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Mat Maneri
Mat Maneri
American composer, improviser and jazz violin and viola player
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Ivo Perelman
Ivo Perelman
Brazilian musician
2
Joe Maneri
Joe Maneri
American composer, jazz musician and microtonal innovator
3
Craig Taborn
Craig Taborn
American musician
4
Michael Formanek
Michael Formanek
American jazz bassist
5
Tony Malaby
Tony Malaby
American musician
6
Tim Berne
Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
7
Matthew Shipp
Matthew Shipp
American jazz pianist and composer
8
Daniel Carter
Daniel Carter
American musician
9
Eivind Opsvik
Eivind Opsvik
Norwegian musician
10
Roy Campbell, Jr.
Roy Campbell, Jr.
American trumpeter (1952-2014)
11
Joe Morris
Joe Morris
American jazz guitarist
12
Guillermo E. Brown
Guillermo E. Brown
musician
13
William Parker
William Parker
American jazz musician
14
Whit Dickey
Whit Dickey
American musician
15
Hamid Drake
Hamid Drake
American musician
16
Thomas Morgan
Thomas Morgan
American musician
17
Michael Bisio
Michael Bisio
American jazz musician
18
Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
19
Tomasz Stańko
Tomasz Stańko
Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser
20
Evan Parker
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
21
David S. Ware
David S. Ware
jazz musician
22
Susie Ibarra
Susie Ibarra
American musician
23
Anders Jormin
Anders Jormin
Swedish musician
24
Tani Tabbal
Tani Tabbal
American jazz drummer
25
Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
26
Larry Grenadier
Larry Grenadier
American bassist
27
Thomas Strønen
Thomas Strønen
Jazz drummer
28
Scott Colley
Scott Colley
American musician
29
Joëlle Léandre
Joëlle Léandre
French double bassist, vocalist and composer
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Tom Rainey
Tom Rainey
American jazz drummer
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Vijay Iyer
Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
32
Marty Ehrlich
Marty Ehrlich
American musician
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Sabir Mateen
Sabir Mateen
American musician
34
Lucian Ban
Lucian Ban
Romanian musician
35
Chris Speed
Chris Speed
American musician
36
Jamie Saft
Jamie Saft
American keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound engineer and producer
37
Newman Taylor Baker
Newman Taylor Baker
American musician
38
Steve Lehman
Steve Lehman
American musician
39
Tony Oxley
Tony Oxley
British musician
40
Mat Walerian
Mat Walerian
jazz musician
41
John Butcher
John Butcher
English tenor and soprano saxophone player
42
Steve Swell
Steve Swell
American musician
43
Ned Rothenberg
Ned Rothenberg
American composer
44
Gary Peacock
Gary Peacock
American double-bassist
45
Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
46
Mario Pavone
Mario Pavone
American musician
47
Arkady Shilkloper
Arkady Shilkloper
Russian trumpeter and hornist
48
Mark Turner
Mark Turner
American saxophonist and composer
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Ralph Peterson, Jr.
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
50
Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
51
Marilyn Crispell
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
52
Steve Dalachinsky
Steve Dalachinsky
American writer
53
Leroy Jenkins
Leroy Jenkins
composer and Avant-garde Jazz violinist and violist
54
Marshall Allen
Marshall Allen
American saxophonist
55
Gebhard Ullmann
Gebhard Ullmann
German saxophonist
56
Balázs Pándi
Balázs Pándi
Hungarian drummer
57
Kent Kessler
Kent Kessler
American musician
58
Marc Johnson
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
59
Mark Helias
Mark Helias
American musician
60
Andrew Cyrille
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
61
Bobby Previte
Bobby Previte
American drummer
62
Lowell Davidson
Lowell Davidson
American musician
63
Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
64
Mike Pride
Mike Pride
American drummer
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American musician

Gerald Cleaver (born May 4, 1963) is a jazz drummer from Detroit, Michigan.