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Han Bennink
Dutch musician
1
Peter Brötzmann
German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
2
Misha Mengelberg
Dutch composer and jazz pianist
3
Cornelis Hazevoet
Dutch ornithologist and jazz musician
4
Instant Composers Pool
Dutch jazz musicians project including music label and own ICP Orchestra
5
Albert Mangelsdorff
German jazz trombonist
6
Sabu Toyozumi
Japanese jazz drummer, erhu player (1943-)
7
Buschi Niebergall
German musician
8
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
9
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
10
Irène Schweizer
Swiss musician
11
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
12
Hamid Drake
American musician
13
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
14
Harmen Fraanje
jazz musician
15
Paul Rutherford
English free improvising trombonist
16
Steve Beresford
English musician
17
Alexander von Schlippenbach
German jazz pianist and composer
18
Thomas Heberer
German jazz musician
19
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
20
Michiyo Yagi
Japanese musician
21
Spring Heel Jack
English electronic music duo, consisting of John Coxon and Ashley Wales
22
Barre Phillips
American bassist
23
Ellery Eskelin
musician
24
Peter Kowald
German free jazz double bassist and tubist
25
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
26
Michiel Borstlap
Dutch composer
27
Paal Nilssen-Love
Norwegian musician
28
Werner Lüdi
Swiss journalist, writer and saxophonist (1936-2000)
29
Craig Taborn
American musician
30
Maarten Altena
Composer and contrabassist
31
Albert Ayler
American jazz saxophonist
32
Johnny Dyani
South African jazz double bassist
33
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
34
Frank Wright
American jazz musician
35
Frode Gjerstad
Jazz saxophonist
36
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
37
Aki Takase
Japanese musician
38
Ken Vandermark
American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
39
Benoît Delbecq
French jazz pianist, composer and educator
40
Mani Neumeier
German rock musician, free jazz-drummer artist, and frontman
41
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
42
Michael Zerang
American percussionist and drummer
43
Myra Melford
Jazz pianist and composer
44
Jeb Bishop
American jazz trombone player
45
Conny Bauer
German musician
46
Dudu Pukwana
South African musician
47
Michael Moore
American jazz musician
48
Pino Minafra
Italian musician
49
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
50
Theo Jörgensmann
German musician
51
AMM
British free improvisation group
