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Anthony Braxton
American musician, composer, and philosopher
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Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
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Tomeka Reid
American jazz musician
3
Taylor Ho Bynum
American musician
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Fay Victor
musical artist
5
Joe Daley
American educator, jazz musician, composer and arranger who plays tuba, trombone and euphonium
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Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
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Steve Swell
American musician
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Dave Holland
British musician
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Richard Teitelbaum
American composer
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Miya Masaoka
American composer
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Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
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Tom Varner
American musician
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Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
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Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
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Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
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Han Bennink
Dutch musician
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Ned Rothenberg
American composer
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Oliver Lake
American musician
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Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
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Heiner Stadler
German musician
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Ken Filiano
American musician
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Pheeroan akLaff
American jazz drummer
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Matt Bauder
American musician
25
Steve Lehman
American musician
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Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
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Lakecia Benjamin
musical artist
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Brandee Younger
American Harpist
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Jen Shyu
American musician
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Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
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Steve Coleman
American saxophonist
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Tyshawn Sorey
American composer and multi-instrumentalist
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Misha Mengelberg
Dutch composer and jazz pianist
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Myra Melford
Jazz pianist and composer
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Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
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Mark Whitecage
American saxophonist
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George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
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Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
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Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
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Tani Tabbal
American jazz drummer
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Alan Silva
American musician
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Marion Brown
American saxophonist
