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Bradley Joseph
Composer, pianist, keyboardist, arranger, producer, recording artist
1
Benny Andersson
Swedish musician, composer, record producer
2
Elliott Smith
American singer-songwriter
3
Craig Safan
American composer of film music
4
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
5
Kurt Kaiser
American singer-songwriter
6
Tim Hodgkinson
English experimental music composer and performer
7
Bill Gaither
American musician
8
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
9
Jon Brion
American musician
10
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
11
Rhett Miller
singer
12
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
13
Scott Hutchison
Scottish musician
14
Cornelius Cardew
English composer
15
The Ark
Swedish musical group; rock band
16
Bill Evans
American jazz pianist
17
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
band
18
Flobots
band
19
Friedrich Gulda
Austrian pianist and composer
20
Frightened Rabbit
Scottish rock band
21
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
22
Jimmy Webb
American songwriter, composer, and singer
23
John Cage
American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)
24
Maurice Gibb
English singer and musician
25
Lyle Mays
American jazz musician
26
Rick Wakeman
English keyboardist, songwriter, television and radio presenter, and author
27
Richard Carpenter
American pop musician
28
Tony Banks
British musician and multi-instrumentalist, member of Genesis
29
Fiona Apple
American singer-songwriter and musician
30
Van Dyke Parks
American musician
31
Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
32
Kurt Elling
American jazz singer and songwriter
33
Sufjan Stevens
American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
34
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
35
Steve Forbert
American singer-songwriter
36
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
37
Bruce Hornsby
American singer, pianist, and songwriter
38
Phil Keaggy
American musician
39
Mervyn Warren
American singer
40
Stuart Townend
Christian songwriter
41
Craig Taborn
American musician
42
Mads Langer
Danish musician
43
James Bourne
British musician
44
Matthew West
American contemporary Christian musician
45
Walter Gross
American musician
46
Kurt Cobain
American singer, musician, and songwriter
47
Imogen Heap
English musician, record producer, and audio engineer
48
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
49
Amy Grant
American musician
50
Clare Fischer
American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
51
Carsie Blanton
American musician
