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Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
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Pheeroan akLaff
American jazz drummer
2
James Emery
American musician
3
Oliver Lake
American musician
4
Gerry Hemingway
American drummer
5
Billy Bang
American musician
6
Anthony Davis
American pianist and composer
7
J. D. Parran
American musician
8
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
9
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
10
Mark Dresser
American musician
11
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
12
Henry Kaiser
American guitarist, film director, and scientific diver
13
Maciej Obara
musical artist
14
Mark Helias
American musician
15
Karl Berger
German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer
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Tani Tabbal
American jazz drummer
17
Wayne Horvitz
American musician
18
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
19
Chris Speed
American musician
20
Barry Altschul
American drummer
21
Thurman Barker
American jazz drummer
22
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
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Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
24
Michel Merlet
French composer
25
Magnus Lindberg
Finnish composer and pianist
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Tony Oxley
British musician
27
Barry Guy
British musician
28
Alvin Curran
American musician and composer
29
Michael Gregory
American jazz, blues and rock musician
30
Larry Ochs
American jazz saxophonist
31
Isang Yun
Korean composer
32
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
American composer
33
Gloria Coates
American composer
34
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
35
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
36
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
37
Cameron Brown
American musician
38
Paavo Heininen
Finnish composer and pianist
39
Alun Hoddinott
Welsh composer
40
Don Moye
American percussionist
41
Anthony Jackson
American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter
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Tauno Marttinen
Finnish composer
43
Abdul Wadud
musician
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Otomar Kvěch
Czech music educator, composer and university educator
45
Vinny Golia
American musician
46
Ted Curson
Jazz trumpeter
47
Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist
48
Toshi Ichiyanagi
Japanese composer
49
Marty Ehrlich
American musician
