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Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
1
Beaver Harris
American musician
2
Sunny Murray
American drummer
3
Sirone
American musician
4
Donald Ayler
American musician
5
Dave Burrell
American musician
6
Albert Ayler
American jazz saxophonist
7
Henry Grimes
American musician
8
Alan Silva
American musician
9
J. C. Moses
American musician
10
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
11
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
12
Barry Altschul
American drummer
13
Robin Kenyatta
American jazz alto saxophonist
14
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
15
Bobby Few
American musician
16
Giuseppi Logan
American musician
17
Noah Howard
American musician
18
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
19
Perry Robinson
American musician
20
Milford Graves
American jazz drummer and percussionist
21
Reggie Johnson
American musician
22
Archie Shepp
American jazz musician
23
Charles Tyler
American musician
24
Frank Wright
American jazz musician
25
Rashied Ali
American jazz musician
26
Calo Scott
musical artist
27
Charles Moffett
American drummer
28
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
29
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
30
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
31
Bobby Kapp
American jazz drummer
32
Carlos Ward
American musician
33
Ronnie Boykins
American musician
34
Call Cobbs, Jr.
American musician
35
Sonny Simmons
American saxophonist
36
Cameron Brown
American musician
37
Dewey Johnson
American jazzman
38
Howard Johnson
American musician
39
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
40
Clifford Thornton
American musician
41
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
42
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
43
Henry Franklin
American musician
44
Leroy Jenkins
composer and Avant-garde Jazz violinist and violist
45
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
46
Muhammad Ali
free jazz drummer
47
Herbie Lewis
American musician
48
Seldon Powell
American musician
49
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
50
David Izenzon
American musician
51
Gary Peacock
American double-bassist
52
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
53
Cecil McBee
American bassist
