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Joe Maneri
American composer, jazz musician and microtonal innovator
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Gerald Cleaver
American musician
2
Guillermo Gregorio
Argentinian saxophonist
3
William Parker
American jazz musician
4
Roy Campbell, Jr.
American trumpeter (1952-2014)
5
Ed Schuller
American musician
6
Ivo Perelman
Brazilian musician
7
Pandelis Karayorgis
American musician
8
David S. Ware
jazz musician
9
Daniel Carter
American musician
10
Tony Malaby
American musician
11
Kent Kessler
American musician
12
Hamid Drake
American musician
13
Cooper-Moore
American musician
14
Mark Dresser
American musician
15
Craig Taborn
American musician
16
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
17
Joe Daley
American educator, jazz musician, composer and arranger who plays tuba, trombone and euphonium
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Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
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Susie Ibarra
American musician
20
Joe Morris
American jazz guitarist
21
Jamie Saft
American keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound engineer and producer
22
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
23
Assif Tsahar
Israeli musician
24
Steve Swell
American musician
25
Jason Nazary
26
Joëlle Léandre
French double bassist, vocalist and composer
27
Whit Dickey
American musician
28
Guillermo E. Brown
musician
29
Michael Bisio
American jazz musician
30
Michael Formanek
American jazz bassist
31
Ellery Eskelin
musician
32
John Butcher
English tenor and soprano saxophone player
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Billy Bang
American musician
34
Barre Phillips
American bassist
35
Tani Tabbal
American jazz drummer
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Theo Jörgensmann
German musician
37
Christy Doran
Swiss musician
38
Alex Cline
American musician
39
Scott Colley
American musician
40
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
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Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
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Ned Rothenberg
American composer
43
Tom Rainey
American jazz drummer
44
Colin Vallon
Swiss composer and jazz pianist
45
Sabir Mateen
American musician
46
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
47
Larry Grenadier
American bassist
48
Jim Black
American jazz drummer
49
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
50
Han Bennink
Dutch musician
51
Mark Helias
American musician
52
Matthew Shipp
American jazz pianist and composer
53
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
54
Vinny Golia
American musician
55
J. D. Parran
American musician
56
Paul Lovens
German musician
57
Misha Mengelberg
Dutch composer and jazz pianist
58
Bobby Previte
American drummer
59
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
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Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
61
Richard Teitelbaum
American composer
62
Chris Speed
American musician
63
Chris Potter
American musician
64
Mats Gustafsson
Swedish musician
65
Cecil McBee
American bassist
66
Peter Erskine
American musician
67
Dave Holland
British musician
68
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
69
Anders Jormin
Swedish musician
70
Curtis Fowlkes
American musician
