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Peter Kowald
German free jazz double bassist and tubist
1
Paul Lovens
German musician
2
Irène Schweizer
Swiss musician
3
Conny Bauer
German musician
4
Peter Brötzmann
German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
5
Louis Moholo
South African jazz musician
6
Buschi Niebergall
German musician
7
Barry Guy
British musician
8
Manfred Schoof
German musician
9
Joëlle Léandre
French double bassist, vocalist and composer
10
Han Bennink
Dutch musician
11
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
12
Paul Rutherford
English free improvising trombonist
13
Alexander von Schlippenbach
German jazz pianist and composer
14
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
15
Albert Mangelsdorff
German jazz trombonist
16
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
17
Lauren Newton
American singer
18
Barre Phillips
American bassist
19
Michael Griener
German drummer
20
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
21
Maggie Nicols
British musician and dancer
22
Tony Oxley
British musician
23
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
24
William Parker
American jazz musician
25
Sabu Toyozumi
Japanese jazz drummer, erhu player (1943-)
26
Hamid Drake
American musician
27
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
28
Christian Kluttig
German conductor
29
Theo Jörgensmann
German musician
30
Roger Turner
British musician
31
Gianluigi Trovesi
Italian musician
32
Patrick Bebelaar
German pianist and jazz musician
33
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
34
Gebhard Ullmann
German saxophonist
35
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
36
Vinny Golia
American musician
37
Olaf Koch
German conductor
38
Thomas Heberer
German jazz musician
39
Frank Wright
American jazz musician
40
Gustav Schmahl
German musician
41
Alan Silva
American musician
42
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
43
Max Strub
German concertmaster
44
Ute Trekel-Burckhardt
German singer and opera singer
45
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
46
Perry Robinson
American musician
