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Longineu W. Parsons III
American drummer
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Hugh Ragin
American musician
2
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
3
Terell Stafford
American musician
4
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
5
Taylor Ho Bynum
American musician
6
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
7
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
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Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
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Leo Kottke
American guitarist and singer
10
Hugh Masekela
South African jazz trumpeter
11
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
12
Abram Wilson
American trumpeter (1973-2012)
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John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
14
Roy Ayers
American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer
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Stanley Cowell
American musician
16
Wendy Carlos
American composer and electronic musician
17
Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
18
Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
19
Jaki Byard
American musician
20
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
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Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
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David Paton
Scottish bass and guitar player
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Sky
British/Australian instrumental group
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Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Melton Mustafa
American musician
27
Joseph Schwantner
American composer
28
Claude Bolling
French musician
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Howard Skempton
British composer and accordionist
30
Cal Massey
American musician
31
John Serry Jr.
American pianist and composer; son of John Serry, Sr.
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Pekka Pohjola
Finnish musician
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Jon Hassell
American trumpeter
34
Anthony Braxton
American musician, composer, and philosopher
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Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
36
Phil Driscoll
American musician
37
Johnny Mandel
American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz (1925-2020)
38
Kenyon Hopkins
American composer who composed many film scores in a jazz idiom (1912-1983)
39
Ibrahim Maalouf
French-Lebanese trumpeter
40
Woody Shaw
American musician
41
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
42
William Basinski
American composer
43
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
44
Chico Freeman
American saxophonist
45
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
46
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
American composer
47
Dave Pike
American jazz musician
48
Nils Petter Molvær
Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer and music producer
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Sean Jones
American musician
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George Colligan
American musician
51
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
52
Elmo Hope
American musician
53
Fisher Tull
American composer
54
The Electric Flag
American band that plays blues rock
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Jeff Beal
American composer of music for film, television, recordings, and the concert hall
56
Chris Kelsey
American musician
57
Lin Rountree
musical artist
58
John D'earth
American musician
59
Jane Ira Bloom
American jazz saxophonist and composer
60
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
61
Tim Ries
American jazz saxophonist
62
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Ian Carr
British trumpeter
64
Charlie Byrd
American guitarist
65
Dixie Dregs
American band
66
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
67
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
68
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
69
Arditti Quartet
string quartet
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J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Gunther Schuller
American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, and jazz musician
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Amir ElSaffar
American musician
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Ralph Towner
American musician
74
Terry Riley
American composer and performing musician
75
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
