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Thomas Morgan

American musician

1

Ambrose Akinmusire

American jazz composer and trumpeter

2

Tyshawn Sorey

American composer and multi-instrumentalist

3

James Ilgenfritz

American musician

4

Anna Webber

Canadian composer

5

Vijay Iyer

American jazz musician

6

Mark Dresser

American musician

7

Tony Malaby

American musician

8

Ornette Coleman

American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer

9

Miguel Zenón

Puerto Rican alto saxophonist

10

Steve Coleman

American saxophonist

11

Geri Allen

American composer and jazz pianist

12

Paul Motian

American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer

13

Michael Weiss

American musician

14

Joe Williams

American jazz singer

15

Theo Bleckmann

German composer and vocalist

16

Susie Ibarra

American musician

17

George Duvivier

American musician

18

Cecil Taylor

American jazz pianist and poet

19

David Murray

American jazz musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet)

20

Craig Taborn

American musician

21

Anthony Braxton

American musician, composer, and philosopher

22

Cassandra Wilson

American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi

23

Ravi Coltrane

American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)

24

Frank Foster

American jazz musician and bandleader

25

Russ Lossing

American jazz musician

26

The Holmes Brothers

American musical trio

27

Frank Wess

American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger

28

Dan Weiss

American musician

29

Robert Dick

American flutist and composer

30

Budd Johnson

American musician

31

Jackie McLean

American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader

32

Slide Hampton

American trombonist

33

David Breskin

American poet and record producer

34

Gerald Cleaver

American musician

35

Liberty Ellman

American musician

36

Rudresh Mahanthappa

American musician

37

Curtis Fuller

American jazz musician

38

Marvin Smith

American musician

39

Marilyn Crispell

American pianist

40

Elvin Jones

American jazz drummer

41

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

American saxophonist

42

Matt Garrison

American musician

43

Becca Stevens

American jazz, pop, and folk singer, and guitarist

44

Ben Webster

American saxophonist

45

Steve Kuhn

American pianist

46

Lucky Thompson

American saxophonist

47

Clark Terry

American swing and bebop musician

48

John Escreet

British musician

49

Pat Metheny

American jazz musician

50

Charlie Haden

American jazz double bassist

51

The Lounge Lizards

band

52

Matthew Shipp

American jazz pianist and composer

53

Benny Powell

American jazz trombonist

54

Elliott Sharp

American musician

55

Maynard Ferguson

Canadian jazz musician and bandleader