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Chris Speed

American musician

1

Mark Dresser

American musician

2

Tim Berne

American jazz saxophonist

3

Herb Robertson

American musician

4

Mark Feldman

American violinist

5

Michael Formanek

American jazz bassist

6

Bobby Previte

American drummer

7

Mark Helias

American musician

8

Brad Jones

American jazz bassist

9

Hilmar Jensson

Icelandic guitarist

10

Tom Rainey

American jazz drummer

11

Ellery Eskelin

musician

12

Hank Roberts

American cellist

13

Skúli Sverrisson

Icelandic musician

14

Drew Gress

American musician

15

Curtis Hasselbring

American musician

16

Ben Monder

American jazz guitar player

17

Oliver Lake

American musician

18

Ed Schuller

American musician

19

Gerald Cleaver

American musician

20

Gerry Hemingway

American drummer

21

Ben Goldberg

American clarinet player and composer

22

Marc Ducret

French jazz guitarist

23

Jamie Saft

American keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound engineer and producer

24

Mat Maneri

American composer, improviser and jazz violin and viola player

25

Don Byron

American musician

26

Andrew Cyrille

American avant-garde jazz drummer

27

Sylvie Courvoisier

Swiss musician

28

Steve Coleman

American saxophonist

29

Erik Friedlander

American musician

30

Geri Allen

American composer and jazz pianist

31

Jerome Harris

American jazz musician

32

Trevor Dunn

American bassist and composer

33

Karl Berger

German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer

34

Alex Cline

American musician

35

Eyvind Kang

American musician

36

John Butcher

English tenor and soprano saxophone player

37

Nels Cline

American guitarist and composer

38

Han Bennink

Dutch musician

39

Steve Swallow

jazz bassist and composer

40

Gary Thomas

American musician

41

Josh Roseman

American musician

42

Craig S. Harris

American musician

43

Zeena Parkins

American musician

44

Vinny Golia

American musician

45

Ray Anderson

American trombonist/jazz/trumpet player

46

Ikue Mori

Japanese drummer

47

Kurt Rosenwinkel

American jazz guitarist and keyboardist

48

Pierre Favre

Swiss musician

49

Ned Rothenberg

American composer

50

Greg Cohen

American musician

51

Ches Smith

American musician

52

Wadada Leo Smith

American jazz trumpeter and composer

53

Cyro Baptista

Brazilian musician

54

Mike Pride

American drummer

55

Dave Taylor

American musician

56

Robin Eubanks

American musician

57

Michael Philip Mossman

American musician

58

Irène Schweizer

Swiss musician

59

William Winant

American percussionist

60

Masabumi Kikuchi

Japanese keyboardist (1939-2015)

61

Cecil McBee

American bassist

62

Dominique Pifarély

French musician

63

Glenn Ferris

American musician

64

William Parker

American jazz musician

65

Thomas Morgan

American musician

66

Misha Mengelberg

Dutch composer and jazz pianist

67

Larry Ochs

American jazz saxophonist

68

Chris Potter

American musician

69

Ralph Alessi

Trumpeter, composer

70

Susie Ibarra

American musician

71

Carla Kihlstedt

American violinist, singer and composer

72

Joëlle Léandre

French double bassist, vocalist and composer

73

Evan Parker

English saxophonist

74

Eddie Allen

jazz musician

75

Jerry Granelli

American-born Canadian jazz drummer

76

George Lewis

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

77

J. D. Parran

American musician

78

Peter Apfelbaum

American jazz saxophonist and composer

79

Donny McCaslin

American musician

80

Paul Bollenback

American musician

81

Masada

band

82

Reggie Nicholson

American musician

83

Miya Masaoka

American composer