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Ed Schuller

American musician

1

Allen Blairman

American musician

2

Steve Lacy

American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer

3

Jim Pepper

Kaw-Muscogee Creek jazz musician

4

Irene Aebi

Swiss singer, violinist and cellist

5

Bobby Few

American musician

6

Mal Waldron

American jazz pianist and composer

7

Cecil McBee

American bassist

8

Cameron Brown

American musician

9

Horace Parlan

American-Danish jazz pianist

10

Glenn Ferris

American musician

11

Beaver Harris

American musician

12

Sonny Fortune

American saxophonist

13

Reggie Nicholson

American musician

14

Jerome Harris

American jazz musician

15

Roland Alexander

musician

16

Steve Coleman

American saxophonist

17

Denis Charles

American jazz drummer

18

Kent Carter

American musician

19

Amina Claudine Myers

American musician

20

Reggie Workman

American double-bassist

21

Ronnie Burrage

American musician

22

Kenny Werner

American jazz pianist, composer, and author

23

Frank Lacy

American musician

24

Ari Brown

American musician

25

Max Roach

American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer

26

Jeanne Lee

American singer

27

Simon Nabatov

Russian musician

28

Jasper van 't Hof

Dutch musician

29

Tom Varner

American musician

30

George Andrew Cables

American jazz pianist

31

Enrico Rava

Italian trumpeter

32

Albert Dailey

American musician

33

Roswell Rudd

American trombonist

34

George Barrow

American jazz musician

35

Hilton Ruiz

American musician of Puerto Rican descent

36

Ricky Ford

American jazz tenor saxophonist

37

Henry Threadgill

American jazz musician

38

Marvin Smith

American musician

39

Marion Brown

American saxophonist

40

Tommy Turrentine

American swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer

41

Calo Scott

musical artist

42

Terumasa Hino

Japanese jazz trumpet player

43

Gene Ammons

American jazz tenor saxophonist

44

Howard Johnson

American musician

45

Dannie Richmond

American drummer

46

Dave Burrell

American musician

47

Eddie Allen

jazz musician

48

Andrew Cyrille

American avant-garde jazz drummer

49

Warren Smith

American musician

50

Pheeroan akLaff

American jazz drummer

51

Craig S. Harris

American musician

52

Mark Dresser

American musician

53

Malachi Favors

American bassist

54

Ray Anderson

American trombonist/jazz/trumpet player

55

Clifford Jordan

American jazz saxophone player

56

Archie Shepp

American jazz musician

57

Herbie Lewis

American musician

58

Johnny Dyani

South African jazz double bassist

59

Walter Davis

American pianist

60

Steve Swallow

jazz bassist and composer

61

Art Taylor

American jazz drummer

62

Avery Sharpe

American musician

63

Billy Higgins

American jazz drummer

64

Roy Hargrove

American jazz trumpeter

65

Eddie Henderson

American musician

66

Perry Robinson

American musician

67

Anthony Cox

American jazz bass player

68

Ronnie Boykins

American musician

69

Julian Priester

American jazz trombonist

70

Buell Neidlinger

American jazz musician; cellist and double bassist

71

Philly Joe Jones

American jazz drummer

72

Joe Chambers

American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer

73

David Friedman

American jazz percussionist

74

Marty Ehrlich

American musician

75

Mark Feldman

American violinist

76

Abbey Lincoln

American singer (1930-2010)

77

Mark Helias

American musician

78

Han Bennink

Dutch musician

79

Tete Montoliu

Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933-1997)

80

Phil Minton

Jazz/free-improvising vocalist and trumpeter

81

George Mraz

Czech jazz bassist

82

Jimmy Giuffre

American clarinet and saxophone player

83

Don Byron

American musician