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James Blood Ulmer

American jazz and blues guitarist and singer

1

Ronald Shannon Jackson

American drummer

2

Gerald Veasley

American musician

3

Wolfgang Puschnig

Austrian saxophonist

4

Jean-Paul Bourelly

American jazz fusion guitarist

5

Denardo Coleman

American drummer

6

Bobby Bradford

American musician

7

John Blake, Jr.

American jazz violinist

8

Odean Pope

American jazz saxophonist

9

Julius Hemphill

American saxophonist

10

Joseph Bowie

American musician

11

Marc Ribot

American musician

12

John Carter

American jazz musician

13

Phillip Wilson

American drummer (1941-1992)

14

Kevin Eubanks

musician, band leader

15

Ornette Coleman

American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer

16

Charlie Haden

American jazz double bassist

17

Dave Holland

British musician

18

Oliver Lake

American musician

19

Vernon Reid

American guitarist and songwriter

20

Ray Drummond

American musician

21

Reggie Workman

American double-bassist

22

George Adams

musician

23

Ralph Peterson, Jr.

American jazz drummer

24

Olu Dara

American musician

25

George Garzone

American musician

26

Hiram Bullock

American jazz guitarist

27

Ray Anderson

American trombonist/jazz/trumpet player

28

Don Cherry

American jazz trumpeter

29

Matt Garrison

American musician

30

Jimmy Garrison

American double bassist

31

Pheeroan akLaff

American jazz drummer

32

David Izenzon

American musician

33

Derek Bailey

British guitarist

34

Mark Helias

American musician

35

Old and New Dreams

band that plays jazz

36

Branford Marsalis

American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)

37

Defunkt

American band

38

The Golden Palominos

American alternative rock band

39

Victor Lewis

American jazz drummer

40

Geri Allen

American composer and jazz pianist

41

Ed Blackwell

American musician

42

James Williams

American jazz pianist

43

Pharoah Sanders

American jazz saxophonist

44

Billy Martin

US jazz drummer

45

Andrew Cyrille

American avant-garde jazz drummer

46

The Lounge Lizards

band

47

Harvie S

American musician

48

Hugh Ragin

American musician

49

Universal Congress Of

band that plays jazz

50

Lennie McBrowne

American musician

51

Charles Moffett

American drummer

52

Lauren Newton

American singer

53

Sonny Rollins

American jazz saxophonist and composer