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Tom Cora
American cellist and composer
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Calo Scott
musical artist
2
Matt Haimovitz
Israelo-American and Canadian cellist and music producer
3
Yusef Lateef
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
4
Brian Bromberg
American musician
5
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
American musical group
6
Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
7
Paul Tortelier
French cellist and composer
8
Ben Sollee
American musician
9
Bob Brozman
American guitarist and ethnomusicologist
10
Byard Lancaster
American saxophonist
11
Fred Katz
American cellist
12
Antonio Sánchez
Mexican jazz drummer, composer
13
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
14
Jon Brion
American musician
15
Pete La Roca
American drummer
16
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
17
Tina Guo
American cellist, musician and composer
18
János Starker
Hungarian-American cellist
19
Madredeus
Portuguese band
20
Buckwheat Zydeco
American accordionist
21
Andy Statman
American musician
22
Beaten by Them
23
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
24
Jim Beard
American musician
25
Martin Taylor
British guitarist
26
Nathaniel Rosen
American musician
27
Martial Solal
French-Algerian jazz pianist
28
Ben Neill
American trumpeter
29
Jaki Byard
American musician
30
Stéphane Grappelli
French jazz violinist
31
Alan Shulman
American composer and cellist
32
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
33
James Newton
American flautist, composer, and conductor
34
Jon Hassell
American trumpeter
35
Joan Armatrading
British singer-songwriter
36
Rufus Cappadocia
Canadian cellist
37
Skeleton Crew
American experimental rock and jazz group
38
Z'EV
American percussionist
39
Tim Hodgkinson
English experimental music composer and performer
40
Dave Pike
American jazz musician
41
Jim Messina
American musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer and record producer
42
Bobby Scott
American musician, record producer, and songwriter (1937-1990)
43
Nick Brignola
American musician
44
Tomeka Reid
American jazz musician
45
Taj Mahal
American Blues musician famous for incorporating elements of world music
46
Don Costa
American recording artist, conductor, record producer, music arranger, jazz guitarist
47
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
48
Buddy Guy
American blues guitarist and singer
49
Dick Dale
American surf rock guitarist
50
Lenny Breau
Canadian musician
51
Lonnie Brooks
American blues singer and guitarist
52
Astor Piazzolla
Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger
53
Dana Leong
musical artist
54
John Philip Shenale
Canadian composer
55
Dave Holland
British musician
56
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
57
David Darling
American musician
58
David Hentschel
English record producer and audio engineer
59
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
60
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
61
Jon Appleton
American composer
