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Jaimie Branch

American jazz trumpeter and composer

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William Parker

American jazz musician

2

Mat Maneri

American composer, improviser and jazz violin and viola player

3

David S. Ware

jazz musician

4

Daniel Carter

American musician

5

Roy Campbell, Jr.

American trumpeter (1952-2014)

6

Vinny Golia

American musician

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Cooper-Moore

American musician

8

Theo Jörgensmann

German musician

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Susie Ibarra

American musician

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Ellery Eskelin

musician

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Tomeka Reid

American jazz musician

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Gerald Cleaver

American musician

13

Dave Holland

British musician

14

Bob Moses

American musician

15

Mike Pride

American drummer

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Betty Carter

American jazz singer, recording artist, songwriter

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Mark Dresser

American musician

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Han Bennink

Dutch musician

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Misha Mengelberg

Dutch composer and jazz pianist

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Ken Filiano

American musician

21

Joe Morris

American jazz guitarist

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Hamid Drake

American musician

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Benny Golson

American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)

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Brad Jones

American jazz bassist

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Guillermo E. Brown

musician

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Steve Swell

American musician

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Arthur Blythe

American musician

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Carlos Zingaro

Portuguese violinist

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Wayne Shorter

American jazz saxophonist and composer

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Joe Daley

American educator, jazz musician, composer and arranger who plays tuba, trombone and euphonium

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Bobby Watson

composer

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Jimmy Giuffre

American clarinet and saxophone player

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John Patitucci

American jazz bassist and composer

34

Andrew Cyrille

American avant-garde jazz drummer

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Billy Bang

American musician

36

Charles Lloyd

American jazz musician

37

Colin Vallon

Swiss composer and jazz pianist

38

James Spaulding

American saxophonist

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Grace Kelly

Asian-American jazz musician

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Mark Helias

American musician

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Dave Brubeck

American jazz pianist and composer

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Ralph Peterson, Jr.

American jazz drummer

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Martial Solal

French-Algerian jazz pianist

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James Carter

American musician

45

Dave Burrell

American musician

46

Darius Rucker

American singer-songwriter

47

Eric Harland

American musician

48

Lionel Hampton

American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)

49

Steve Lacy

American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer

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Marc Edwards

Jazz Musician

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Alex Cline

American musician

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Jeff Beal

American composer of music for film, television, recordings, and the concert hall

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Renee Rosnes

Canadian pianist

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Makaya McCraven

French-American jazz hip hop musician (drums, composition)

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Hank Jones

American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)

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Scott Amendola

musician

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George Lewis

composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar

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Ron Carter

American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer

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Phillip Wilson

American drummer (1941-1992)

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Cécile McLorin Salvant

American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots

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Hamiet Bluiett

American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer

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Lage Lund

Norwegian guitarist and jazz musician

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Christian Scott

American jazz composer and trumpeter

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Albert Ayler

American jazz saxophonist

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Derek Wadsworth

English jazz musician, composer and arranger