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Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
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Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
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Ed Blackwell
American musician
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Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
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Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
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Mark Helias
American musician
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Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Denardo Coleman
American drummer
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Albert Ayler
American jazz saxophonist
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Carlos Ward
American musician
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Kidd Jordan
American saxophonist
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Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
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Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
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Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
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Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
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Carla Bley
American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader
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Geri Allen
American composer and jazz pianist
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Jamaaladeen Tacuma
American musician
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Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
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Clifford Thornton
American musician
