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Buschi Niebergall
German musician
1
Manfred Schoof
German musician
2
Alexander von Schlippenbach
German jazz pianist and composer
3
Albert Mangelsdorff
German jazz trombonist
4
Claudio Fasoli
Italian musician
5
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
6
Tomasz Stańko
Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser
7
Paul Rutherford
English free improvising trombonist
8
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
9
Larry Stabbins
British musician
10
P.J. Perry
Canadian musician
11
Rainer Brüninghaus
German musician
12
Thomas Heberer
German jazz musician
13
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
14
Russell Procope
American musician
15
Peter Brötzmann
German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
16
Shake Keane
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines musician (1927-1997)
17
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
18
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
19
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
20
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
21
Pekka Pöyry
Finnish jazz and rock saxophonist and flutist
22
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
23
Bill Ashton
British musician
24
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
25
John Mayer
Indian composer and musician
26
John Picard
British musician
27
Alec Dankworth
English jazz bassist and composer
28
Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
29
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
30
Norman Symonds
Canadian musician
31
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
32
Peter Kowald
German free jazz double bassist and tubist
33
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
34
Dave Holland
British musician
35
Lennie Niehaus
American saxophonist and composer (1929-2020)
36
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
37
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
38
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
39
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
40
Jack Brokensha
jazz musician
41
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
42
Antonio Sánchez
Mexican jazz drummer, composer
43
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
44
Tommy Whittle
British saxophonist
45
Ronnie Scott
British musician
46
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
47
Ian Carr
British trumpeter
48
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
49
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
50
Astor Piazzolla
Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger
51
Paul Chambers
American musician
52
Yōsuke Yamashita
Japanese jazz pianist, composer, author (1942-)
53
Jimmy Blanton
American musician
54
Jesper Thilo
Danish jazz musician
55
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
56
Bobby Wellins
Scottish jazz musician
57
Rashied Ali
American jazz musician
58
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
59
Phil Dwyer
Jazz saxophonist and pianist
60
Donald Harrison
musician, composer, producer, instructor
61
Jarmo Savolainen
Finnish musician
62
Yusef Lateef
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
63
Leszek Żądło
Polish jazz musician
64
Charles Davis
American musician
65
Adam Nussbaum
American jazz drummer
66
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
67
Billy Harper
American musician
