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Louis Moholo
South African jazz musician
1
Keith Tippett
British pianist
2
Howard Riley
British musician
3
Paul Rutherford
English free improvising trombonist
4
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
5
Peter Brötzmann
German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
6
Harry Miller
composer
7
Julie Driscoll
English singer and actress
8
Albert Mangelsdorff
German jazz trombonist
9
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
10
Maggie Nicols
British musician and dancer
11
Tony Oxley
British musician
12
William Parker
American jazz musician
13
Barry Guy
British musician
14
Hamid Drake
American musician
15
Johnny Dyani
South African jazz double bassist
16
John Russell
English guitarist
17
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
18
Henry Lowther
British musician
19
John Stevens
English drummer
20
Conny Bauer
German musician
21
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
22
Irène Schweizer
Swiss musician
23
Spontaneous Music Ensemble
24
Roy Campbell, Jr.
American trumpeter (1952-2014)
25
Frode Gjerstad
Jazz saxophonist
26
Paul Lovens
German musician
27
John Butcher
English tenor and soprano saxophone player
28
Jeff Clyne
British bassist
29
Lol Coxhill
English free improvising saxophonist and raconteur (1932-2012)
30
J. D. Parran
American musician
31
Paul Dunmall
Jazz saxophonist
32
Alexander von Schlippenbach
German jazz pianist and composer
33
Fred Lonberg-Holm
American musician
34
Manfred Schoof
German musician
35
Dudu Pukwana
South African musician
36
Daryl Runswick
British musician
37
Nick Evans
Welsh jazz and progressive rock trombonist
38
Buschi Niebergall
German musician
39
Hannes Bauer
German jazz trombonist
40
Tom Varner
American musician
41
Kent Carter
American musician
42
Peter Kowald
German free jazz double bassist and tubist
43
Jim Dvorak
American jazz trumpeter
44
Caspar Brötzmann
musician
45
Trevor Watts
English jazz musician
46
Stan Tracey
British pianist
47
The Blue Notes
South African jazz sextet
48
Centipede
British musical group
49
Frank Wright
American jazz musician
50
Hans Reichel
German improvisational guitarist, experimental luthier, inventor, and type designer
51
Don Weller
English jazz musician
52
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
53
Cornelis Hazevoet
Dutch ornithologist and jazz musician
54
Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
55
Régis Huby
French jazz musician
56
Misha Mengelberg
Dutch composer and jazz pianist
57
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
58
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
59
Larry Bunker
American musician
60
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
61
Jeb Bishop
American jazz trombone player
62
Han Bennink
Dutch musician
63
Günter Sommer
German drummer
64
Charlie Watts
British drummer of The Rolling Stones
65
Steve Beresford
English musician
66
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
67
Mars Williams
American musician
68
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
69
Jim McNeely
American musician
70
Barre Phillips
American bassist
71
Harry Beckett
Barbadian musician
72
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
73
Thomas Borgmann
musician
74
Juliet Roberts
British musician
75
Peter King
British musician
76
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
77
John Tilbury
English pianist
78
Radu Malfatti
Austrian trombone player and composer
