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Ken Vandermark
American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
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Aram Shelton
American clarinetist and jazz musician
2
Pandelis Karayorgis
American musician
3
Dave Holland
British musician
4
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
5
Rich Halley
American saxophonist
6
John Klemmer
American musician
7
Michael Zerang
American percussionist and drummer
8
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
9
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
10
Tomeka Reid
American jazz musician
11
Ellery Eskelin
musician
12
Anthony Braxton
American musician, composer, and philosopher
13
Miguel Zenón
Puerto Rican alto saxophonist
14
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
15
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
16
Paul Lytton
British musician
17
Charles Davis
American musician
18
Candy Dulfer
Dutch saxophonist and singer
19
Jeb Bishop
American jazz trombone player
20
Hamid Drake
American musician
21
Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
22
Paul Desmond
American recording artist; jazz musician
23
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
24
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
25
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
26
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
27
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
28
Maceo Parker
American saxophonist and composer
29
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
30
Rent Romus
American musician
31
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
32
Von Freeman
American saxophonist
33
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
34
Albert Ayler
American jazz saxophonist
35
Jaimie Branch
American jazz trumpeter and composer
36
Jaki Byard
American musician
37
Lennie Tristano
American jazz pianist and composer
38
Tom Ranier
Musician, Instrumentalist
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Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
40
Hubert Laws
American flutist and saxophonist
41
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
42
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
43
Mike Westbrook
English pianist
44
Steve Coleman
American saxophonist
45
Mat Walerian
jazz musician
46
Rudresh Mahanthappa
American musician
47
Michael Blake
Canadian saxophonist
48
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
49
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
50
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
51
Charles Tyler
American musician
52
Andrew White
American musician
53
Jerry Bergonzi
American jazz musician
54
Chico Freeman
American saxophonist
55
Jamey Aebersold
American musician
56
Lol Coxhill
English free improvising saxophonist and raconteur (1932-2012)
57
Don Ellis
American jazz musician
58
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
59
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
