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Steve Coleman

American saxophonist

1

Dave Holland

British musician

2

Tani Tabbal

American jazz drummer

3

Vijay Iyer

American jazz musician

4

Geri Allen

American composer and jazz pianist

5

Lonnie Plaxico

American jazz bassist

6

Robin Eubanks

American musician

7

Cassandra Wilson

American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi

8

Marvin Smith

American musician

9

Marc Johnson

American jazz bass player, composer and band leader

10

Andrew Cyrille

American avant-garde jazz drummer

11

Bob Stewart

American musician

12

Billy Higgins

American jazz drummer

13

Gary Thomas

American musician

14

Wadada Leo Smith

American jazz trumpeter and composer

15

Tim Berne

American jazz saxophonist

16

Charnett Moffett

American musician

17

Roy Haynes

American jazz drummer and group leader

18

Ravi Coltrane

American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)

19

Jaribu Shahid

American jazz bassist

20

Jean-Paul Bourelly

American jazz fusion guitarist

21

Gary Burton

American vibraphonist

22

Steve Swallow

jazz bassist and composer

23

Dewey Redman

American saxophonist

24

Pat Metheny

American jazz musician

25

Liberty Ellman

American musician

26

Mark Helias

American musician

27

Andy Sheppard

English musician

28

Kevin Eubanks

musician, band leader

29

Steve Kuhn

American pianist

30

Trilok Gurtu

Indian musician

31

Arthur Blythe

American musician

32

Roy Hargrove

American jazz trumpeter

33

Jeff "Tain" Watts

American musician

34

Winard Harper

Jazz drummer

35

Ralph Peterson, Jr.

American jazz drummer

36

Gary Peacock

American double-bassist

37

Michael Formanek

American jazz bassist

38

Wolfgang Muthspiel

Austrian musician

39

Greg Osby

American musician

40

Kenny Davis

American musician

41

Anthony Cox

American jazz bass player

42

Henry Threadgill

American jazz musician

43

Victor Lewis

American jazz drummer

44

Naná Vasconcelos

Brazilian percussionist

45

Michael Cain

American pianist and composer

46

Miroslav Vitouš

Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist

47

Bill Henderson

jazz vocalist and actor (1926-2016)

48

Don Cherry

American jazz trumpeter

49

Josh Roseman

American musician

50

Steve Wilson

American jazz musician

51

Collin Walcott

musician and ethnomusicologist from the United States

52

Nils Petter Molvær

Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer and music producer

53

Ronald Shannon Jackson

American drummer

54

Steve Slagle

American musician

55

Paul Motian

American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer

56

Chris Potter

American musician

57

Mark Murphy

American singer

58

Kenny Barron

American jazz pianist

59

Tyshawn Sorey

American composer and multi-instrumentalist

60

Renee Rosnes

Canadian pianist

61

Adam Rudolph

American musician