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Mark Helias
Mark Helias
American musician
1
Marty Ehrlich
Marty Ehrlich
American musician
2
Jerome Harris
Jerome Harris
American jazz musician
3
George Lewis
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
4
Tom Varner
Tom Varner
American musician
5
Gerry Hemingway
Gerry Hemingway
American drummer
6
Mark Dresser
Mark Dresser
American musician
7
Ellery Eskelin
Ellery Eskelin
musician
8
Howard Johnson
Howard Johnson
American musician
9
Herb Robertson
Herb Robertson
American musician
10
Albert Mangelsdorff
Albert Mangelsdorff
German jazz trombonist
11
Bobby Previte
Bobby Previte
American drummer
12
Lew Soloff
Lew Soloff
American musician
13
Pheeroan akLaff
Pheeroan akLaff
American jazz drummer
14
Barry Altschul
Barry Altschul
American drummer
15
Art Baron
Art Baron
American musician
16
Andrew Cyrille
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
17
J. D. Parran
J. D. Parran
American musician
18
Michael Philip Mossman
Michael Philip Mossman
American musician
19
Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
20
Anthony Davis
Anthony Davis
American pianist and composer
21
Bobby Naughton
Bobby Naughton
American musician
22
George Adams
George Adams
musician
23
Manfred Schoof
Manfred Schoof
German musician
24
Lauren Newton
Lauren Newton
American singer
25
Dave Bargeron
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
26
Simon Nabatov
Simon Nabatov
Russian musician
27
Christy Doran
Christy Doran
Swiss musician
28
Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee
American bassist
29
Misha Mengelberg
Misha Mengelberg
Dutch composer and jazz pianist
30
Jim Pepper
Jim Pepper
Kaw-Muscogee Creek jazz musician
31
Han Bennink
Han Bennink
Dutch musician
32
Dave Taylor
Dave Taylor
American musician
33
Thurman Barker
Thurman Barker
American jazz drummer
34
Glenn Ferris
Glenn Ferris
American musician
35
Robin Eubanks
Robin Eubanks
American musician
36
Larry Schneider
Larry Schneider
American musician
37
Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
38
Vinny Golia
Vinny Golia
American musician
39
Craig S. Harris
Craig S. Harris
American musician
40
Steve Swell
Steve Swell
American musician
41
Bob Moses
Bob Moses
American musician
42
Don Byron
Don Byron
American musician
43
Bennie Wallace
Bennie Wallace
American musician
44
Tim Berne
Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
45
Roswell Rudd
Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
46
Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
47
Ned Rothenberg
Ned Rothenberg
American composer
48
John Carter
John Carter
American jazz musician
49
Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
50
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
American musician
51
Gary Thomas
Gary Thomas
American musician
52
Bobby Bradford
Bobby Bradford
American musician
53
James Emery
James Emery
American musician
54
Stanton Davis
Stanton Davis
American musician
55
John Scofield
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
56
Phillip Wilson
Phillip Wilson
American drummer (1941-1992)
57
Victor Lewis
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
58
Adam Nussbaum
Adam Nussbaum
American jazz drummer
59
Brad Jones
Brad Jones
American jazz bassist
60
Curtis Fowlkes
Curtis Fowlkes
American musician
61
Baikida Carroll
Baikida Carroll
American musician
62
Gianluigi Trovesi
Gianluigi Trovesi
Italian musician
63
Conny Bauer
Conny Bauer
German musician
64
Jane Ira Bloom
Jane Ira Bloom
American jazz saxophonist and composer
65
Mike Richmond
Mike Richmond
American musician
66
Mark Feldman
Mark Feldman
American violinist
67
Johnny Dyani
Johnny Dyani
South African jazz double bassist
68
Joe Daley
Joe Daley
American educator, jazz musician, composer and arranger who plays tuba, trombone and euphonium
69
Rudi Mahall
Rudi Mahall
German jazz clarinetist and composer
70
Charles "Bobo" Shaw
Charles "Bobo" Shaw
American musician
71
Gerald Veasley
Gerald Veasley
American musician
72
Hugh Ragin
Hugh Ragin
American musician
73
Jim Black
Jim Black
American jazz drummer
74
George Gruntz
George Gruntz
Swiss pianist (1932-2013)
75
Muhal Richard Abrams
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
Ray Anderson
American trombonist/jazz/trumpet player

Ray Anderson

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American trombonist/jazz/trumpet player
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Record Labels
Awards Received
Guggenheim Fellowship

Ray Anderson (born October 16, 1952) is a jazz trombonist. Trained by the Chicago Symphony trombonists, he is regarded as someone who pushes the limits of the instrument. He is a colleague of trombonist George Lewis. Anderson also plays sousaphone and sings. He was frequently chosen in DownBeat magazine's Critics Poll as best trombonist throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s.