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Ralph Towner
American musician
1
Gavin Bryars
British musician
2
Paul McCandless
American musician
3
Dave Holland
British musician
4
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
5
Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
6
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
7
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
8
Giacinto Scelsi
Italian composer and poet
9
Michael Hoppé
British composer, producer and recording artist
10
David Chesky
American composer
11
Bill Frisell
American musician
12
Kim Kashkashian
American violist
13
Dave Eggar
American musician
14
Tim Hodgkinson
English experimental music composer and performer
15
Lyle Mays
American jazz musician
16
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
17
Gary Peacock
American double-bassist
18
Manfred Eicher
German record producer
19
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
20
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
21
Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
22
Valentyn Sylvestrov
Ukrainian pianist and composer
23
Steve Reich
American composer
24
Collin Walcott
musician and ethnomusicologist from the United States
25
Steve Kuhn
American pianist
26
La Monte Young
American avant-garde composer
27
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
28
Zuill Bailey
American musician
29
Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
30
Mauricio Kagel
Argentine-German composer
31
Mark O'Connor
American fiddle player
32
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
33
Terry Riley
American composer and performing musician
34
Barry Guy
British musician
35
Richard Barrett
British composer
36
George Crumb
American composer
37
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
38
Yo-Yo Ma
American cellist
39
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
40
Miya Masaoka
American composer
41
John Luther Adams
American composer
42
Don Byron
American musician
43
David Krakauer
American clarinetist
44
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
45
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
46
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
47
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
48
Aaron Parks
American musician
49
David Arkenstone
American composer and performer
50
Steven Halpern
American musician
51
Harvie S
American musician
52
Erik Friedlander
American musician
53
Steve Coleman
American saxophonist
54
Philip Aaberg
pianist
55
Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
