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Steve Lehman
American musician
1
Rudresh Mahanthappa
American musician
2
Dan Weiss
American musician
3
Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
4
Liberty Ellman
American musician
5
Robert Glasper
American jazz pianist, composer and record producer
6
Matt Mitchell
US jazz musician and composer
7
James Hurt
American musician
8
Rez Abbasi
American fusion and jazz guitarist, music producer, and composer
9
Jorge Rossy
Spanish jazz musician
10
Roy Campbell, Jr.
American trumpeter (1952-2014)
11
Chris Speed
American musician
12
Kevin Hays
American musician
13
Mel Gaynor
British musician
14
Steve Gadd
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and session musician
15
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
16
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
17
Tyshawn Sorey
American composer and multi-instrumentalist
18
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
19
Mark Turner
American saxophonist and composer
20
Steve Jordan
American composer, musical director and artist
21
Brandee Younger
American Harpist
22
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
23
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
24
Gerald Cleaver
American musician
25
Chris Adler
American drummer
26
Jon Irabagon
American musician
27
Tomeka Reid
American jazz musician
28
Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
29
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
30
Stanton Moore
Jazz-Musician
31
Karriem Riggins
Jazz drummer, hip hop producer (1975-)
32
Nir Felder
American musician
33
Billy Hart
American jazz drummer
34
Jackson Krall
American jazz drummer; drum maker
35
Craig Taborn
American musician
36
Dan Nimmer
pianist
37
Edmar Castañeda
Colombian musician
38
Carla Bley
American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader
39
Cindy Blackman
American musician
40
Avishai Cohen
Israeli jazz bassist, composer, singer and arranger
41
Zac Farro
American drummer, songwriter, and singer
