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Reggie Nicholson
American musician
1
Steve Swell
American musician
2
Charles Tyler
American musician
3
Denis Charles
American jazz drummer
4
Michael Carvin
American musician
5
Noah Howard
American musician
6
Ahmed Abdullah
jazz musician
7
Charles "Bobo" Shaw
American musician
8
Kahil El'Zabar
American musician
9
Cecil McBee
American bassist
10
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
11
Tom Abbs
American multi-instrumentalist and filmmaker
12
Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
13
Thurman Barker
American jazz drummer
14
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
15
Andrew Lamb
American musician
16
Roy Campbell, Jr.
American trumpeter (1952-2014)
17
Butch Morris
American cornetist
18
Ricky Ford
American jazz tenor saxophonist
19
Billy Bang
American musician
20
Charles Greenlee
American musician
21
Sabir Mateen
American musician
22
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
23
Carlos Ward
American musician
24
Frank Butler
American jazz drummer
25
Phillip Wilson
American drummer (1941-1992)
26
Newman Taylor Baker
American musician
27
Rashied Ali
American jazz musician
28
Ernie Farrow
American musician
29
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
30
Joseph Bowie
American musician
31
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
32
Lou Blackburn
American musician
33
Bob Moses
American musician
34
Bobby Few
American musician
35
David Murray
American jazz musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet)
36
Alan Silva
American musician
37
Vinny Golia
American musician
38
Randy Sandke
American musician
39
James Emery
American musician
40
Eddie Henderson
American musician
41
John Betsch
American musician
42
Albert Ayler
American jazz saxophonist
43
Tim Lefebvre
musical artist
44
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
45
Wayne Horvitz
American musician
46
Donald Garrett
American musician and clarinetist
47
Tom Varner
American musician
48
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
49
Curtis Clark
American musician
50
Arthur Blythe
American musician
51
Bill Hardman
American musician
52
Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
53
Mike Pride
American drummer
54
Byard Lancaster
American saxophonist
55
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
56
Tyler Mitchell
American screenwriter
57
Barry Altschul
American drummer
58
Tom Cora
American cellist and composer
59
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
60
Theo Bleckmann
German composer and vocalist
61
Steve Reid
American musician
62
Scott Hamilton
American musician
63
Alex Blake
American musician
64
Donald Ayler
American musician
65
Billy Harper
American musician
