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Charles "Bobo" Shaw
American musician
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Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
2
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
3
Baikida Carroll
American musician
4
Joseph Bowie
American musician
5
Luther Thomas
American musician
6
Woody Shaw
American musician
7
Phillip Wilson
American drummer (1941-1992)
8
Abdul Wadud
musician
9
Alvin Fielder
American drummer
10
James Emery
American musician
11
Russel Walder
American musician
12
Francis Wong
American jazz musician
13
Charles Stepney
American record producer
14
Ted Nash
American musician
15
John Lindberg
American musician
16
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
17
Don Moye
American percussionist
18
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
19
Huw Warren
Welsh musician
20
J. D. Parran
American musician
21
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
22
Orphy Robinson
British musician
23
Jerry Gray
American violinist, arranger, composer, and bandleader
24
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
25
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
26
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
27
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
28
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
29
Richie Pratt
American musician
30
Clifford Thornton
American musician
31
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
32
Susie Ibarra
American musician
33
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
34
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
35
Dave Holland
British musician
36
Ken Vandermark
American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
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Ronnie Burrage
American musician
38
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
