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Rent Romus
Rent Romus
American musician
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John Tchicai
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
2
Vinny Golia
Vinny Golia
American musician
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AMM
AMM
British free improvisation group
4
Gary Husband
Gary Husband
British musician
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Stefan Pasborg
Stefan Pasborg
Danish jazz musician, bandleader
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Barre Phillips
Barre Phillips
American bassist
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Ryo Kawasaki
Ryo Kawasaki
Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020)
8
Tony Williams
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
9
John Surman
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
10
Maybe Monday
Maybe Monday
American experimental music group
11
Candy Dulfer
Candy Dulfer
Dutch saxophonist and singer
12
Trance Mission
Trance Mission
13
Tomasz Stańko
Tomasz Stańko
Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser
14
Todd Cochran
Todd Cochran
American musician
15
Miguel Zenón
Miguel Zenón
Puerto Rican alto saxophonist
16
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek
Norwegian saxophonist
17
Von
Von
American band
18
Rich Halley
Rich Halley
American saxophonist
19
Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
20
Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
21
Terry Disley
Terry Disley
British musician
22
Terry Riley
Terry Riley
American composer and performing musician
23
Malo
Malo
American Latin-tinged rock and roll group
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Francisco Mela
Francisco Mela
Cuban percussionist
25
Alarm Will Sound
Alarm Will Sound
American chamber orchestra
26
Gino Robair
Gino Robair
American musician
27
Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
28
Alice Coltrane
Alice Coltrane
American jazz musician
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Ethan Iverson
Ethan Iverson
American pianist
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Chick Corea
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
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Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Ronald Shannon Jackson
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
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Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
34
Jack Cooper
Jack Cooper
American composer, arranger, orchestrator, multireedist, and music educator.
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Hugh Hopper
Hugh Hopper
English bass guitarist
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Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Bud Shank
Bud Shank
American saxophonist and flautist
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John Zorn
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
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Robert Irving III
Robert Irving III
American pianist and composer
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Christian McBride
Christian McBride
American musician
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Kai Eckhardt
Kai Eckhardt
German musician
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Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
English band
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Andy Scott
Andy Scott
Saxophonist and composer
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To Live and Shave in L.A.
To Live and Shave in L.A.
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Red Flag
Red Flag
American synthpop band
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Wayne Peterson
Wayne Peterson
American composer
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Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
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Marcus Strickland
Marcus Strickland
American jazz soprano, alto, and tenor saxophonist
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Jazz on the Line is a San Francisco Bay Area jazz sextet formed in the early 1980s by Rent Romus . At its initial inception, it primarily featured the compositions of its co-founders and included notable musicians such as saxophonist/composer Michael Sidney Timpson, saxophonist Dan Magay and drummer Steve Rossi.

In the mid-eighties, Romus, moving to Santa Cruz, took over as primary leader and composer for the ensemble, and gave it greater professional exposure.

The group, under the helm of Romus, continued to perform live throughout the nineties, releasing its first CD "No Boundaries" in 1991. Its most recent CD from 2008, "Thundershine" features notable saxophonist Chico Freeman. Other recordings by the group include the CDs entitled "Strap" also titled Filmtrax-ROBOT (Rats and Other Memos) and "Dark Wind".

Romus also founded the quartet the Lords of Outland, who released the album You'll Never Be the Same, which was recorded live in a San Francisco club in 1995.