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Mark Dresser
American musician
1
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
2
Mark Helias
American musician
3
Joëlle Léandre
French double bassist, vocalist and composer
4
John Butcher
English tenor and soprano saxophone player
5
Ray Anderson
American trombonist/jazz/trumpet player
6
Ned Rothenberg
American composer
7
Misha Mengelberg
Dutch composer and jazz pianist
8
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
9
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
10
Oliver Lake
American musician
11
Henry Kaiser
American guitarist, film director, and scientific diver
12
Sylvie Courvoisier
Swiss musician
13
Lauren Newton
American singer
14
John Lindberg
American musician
15
Paul Plimley
Canadian musician
16
Ellery Eskelin
musician
17
Barry Guy
British musician
18
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
19
Pheeroan akLaff
American jazz drummer
20
J. D. Parran
American musician
21
Robert Dick
American flutist and composer
22
Richard Teitelbaum
American composer
23
Tony Oxley
British musician
24
Steve Lehman
American musician
25
Carlos Zingaro
Portuguese violinist
26
Don Byron
American musician
27
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
28
Ernst Reijseger
Dutch musician
29
Ben Goldberg
American clarinet player and composer
30
James Emery
American musician
31
Jay Hoggard
American musician
32
Zeena Parkins
American musician
33
Vinny Golia
American musician
34
Anthony Braxton
American musician, composer, and philosopher
35
Ken Filiano
American musician
36
Han Bennink
Dutch musician
37
Miya Masaoka
American composer
38
Gebhard Ullmann
German saxophonist
39
John Wolf Brennan
Irish-Swiss pianist, organist, melodica player, and composer
40
Herb Robertson
American musician
41
Ivo Perelman
Brazilian musician
42
Lindsay Cooper
English musician, composer and activist
43
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
44
Steve Swell
American musician
45
Bobby Naughton
American musician
46
Mario Pavone
American musician
47
Thurman Barker
American jazz drummer
48
Tyshawn Sorey
American composer and multi-instrumentalist
49
William Winant
American percussionist
50
Conny Bauer
German musician
51
Mat Maneri
American composer, improviser and jazz violin and viola player
52
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
53
Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
54
Mark Whitecage
American saxophonist
55
Michael Philip Mossman
American musician
56
Chris Brown
American composer, pianist and electronic musician
57
Marty Ehrlich
American musician
58
Roy Campbell, Jr.
American trumpeter (1952-2014)
59
David Rosenboom
American composer
60
Anthony Davis
American pianist and composer
61
Bob Ostertag
American musician
62
Samuel Blaser
Swiss trombonist, bandleader and arranger
63
Alvin Curran
American musician and composer
64
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
65
William Parker
American jazz musician
66
John Oswald
Canadian composer
67
Bobby Previte
American drummer
68
Wayne Horvitz
American musician
69
Brad Jones
American jazz bassist
