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Walt Weiskopf
American jazz musician
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Roy Campbell, Jr.
American trumpeter (1952-2014)
2
Steve Swell
American musician
3
Jimmy Bennington
American musician
4
Ken Filiano
American musician
5
Ralph Bowen
Canadian musician
6
Vinny Golia
American musician
7
Odean Pope
American jazz saxophonist
8
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
9
Michael Bisio
American jazz musician
10
Donny McCaslin
American musician
11
Mat Walerian
jazz musician
12
Tom Tallitsch
American musician
13
Ivo Perelman
Brazilian musician
14
Joe Cohn
American musician
15
Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
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Dave Stryker
American musician
17
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Burton Greene
American musician
19
Paul Murphy
American musician
20
Frode Gjerstad
Jazz saxophonist
21
Greg Abate
jazz musician
22
Steve Davis
American musician
23
Herb Robertson
American musician
24
Brian Landrus
jazz musician
25
Linda May Han Oh
Malaysian-Australian jazz bassist and composer
26
Glenn Spearman
American musician
27
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
28
Ellery Eskelin
musician
29
Ralph Alessi
Trumpeter, composer
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Sabir Mateen
American musician
31
Mark Whitecage
American saxophonist
32
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
33
Peter Brötzmann
German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
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Byard Lancaster
American saxophonist
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Chris Cheek
American musician
36
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Ben Monder
American jazz guitar player
38
Mark Dresser
American musician
39
David Grisman
Mandolinist, composer, and record label owner
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Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
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Roxy Coss
American jazz saxophonist and composer
42
Thomas Strønen
Jazz drummer
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Brian Charette
American musician (born 1972)
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Kenny Davern
American clarinetist
45
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre
American saxophonist
46
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
47
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
48
Eivind Opsvik
Norwegian musician
49
Ken Vandermark
American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
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Mat Maneri
American composer, improviser and jazz violin and viola player
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Jimmy Lyons
American jazz saxophonist
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John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
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The Beach Boys
American rock band
54
David Binney
American musician
55
Jerry Bergonzi
American jazz musician
56
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
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Luis Perdomo
American musician
58
Frank Morgan
American musician
59
Tom Varner
American musician
60
Lucian Ban
Romanian musician
61
Eirik Hegdal
Jazz saxophonist
