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Reggie Nicholson

American musician

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Jean-Paul Bourelly

American jazz fusion guitarist

2

Cassandra Wilson

American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi

3

Don Byron

American musician

4

Hamiet Bluiett

American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer

5

Tani Tabbal

American jazz drummer

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David Murray

American jazz musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet)

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Andrew Cyrille

American avant-garde jazz drummer

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Phillip Wilson

American drummer (1941-1992)

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Kahil El'Zabar

American musician

10

Marvin Smith

American musician

11

Craig S. Harris

American musician

12

D. D. Jackson

Canadian musician

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Charles Burnham

American musician

14

Ronnie Burrage

American musician

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Joseph Bowie

American musician

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Don Pullen

American jazz pianist and organist

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James Blood Ulmer

American jazz and blues guitarist and singer

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Steve Coleman

American saxophonist

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George Adams

musician

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Nas

American rapper, record executive, entrepreneur and investor from New York

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Vincent Chancey

American musician

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Sirone

American musician

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Ralph Peterson, Jr.

American jazz drummer

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James Carter

American musician

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Material

American band led by Bill Laswell

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William Parker

American jazz musician

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Jack Walrath

Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader

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Graham Haynes

American musician

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Lonnie Plaxico

American jazz bassist

30

Alvin Fielder

American drummer

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Tony Reedus

American musician

32

Terri Lyne Carrington

American jazz drummer, composer, record producer and entrepreneur

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Henry Threadgill

American jazz musician

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Warren Benbow

American musician

35

Gary Thomas

American musician

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Frank Lacy

American musician

37

Dennis González

American musician

38

J. D. Parran

American musician

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David S. Ware

jazz musician

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Malachi Favors

American bassist

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Oliver Lake

American musician

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Arthur Blythe

American musician

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Reginald Veal

American musician

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Greg Osby

American musician

45

Bravehearts

hip hop band

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Jamaaladeen Tacuma

American musician

47

Jarek Śmietana

Polish musician

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Beaver Harris

American musician

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Tim Berne

American jazz saxophonist

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Don Moye

American percussionist

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Julius Hemphill

American saxophonist

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Bob Stewart

American musician

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Pheeroan akLaff

American jazz drummer

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James Genus

American musician

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John Purcell

American jazz saxophonist

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Kevin Eubanks

musician, band leader

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Bruce Purse

Bruce Purse is a musician, composer, arranger, trumpet player. Founder of The Pocketbook Orchestra

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Rodney Jones

American jazz guitarist and bassist, born 30 August 1956 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

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Bob Neloms

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Cecil McBee

American bassist

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Eddie Allen

jazz musician

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Robin Eubanks

American musician

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Dana Hall

Jazz drummer

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Rashied Ali

American jazz musician

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Ronald Shannon Jackson

American drummer

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Kidd Jordan

American saxophonist

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Mino Cinelu

French musician