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Warren Smith
American musician
1
Howard Johnson
American musician
2
Cooper-Moore
American musician
3
Ellery Eskelin
musician
4
Taylor Ho Bynum
American musician
5
Tom Varner
American musician
6
Mark Helias
American musician
7
Jim Black
American jazz drummer
8
Mark Dresser
American musician
9
Ken Filiano
American musician
10
Craig S. Harris
American musician
11
Gebhard Ullmann
German saxophonist
12
Johnny Glasel
American musician
13
Thomas Chapin
American musician
14
Ray Anderson
American trombonist/jazz/trumpet player
15
Eddie Allen
jazz musician
16
Tomeka Reid
American jazz musician
17
Cecil McBee
American bassist
18
Tony Oxley
British musician
19
Pheeroan akLaff
American jazz drummer
20
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
21
Jesse Ed Davis
American musician
22
Matt Bauder
American musician
23
Alan Silva
American musician
24
Thurman Barker
American jazz drummer
25
Oliver Lake
American musician
26
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
27
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
28
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
29
Trevor Dunn
American bassist and composer
30
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
31
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
32
Eddie Bert
American musician
33
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
34
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
35
Bill Douglass
American jazz drummer
36
Mike Zwerin
American jazz musician
37
Douglas Ewart
American musician
38
Kip Hanrahan
American jazz music impresario, record producer and percussionist
39
John Lindberg
American musician
40
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
41
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
42
Jackie Greene
American musician
43
Michael Garrick
English pianist
44
Joe Sample
American pianist
45
Dave Taylor
American musician
46
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
47
William Russo
American musician
48
Paulinho da Costa
Brazilian musician
49
Buster Williams
American musician
50
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
51
The Klezmorim
klezmer band
52
Clifford Thornton
American musician
53
Albert Heath
American drummer
54
Soweto Kinch
British jazz musician
55
Joe Louis Walker
Blues musician
56
Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
57
Barney McAll
American musician
58
Tyshawn Sorey
American composer and multi-instrumentalist
59
Burt Collins
American trumpeter and musician
60
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
61
Gordon Jenkins
American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s
62
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
63
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
64
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
