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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
