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Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
American musician
1
George Lewis
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
2
Oliver Lake
Oliver Lake
American musician
3
Tom Cora
Tom Cora
American cellist and composer
4
Günter Sommer
Günter Sommer
German drummer
5
Andrew Cyrille
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
6
Pierre Favre
Pierre Favre
Swiss musician
7
Barry Guy
Barry Guy
British musician
8
Herb Robertson
Herb Robertson
American musician
9
The Golden Palominos
The Golden Palominos
American alternative rock band
10
Paul Lovens
Paul Lovens
German musician
11
Henry Lowther
Henry Lowther
British musician
12
Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne
American musician and music critic
13
Marilyn Crispell
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
14
Jim Black
Jim Black
American jazz drummer
15
Alex Cline
Alex Cline
American musician
16
Jerome Harris
Jerome Harris
American jazz musician
17
The Numbers Band
The Numbers Band
American blues rock band
18
Alexander von Schlippenbach
Alexander von Schlippenbach
German jazz pianist and composer
19
Arto Lindsay
Arto Lindsay
American musician
20
Manfred Schoof
Manfred Schoof
German musician
21
Paul Rutherford
Paul Rutherford
English free improvising trombonist
22
Massacre
Massacre
American experimental rock band
23
Don Byron
Don Byron
American musician
24
Fred Frith
Fred Frith
English musician, composer and improvisor
25
Wolfgang Puschnig
Wolfgang Puschnig
Austrian saxophonist
26
Mark Feldman
Mark Feldman
American violinist
27
Hamid Drake
Hamid Drake
American musician
28
Henry Kaiser
Henry Kaiser
American guitarist, film director, and scientific diver
29
Rudi Mahall
Rudi Mahall
German jazz clarinetist and composer
30
Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
31
Miya Masaoka
Miya Masaoka
American composer
32
Michael Griener
Michael Griener
German drummer
33
Reggie Workman
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
34
Julius Hemphill
Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
35
Barry Altschul
Barry Altschul
American drummer
36
Ronald Shannon Jackson
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
37
R.E.M.
R.E.M.
American alternative rock band
38
Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
39
The Feelies
The Feelies
American post-punk rock band based in New Jersey
40
Chris Brown
Chris Brown
American composer, pianist and electronic musician
41
Billy Martin
Billy Martin
US jazz drummer
42
Han Bennink
Han Bennink
Dutch musician
43
Conny Bauer
Conny Bauer
German musician
44
Tom Rainey
Tom Rainey
American jazz drummer
45
Johnny Dyani
Johnny Dyani
South African jazz double bassist
46
Thomas Morgan
Thomas Morgan
American musician
47
Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
48
Tony Oxley
Tony Oxley
British musician
49
Alex Acuña
Alex Acuña
Peruvian musician
50
Ray Anderson
Ray Anderson
American trombonist/jazz/trumpet player
51
Georges Aperghis
Georges Aperghis
Greek composer of contemporary music living in France
52
Toshi Ichiyanagi
Toshi Ichiyanagi
Japanese composer
53
Einstürzende Neubauten
Einstürzende Neubauten
Berlin-based German experimental post-industrial goth-pop musical group
54
Evan Parker
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
55
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Jamaican dub poet
56
Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon
American blues musician, songwriter
57
Andrea Centazzo
Andrea Centazzo
Italian musician
58
Syd Straw
Syd Straw
American singer
59
Mark Charig
Mark Charig
British musician
60
John Harbison
John Harbison
American composer
61
Phillip Wilson
Phillip Wilson
American drummer (1941-1992)
62
Lol Coxhill
Lol Coxhill
English free improvising saxophonist and raconteur (1932-2012)
63
David Izenzon
David Izenzon
American musician
64
The Flesh Eaters
The Flesh Eaters
American punk band
65
Joji Yuasa
Joji Yuasa
Japanese composer (1929-)
66
Zeena Parkins
Zeena Parkins
American musician
67
Joe Chambers
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
68
Cabaret Voltaire
Cabaret Voltaire
British Electronic Music Group
69
John Hollenbeck
John Hollenbeck
American musician
70
Paul Carrack
Paul Carrack
British musician
71
Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe
American singer, songwriter, musician, film producer, music video director, and visual artist
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American singer
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Awards Received
Guggenheim Fellowship
David Moss at the Moers Festival 2017

David Moss (born January 21, 1949 in New York City) is an American composer, percussionist and self-taught vocalist, founder of the David Moss Dense Band; co-founder and artistic director of the Institute for Living Voice, Antwerp. His performances are noted for their innovative style, multimedia approach and improvisation. Moss has lived in Berlin, Germany since 1991, when he received a fellowship from the prestigious Berlin Artist Program of the DAAD.