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Otomo Yoshihide
Japanese composer, guitarist (1959-)
1
Tim Hodgkinson
English experimental music composer and performer
2
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
3
Leroy Jenkins
composer and Avant-garde Jazz violinist and violist
4
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
5
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
6
Paul Rutherford
English free improvising trombonist
7
Mani Neumeier
German rock musician, free jazz-drummer artist, and frontman
8
Gavin Bryars
British musician
9
Elliott Sharp
American musician
10
Barry Guy
British musician
11
PBK
American musician
12
Supersilent
Norwegian band that plays avant-garde music
13
Ken Vandermark
American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
14
Gerard Presencer
British musician
15
Borbetomagus
American free jazz / noise group
16
Tim Hagans
American musician
17
Anthony Braxton
American musician, composer, and philosopher
18
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
19
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
20
Kazuo Imai
Japanese musician
21
Yōsuke Yamashita
Japanese jazz pianist, composer, author (1942-)
22
The Flying Luttenbachers
band that plays noise rock
23
Hans Reichel
German improvisational guitarist, experimental luthier, inventor, and type designer
24
Jon Rose
Australian musician
25
Markus Reuter
German musician
26
Bobby Previte
American drummer
27
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
28
Merzbow
Japanese noise project
29
The Derek Trucks Band
American rock and blues band
30
Medeski Martin & Wood
American jazz trio
31
Dave Holland
British musician
32
Simon Fell
bassist and composer
33
Iain Ballamy
British musician
34
Nik Turner
English musician
35
Last Exit
36
Dog Faced Hermans
Scottish band
37
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
38
Lee Ranaldo
American musician
39
John Russell
English guitarist
40
Larry Taylor
American musician
41
Metal Machine Trio
American musical band
42
Keith Tippett
British pianist
43
Charles McPherson
American jazz alto saxophonist
44
The Hair and Skin Trading Company
45
Maria Baptist
German woman pianist and composer
46
Karlheinz Essl
Austrian composer
47
Bruce Hornsby
American singer, pianist, and songwriter
48
Lol Coxhill
English free improvising saxophonist and raconteur (1932-2012)
49
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
50
Keiji Haino
Japanese musician
51
Daevid Allen
Australian musician
52
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
53
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
54
Han Bennink
Dutch musician
55
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
56
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
American musician
57
David Fiuczynski
American musician
58
Michael Nyman
English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist
59
Feminist Improvising Group
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