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Ronnie Burrage
American musician
1
J. D. Parran
American musician
2
Marvin Smith
American musician
3
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
4
Mark Feldman
American violinist
5
Curtis Fowlkes
American musician
6
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
7
Craig S. Harris
American musician
8
Eddie Allen
jazz musician
9
Josh Roseman
American musician
10
James Carter
American musician
11
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
12
Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
13
Herb Robertson
American musician
14
Mark Dresser
American musician
15
Hank Roberts
American cellist
16
Olu Dara
American musician
17
Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
18
Arthur Blythe
American musician
19
Chris Speed
American musician
20
Bob Stewart
American musician
21
Bobby Previte
American drummer
22
Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
23
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
24
Cecil McBee
American bassist
25
Jim Black
American jazz drummer
26
Tani Tabbal
American jazz drummer
27
Brad Jones
American jazz bassist
28
Tony Reedus
American musician
29
Gary Thomas
American musician
30
Jerome Harris
American jazz musician
31
Jean-Paul Bourelly
American jazz fusion guitarist
32
Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist
33
Steve Coleman
American saxophonist
34
Anthony Cox
American jazz bass player
35
Oliver Lake
American musician
36
Dave Holland
British musician
37
Ralph Alessi
Trumpeter, composer
38
Wayne Horvitz
American musician
39
Greg Cohen
American musician
40
Graham Haynes
American musician
41
Masada
band
42
Mark Helias
American musician
43
Anthony Coleman
American musician
44
Don Alias
American jazz percussionist
45
Greg Osby
American musician
46
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
47
Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
48
Uri Caine
American pianist
49
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
50
William Parker
American jazz musician
51
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
52
George Adams
musician
53
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
54
Kenny Wollesen
American musician
55
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
56
Chris Potter
American musician
57
Tommy Campbell
American drummer
58
D. D. Jackson
Canadian musician
59
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
60
Yōsuke Yamashita
Japanese jazz pianist, composer, author (1942-)
61
Pheeroan akLaff
American jazz drummer
62
Rabih Abou-Khalil
Lebanese musician
63
Ed Schuller
American musician
64
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
65
James Genus
American musician
66
Adam Rogers
American musician
67
Kermit Driscoll
American musician
68
Peter Bernstein
American musician
69
Stanton Davis
American musician
70
Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
71
Dave Taylor
American musician
72
Marc Ribot
American musician
73
Jaribu Shahid
American jazz bassist
74
Marty Ehrlich
American musician
75
Kurt Rosenwinkel
American jazz guitarist and keyboardist
76
Beaver Harris
American musician
