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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)
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Vinny Golia
American musician
7
Cooper-Moore
American musician
8
Theo Jörgensmann
German musician
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Susie Ibarra
American musician
10
Ellery Eskelin
musician
11
Tomeka Reid
American jazz musician
12
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
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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
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Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
37
Colin Vallon
Swiss composer and jazz pianist
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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)
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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
63
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
