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Rabih Abou-Khalil

Lebanese musician

1

Jan Garbarek

Norwegian saxophonist

2

Hariprasad Chaurasia

Indian bansuri player

3

George Brooks

American saxophonist

4

Dave Holland

British musician

5

Carlos Ward

American musician

6

Keith Jarrett

American jazz and classical music pianist and composer

7

John Surman

British saxophonist and clarinetist

8

Shye Ben Tzur

Israeli singer

9

Pierre Favre

Swiss musician

10

Tim Berne

American jazz saxophonist

11

Howard Johnson

American musician

12

Jim Pepper

Kaw-Muscogee Creek jazz musician

13

Craig S. Harris

American musician

14

Marc Johnson

American jazz bass player, composer and band leader

15

Ravi Coltrane

American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)

16

Charles Lloyd

American jazz musician

17

Michael Formanek

American jazz bassist

18

Michel Godard

French musician

19

Kenny Wheeler

Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player

20

Pat Metheny

American jazz musician

21

Dewey Redman

American saxophonist

22

Audun Kleive

Norwegian jazz drummer, percussionist, music arranger, composer

23

Bob Moses

American musician

24

Kenny Barron

American jazz pianist

25

Franco Ambrosetti

Swiss musician

26

Bennie Wallace

American musician

27

Adam Nussbaum

American jazz drummer

28

Greg Osby

American musician

29

Don Cherry

American jazz trumpeter

30

Chris Potter

American musician

31

Andrew Cyrille

American avant-garde jazz drummer

32

Florian Weber

German composer and pianist

33

Mal Waldron

American jazz pianist and composer

34

Praful

German composer and jazz musician

35

George Mraz

Czech jazz bassist

36

Tommy Smith

Scottish saxophone player

37

Ken Hunt

British music writer

38

Eddie Gomez

Puerto Rican bassist

39

Richie Beirach

jazz pianist and composer

40

Robin Eubanks

American musician

41

Arthur Blythe

American musician

42

John McLaughlin

English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra

43

Enrico Rava

Italian trumpeter

44

Dominique Pifarély

French musician

45

Joshua Redman

American jazz saxophonist and composer

46

Gianluigi Trovesi

Italian musician

47

Vijay Iyer

American jazz musician

48

George Adams

musician

49

Steve Swallow

jazz bassist and composer

50

Craig Taborn

American musician

51

Arild Andersen

Norwegian jazz musician

52

Charlie Mariano

American alto saxophonist

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Ornette Coleman

American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer

54

Mark Helias

American musician

55

Mark Feldman

American violinist

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Bob Berg

American musician

57

Iain Ballamy

British musician

58

Dave Liebman

American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist

59

Booker Ervin

American saxophonist

60

Michael Marcus

American musician

61

Paquito D'Rivera

Cuban musician

62

Bill Smith

jazz musician and composer from the United States

63

Lyle Mays

American jazz musician

64

Vincent Courtois

French cellist

65

Tom Varner

American musician

66

Wolfgang Muthspiel

Austrian musician

67

Ralph Towner

American musician

68

John Abercrombie

American jazz guitarist

69

Anthony Cox

American jazz bass player

70

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

American musician

71

Zakir Hussain

Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer.

72

Billy Kilson

American musician