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Myra Melford
Jazz pianist and composer
1
Cuong Vu
Vietnamese-American jazz musician and professor
2
Stomu Takeishi
Japanese musician
3
James Genus
American musician
4
Chris Speed
American musician
5
Erik Friedlander
American musician
6
Michael Formanek
American jazz bassist
7
Thomas Chapin
American musician
8
Reggie Nicholson
American musician
9
Chris Potter
American musician
10
Marty Ehrlich
American musician
11
Matt Wilson
American jazz drummer
12
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
13
Mark Feldman
American violinist
14
Jim Black
American jazz drummer
15
Liberty Ellman
American musician
16
Kenny Wollesen
American musician
17
Uri Caine
American pianist
18
David Kikoski
American musician
19
Robin Eubanks
American musician
20
Chris Batchelor
British musician
21
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
22
Scott Colley
American musician
23
Josh Roseman
American musician
24
Ben Goldberg
American clarinet player and composer
25
Steve Buckley
British jazz musician
26
Mario Pavone
American musician
27
Ben Perowsky
American drummer
28
Rufus Reid
American musician
29
Donny McCaslin
American musician
30
Bobby Previte
American drummer
31
Kevin Whitehead
American author
32
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
33
Dave Burrell
American musician
34
Ray Drummond
American musician
35
Ben Monder
American jazz guitar player
36
John Esposito
American musician
37
Terell Stafford
American musician
38
Horace Tapscott
American musician
39
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
40
Frank Kimbrough
American musician
41
Michael Moore
American jazz musician
42
Mark Dresser
American musician
43
Charles McPherson
American jazz alto saxophonist
44
Billy Hart
American jazz drummer
45
Don Braden
American musician
46
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
47
Craig Handy
American tenor saxophonist
48
Steve LaSpina
American musician, artist, educator
49
Greg Cohen
American musician
50
Jon Ballantyne
Jazz musician, composer, artist, and piano player who now resides in New York City, USA
51
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
52
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
53
Michael Brecker
American musician
54
Han Bennink
Dutch musician
55
Yuka Honda
Japanese musician
56
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
57
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
58
Edward Simon
Venezuelan pianist
59
Rick Margitza
American musician
60
Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
61
Jane Ira Bloom
American jazz saxophonist and composer
62
Ted Nash
American musician
63
Marc Copland
American musician
64
Marvin Smith
American musician
65
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
66
Tom Cora
American cellist and composer
67
Jeff Hirshfield
American musician
