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Kahil El'Zabar
American musician
1
Edward Wilkerson
American bandleader
2
Malachi Favors
American bassist
3
Nicole Mitchell
American jazz flutist
4
Reggie Nicholson
American musician
5
Alvin Fielder
American drummer
6
Joseph Bowie
American musician
7
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
8
Josh Abrams
American musician
9
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
10
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre
American saxophonist
11
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
12
Leroy Jenkins
composer and Avant-garde Jazz violinist and violist
13
Roy Campbell, Jr.
American trumpeter (1952-2014)
14
Tomeka Reid
American jazz musician
15
Jeff Parker
American musician
16
Douglas Ewart
American musician
17
Jimmy Dawkins
American blues musician
18
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
19
Amina Claudine Myers
American musician
20
Malachi Thompson
American musician
21
Hamid Drake
American musician
22
Joel Futterman
American musician
23
Thurman Barker
American jazz drummer
24
William Parker
American jazz musician
25
Marc Edwards
Jazz Musician
26
Samuel "Savoirfaire" Williams
27
Jodie Christian
Jazz pianist
28
Art Ensemble of Chicago
American avant-garde group
29
Nora Jean Bruso
musical artist
30
Tatsu Aoki
American musician
31
Andrew Lamb
American musician
32
Dennis González
American musician
33
Harrison Bankhead
American musician
34
Eddie Lusk
American musician
35
Steve McCall
American jazz drummer
36
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
37
Iqua Colson
vocalist, composer, lyricist, arts administrator, and educator from the United States
38
Billy Harper
American musician
39
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
40
Billy Bang
American musician
41
Don Moye
American percussionist
42
Karen Carroll
American Chicago blues singer
43
Marty Sammon
American blues keyboardist
44
Dana Hall
Jazz drummer
45
Lafayette Leake
American musician
46
Denis Charles
American jazz drummer
47
Phillip Wilson
American drummer (1941-1992)
48
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
49
William Hooker
American musician
50
Bobby Broom
American musician
51
Michael Coleman
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
52
Carey Bell
American blues musician
53
Donald Garrett
American musician and clarinetist
54
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
