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Takeshi Inomata

Japanese jazz drummer (1936-)

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George Kawaguchi

Japanese jazz drummer (1927-2003)

2

Hideto Kanai

Japanese jazz musician

3

Akitoshi Igarashi

Japanese jazz player

4

Christian Jacob

French jazz pianist

5

Clare Fischer

American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader

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Willem Breuker

Dutch jazz musician

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Radamés Gnattali

Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor

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Artie Matthews

American songwriter, pianist and ragtime composer

9

Jaques Morelenbaum

Brazilian composer and conductor

10

Tadd Dameron

American pianist

11

Lalo Schifrin

Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor (born 1932)

12

Cesar Camargo Mariano

Brazilian pianist, arranger, composer and music producer

13

Shungo Sawada

Japanese jaz guitarist, composer, teacher (1930-2006)

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Nobuo Hara

Japanese jazz saxophonist, composer, bandmaster (1926-2021)

15

Gerry Mulligan

American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer

16

Paul Motian

American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer

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Alain Goraguer

French composer, music arranger, orchestra leader

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Bill Cunliffe

American musician

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Billy Strayhorn

American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger

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James P. Johnson

American pianist and composer

21

Robert Irving III

American pianist and composer

22

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist

23

David Matthews

American musician

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Lennie Niehaus

American saxophonist and composer (1929-2020)

25

Laura Sippola

Finnish singer-songwriter

26

Jim McNeely

American musician

27

Carla Bley

American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader

28

Chucho Valdés

Cuban musician

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Steve Kuhn

American pianist

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Horace Ott

American musician

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Lyle Mays

American jazz musician

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Yōsuke Yamashita

Japanese jazz pianist, composer, author (1942-)

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Muhal Richard Abrams

American musician

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Ray Heindorf

American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger (1908-1980)

35

Claus Ogerman

German composer

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Jaki Byard

American musician

37

Cedar Walton

American hard bop jazz pianist

38

Erik van der Luijt

Dutch musician

39

Bill Finegan

American bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer