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Misha Mengelberg
Dutch composer and jazz pianist
1
Han Bennink
Dutch musician
2
Sylvie Courvoisier
Swiss musician
3
Friedrich Gulda
Austrian pianist and composer
4
Jacques Loussier
French jazz pianist and composer
5
Irène Schweizer
Swiss musician
6
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
7
Joel Garten
Canadian musician
8
Matthew Shipp
American jazz pianist and composer
9
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
10
Steve Beresford
English musician
11
Aderhard Roidinger
Austrian bassist
12
Edwin Finckel
American jazz performer, arranger, composer
13
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
14
Richard Teitelbaum
American composer
15
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
Azerbaijani singer
16
Barry Guy
British musician
17
Cornelius Cardew
English composer
18
Fred Van Hove
Belgian musician
19
Tom Varner
American musician
20
György Cziffra
Hungarian-French virtuoso pianist and composer
21
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
22
John Mehegan
American musician
23
Jean-Sébastien Simonoviez
French jazz musician
24
Donal Fox
American musician
25
Myra Melford
Jazz pianist and composer
26
Michael Jefry Stevens
27
Ernest Ansermet
Swiss conductor (1883–1969)
28
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
29
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
30
Ran Blake
American musician
31
Steve Kuhn
American pianist
32
Frank Martin
Swiss composer (1890-1974)
33
Willem Tanke
musical artist
34
Fred Hersch
American musician
35
Bobby Naughton
American musician
36
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
37
Doudou Gouirand
French musician
38
Carla Bley
American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader
39
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
40
Shelly Berg
American musician
41
Instant Composers Pool
Dutch jazz musicians project including music label and own ICP Orchestra
42
Michel Reis
jazz musician
43
Tigran Hamasyan
Armenian musician
44
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
45
Lennie Tristano
American jazz pianist and composer
46
Jaki Byard
American musician
