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John Surman

British saxophonist and clarinetist

1

Paul Rutherford

English free improvising trombonist

2

Stan Sulzmann

British musician

3

Mike Westbrook

English pianist

4

Barry Guy

British musician

5

Mark Charig

British musician

6

Kenny Wheeler

Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player

7

Michael Gibbs

Rhodesian born English jazz composer

8

Bob Moses

American musician

9

Andrew Cyrille

American avant-garde jazz drummer

10

David Friedman

American jazz percussionist

11

Roy Babbington

British bassist

12

Tony Oxley

British musician

13

Marvin Stamm

American trumpeter

14

Wayne Andre

American trombonist

15

Evan Parker

English saxophonist

16

Eddie Gomez

Puerto Rican bassist

17

Chris Karan

Greek Australian musician

18

Don Menza

American saxophonist

19

Jeff Clyne

British bassist

20

Jackie Kelso

musician

21

Ian Hamer

British jazz trumpeter

22

Mark Feldman

American violinist

23

Wadada Leo Smith

American jazz trumpeter and composer

24

Gary Burton

American vibraphonist

25

Dave Holland

British musician

26

Trevor Watts

English jazz musician

27

John Abercrombie

American jazz guitarist

28

David Horler

British musician

29

Mick Goodrick

American musician

30

Chuck Domanico

American musician

31

Bud Brisbois

American trumpeter (1937-1978)

32

Naná Vasconcelos

Brazilian percussionist

33

Dave Taylor

American musician

34

Tom Scott

American jazz musician

35

Ralph Towner

American musician

36

Barbara Thompson

English jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer

37

Enrico Rava

Italian trumpeter

38

Larry Carlton

American musician

39

Alexander von Schlippenbach

German jazz pianist and composer

40

Burt Collins

American trumpeter and musician

41

Eberhard Weber

German musician

42

Jon Christensen

Norwegian jazz musician

43

Max Bennett

Jazz bassist

44

Don Cherry

American jazz trumpeter

45

Steve Lacy

American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer

46

Billy Harper

American musician

47

Airto Moreira

Brazilian musician

48

Steve Swallow

jazz bassist and composer

49

Charlie Mariano

American alto saxophonist

50

Haywood Henry

American jazz baritone saxophonist

51

Jon Faddis

Jazz trumpet player

52

Georges Arvanitas

Jazz pianist

53

Peter King

British musician

54

Manfred Schoof

German musician

55

Howard Johnson

American musician

56

Norma Winstone

English jazz singer

57

Return to Forever

American jazz fusion group led by Chick Corea

58

Phillip Wilson

American drummer (1941-1992)

59

Eric Gale

American musician

60

Graham Bell

singer (1948-2008)

61

Arne Domnérus

Swedish musician

62

Miroslav Vitouš

Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist

63

Joe Beck

American musician

64

Karin Krog

Norwegian jazz singer

65

Paul Lovens

German musician

66

Jimmy Hopps

American jazz drummer

67

Dennis Budimir

American musician

68

Emil Richards

American musician

69

Tom Malone

American musician

70

Victor Feldman

English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist

71

Roy Ayers

American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer

72

Barry Altschul

American drummer

73

Don Rendell

British saxophonist

74

Chuck Rainey

American bass guitar session musician

75

Egberto Gismonti

Brazilian musician and composer

76

Peter Herbolzheimer

German musician

77

Warren Smith

American musician

78

Perry Robinson

American musician

79

Dave Bargeron

American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears

80

Cornell Dupree

American R&B/soul jazz guitarist