianist
2
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
3
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
4
Christian McBride
American musician
5
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
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Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
7
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
8
Bob Reynolds
American musician
9
Dale Barlow
Australian musician
10
David Virelles
pianist
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Béla Fleck
American banjo player
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Diedre Murray
American composer
13
Leo Pellegrino
American musician
14
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
15
Julian Siegel
British jazz musician
16
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Kenny Garrett
American musician
18
Michelle Visage
American singer, radio DJ, TV host
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Javon Jackson
American musician
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Pyeng Threadgill
musical artist
21
Manny Albam
musician and composer
22
Terri Lyne Carrington
American jazz drummer, composer, record producer and entrepreneur
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Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
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Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
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Slide Hampton
American trombonist
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Myra Melford
Jazz pianist and composer
