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Noël Chiboust
French composer and bandleader
1
Barry Guy
British musician
2
Trevor Watts
English jazz musician
3
Clark Tracey
British musician
4
Henri Chaix
Swiss pianist (1925-1999)
5
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
6
John Stevens
English drummer
7
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
8
Howard Riley
British musician
9
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
10
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
11
Paul Lytton
British musician
12
Peter Kowald
German free jazz double bassist and tubist
13
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
14
Guy Warren
Ghanian musician / drummer
15
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
16
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
17
Raymond Fol
French composer
18
Astor Piazzolla
Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger
19
Toshiyuki Honda
Japanese composer and saxophonist
20
Jaribu Shahid
American jazz bassist
21
Don Moye
American percussionist
22
Organ trio
trio including a Hammond organ
23
T. J. Fowler
American musician
24
Randy Brooks
American jazz trumpeter and bandleader
25
Ken Vandermark
American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
26
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
27
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
28
Michael Philip Mossman
American musician
29
Danilo Pérez
Panamanian pianist and composer
30
Archie Shepp
American jazz musician
31
Christian McBride
American musician
32
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
33
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
34
Barry Altschul
American drummer
35
Bill Douglass
American jazz drummer
36
Graham Collier
English jazz bassist, bandleader and composer
37
Jan Garber
American musician
38
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
39
André Paquinet
French jazz trombonist
40
Christian Wallumrød
jazz musician
41
Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer
42
John Robichaux
New Orleans jazz musician
43
Shigeharu Mukai
Japanese jazz trombone player, composer, arranger, visiting professor (1949-)
44
Ernest Dawkins
jazz musician
45
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
46
Joe Magnarelli
American musician
47
Hans Koller
Austrian jazz musician (1921-2003)
48
Vic Berton
American musician
49
Gil Evans
American pianist
50
Jymie Merritt
American bassist
51
Buster Williams
American musician
52
Teddy McRae
American jazz tenor saxophonist and arranger
53
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
54
James Carter
American musician
55
Bosse Broberg
Swedish trumpeter
56
Leon Thomas
American singer
57
Harold Mabern
American pianist
58
Clare Fischer
American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
59
Harry Babasin
American musician
60
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
61
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
62
James Williams
American jazz pianist
63
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
