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J. D. Parran
American musician
1
Richard Teitelbaum
American composer
2
Christian Wolff
American composer
3
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
4
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
5
Alvin Lucier
American composer of experimental music and sound installations
6
Anthony Braxton
American musician, composer, and philosopher
7
Anthony Coleman
American musician
8
Mark Dresser
American musician
9
Gerry Hemingway
American drummer
10
Leroy Jenkins
composer and Avant-garde Jazz violinist and violist
11
Joan La Barbara
singer and composer
12
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
13
Zeena Parkins
American musician
14
Tyshawn Sorey
American composer and multi-instrumentalist
15
Frederic Rzewski
American musician
16
James Tenney
American composer and music theorist
17
Wayne Horvitz
American musician
18
Guy Klucevsek
American musician
19
Vinny Golia
American musician
20
Gino Robair
American musician
21
Gordon Mumma
American composer
22
Pauline Oliveros
American composer and musician
23
Jim Pugliese
American musician
24
Mark Helias
American musician
25
Ned Rothenberg
American composer
26
Bobby Previte
American drummer
27
Charlemagne Palestine
American visual artist and musician
28
Anthony Davis
American pianist and composer
29
Susie Ibarra
American musician
30
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
31
Fred Lonberg-Holm
American musician
32
Tony Oxley
British musician
33
Wu Fei
Chinese singer
34
Jessica Pavone
American musician
35
Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
36
Chris Speed
American musician
37
Chris Brown
American composer, pianist and electronic musician
38
Gene Tyranny
American avant-garde composer and pianist; music writer
39
David Krakauer
American clarinetist
40
Alarm Will Sound
American chamber orchestra
41
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
42
Philip Glass
American composer and pianist
43
Jon Gibson
American minimalist musician
44
Theo Bleckmann
German composer and vocalist
45
Robert Ashley
American composer
46
Dave Eggar
American musician
47
John Lindberg
American musician
48
Lukas Ligeti
composer
49
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
50
Yasunao Tone
Japanese artist
51
Uri Caine
American pianist
52
Maggi Payne
American composer and musician
53
Bob Ostertag
American musician
54
Miya Masaoka
American composer
55
John Medeski
American jazz keyboards player and composer
56
Trichy Sankaran
Canadian musician
