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Ralph Towner
American musician
1
Glen Moore
American musician
2
Collin Walcott
musician and ethnomusicologist from the United States
3
Paul McCandless
American musician
4
Paul Winter Consort
band
5
Trilok Gurtu
Indian musician
6
Rainer Brüninghaus
German musician
7
Barre Phillips
American bassist
8
Paul Winter
American saxophonist
9
David Darling
American musician
10
Jan Garbarek
Norwegian saxophonist
11
Mark Nauseef
musician
12
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
13
Nguyen Le
French jazz guitarist
14
Dave Holland
British musician
15
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
16
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
17
Ernst Reijseger
Dutch musician
18
Naná Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist
19
Kai Eckhardt
German musician
20
Eberhard Weber
German musician
21
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
22
Harmen Fraanje
jazz musician
23
Gary Peacock
American double-bassist
24
John Taylor
British jazz pianist
25
Barry Guy
British musician
26
Mark Helias
American musician
27
Jim Pepper
Kaw-Muscogee Creek jazz musician
28
Huw Warren
Welsh musician
29
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
30
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
31
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
32
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
33
Phillip Wilson
American drummer (1941-1992)
34
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
35
Barry Altschul
American drummer
36
Steve Rodby
American jazz musician
37
Gebhard Ullmann
German saxophonist
38
Larry Grenadier
American bassist
39
Hank Roberts
American cellist
40
Gavin Bryars
British musician
41
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
42
Thomas Morgan
American musician
43
Jon Christensen
Norwegian jazz musician
44
Marc Copland
American musician
45
Nancy King
American singer
46
Drew Gress
American musician
47
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
48
John Hollenbeck
American musician
49
Glen Velez
American musician
50
Gidon Kremer
Latvian violinist and conductor
51
Russel Walder
American musician
52
Egberto Gismonti
Brazilian musician and composer
53
Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
54
Mark Feldman
American violinist
55
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
