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Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
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Mark Dresser
American musician
2
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
3
Peter Brötzmann
German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
4
Barry Guy
British musician
5
Irène Schweizer
Swiss musician
6
John Oswald
Canadian composer
7
Gerry Hemingway
American drummer
8
Brad Jones
American jazz bassist
9
Oliver Lake
American musician
10
Mark Helias
American musician
11
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
12
Jimmy Lyons
American jazz saxophonist
13
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
14
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
15
Henry Grimes
American musician
16
Tony Oxley
British musician
17
Geri Allen
American composer and jazz pianist
18
Ned Rothenberg
American composer
19
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
20
Karl Berger
German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer
21
Magnus Broo
Swedish jazz musician
22
Barre Phillips
American bassist
23
Mat Maneri
American composer, improviser and jazz violin and viola player
24
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
25
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
26
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
27
Bill Dixon
American musician
28
Glenn Spearman
American musician
29
Misha Mengelberg
Dutch composer and jazz pianist
30
Nels Cline
American guitarist and composer
31
Steve Swell
American musician
32
Alexander von Schlippenbach
German jazz pianist and composer
33
Paul Lovens
German musician
34
Marty Ehrlich
American musician
35
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
36
Pierre Favre
Swiss musician
37
Hank Roberts
American cellist
38
Roger Turner
British musician
39
Joachim Kühn
German jazz pianist
40
Josefine Cronholm
Swedish singer
41
Marilyn Mazur
Danish musician
42
Michael Blake
Canadian saxophonist
43
Ken Filiano
American musician
44
John Betsch
American musician
45
Eugene Chadbourne
American musician and music critic
46
Patrick Zimmerli
American musician and composer (born 1968)
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Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
