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Han Bennink

Dutch musician

1

Eric Vloeimans

Dutch jazz trumpeter

2

Guus Janssen

Dutch composer

3

Misha Mengelberg

Dutch composer and jazz pianist

4

Ernst Reijseger

Dutch musician

5

Russ Freeman

American musician

6

Max Roach

American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer

7

Erroll Garner

American jazz pianist and composer

8

Michiel Braam

Dutch composer

9

Bill Bruford

English drummer

10

Irène Schweizer

Swiss musician

11

Harold Land

American musician

12

Peter Brötzmann

German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist

13

Thomas Heberer

German jazz musician

14

Jacques Demierre

Swiss pianist

15

Helen Merrill

American recording artist; jazz vocalist

16

Paul Bley

Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist

17

Julian Lage

American musician

18

Roberta Gambarini

Italian singer

19

Bugge Wesseltoft

Norwegian jazz musician, pianist, composer and producer

20

Maynard Ferguson

Canadian jazz musician and bandleader

21

Gwilym Simcock

British musician

22

Milt Bernhart

American musician

23

UK

British progressive rock supergroup

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Kazumi Watanabe

Japanese jazz guitarist, composer, producer and University visiting professor (1953-)

25

Eugene Chadbourne

American musician and music critic

26

Benny Bailey

American musician

27

Patrick Moraz

Swiss musician

28

Steve Lacy

American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer

29

Cornelis Hazevoet

Dutch ornithologist and jazz musician

30

Instant Composers Pool

Dutch jazz musicians project including music label and own ICP Orchestra

31

Jon Balke

Norvegian jazz pianist, composer and professor

32

Uri Caine

American pianist

33

Daryl Stuermer

American guitarist

34

Daniel Humair

Swiss drummer and painter

35

Thomas Winther Andersen

Bass player

36

Oscar Pettiford

American musician

37

Harry Babasin

American musician

38

Terry Gibbs

American vibraphonist

39

Andy Sheppard

English musician

40

Fred Van Hove

Belgian musician

41

Keith Jarrett

American jazz and classical music pianist and composer

42

René Urtreger

French musician

43

Derek Bailey

British guitarist

44

Audun Kleive

Norwegian jazz drummer, percussionist, music arranger, composer

45

T Lavitz

American musician

46

Chris Botti

American trumpeter and composer

47

Terry Pollard

jazz pianist prominent in the Detroit jazz scene of the 1940s and 1950s

48

Gino Vannelli

Canadian singer, songwriter and jazz musician

49

Iain Ballamy

British musician

50

Michael Wollny

German jazz pianist and composer

51

Eddie Jobson

British musician

52

Kazuo Imai

Japanese musician

53

The Bad Plus

Jazz trio

54

Cecil Taylor

American jazz pianist and poet

55

Mitchel Forman

American pianist

56

Dave Holland

British musician

57

John Scofield

American jazz guitarist and composer

58

Lars Gullin

Swedish musician

59

Victor Lewis

American jazz drummer

60

Paul Horn

American flautist in jazz and New Age music

61

Sylvain Luc

French musician

62

Jackie Paris

American singer

63

Junior Mance

American musician

64

Bill DeArango

American musician

65

Geoffrey Keezer

American musician

66

Clifford Brown

American jazz musician

67

Michael Moore

American jazz musician

68

Harmen Fraanje

jazz musician

69

Bobby McFerrin

American jazz vocalist

70

Niels Lan Doky

Danish musician

71

Bruce Hornsby

American singer, pianist, and songwriter

72

Hal McKusick

American jazz flautist and saxophonist