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Malachi Favors
American bassist
1
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
2
Tomeka Reid
American jazz musician
3
Jaribu Shahid
American jazz bassist
4
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
5
Thurman Barker
American jazz drummer
6
Hugh Ragin
American musician
7
Alvin Fielder
American drummer
8
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
9
Nicole Mitchell
American jazz flutist
10
Tani Tabbal
American jazz drummer
11
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
12
Leroy Jenkins
composer and Avant-garde Jazz violinist and violist
13
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre
American saxophonist
14
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
15
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
16
Edward Wilkerson
American bandleader
17
Jodie Christian
Jazz pianist
18
Douglas Ewart
American musician
19
Ernest Dawkins
jazz musician
20
Thomas Buckner
American singer
21
Phillip Wilson
American drummer (1941-1992)
22
Malachi Thompson
American musician
23
Kahil El'Zabar
American musician
24
Ari Brown
American musician
25
Steve McCall
American jazz drummer
26
Hamid Drake
American musician
27
Mars Williams
American musician
28
Josh Abrams
American musician
29
Mark Helias
American musician
30
Bobby Naughton
American musician
31
Art Ensemble of Chicago
American avant-garde group
32
Amina Claudine Myers
American musician
33
Matana Roberts
American musician
34
Rob Mazurek
American musician
35
Don Moye
American percussionist
36
Andrew Lamb
American musician
37
Tatsu Aoki
American musician
38
Iqua Colson
vocalist, composer, lyricist, arts administrator, and educator from the United States
39
Joe Daley
American educator, jazz musician, composer and arranger who plays tuba, trombone and euphonium
40
Harrison Bankhead
American musician
41
Von Freeman
American saxophonist
42
Dana Hall
Jazz drummer
43
Tyshawn Sorey
American composer and multi-instrumentalist
44
Reggie Nicholson
American musician
45
Marty Ehrlich
American musician
46
Baikida Carroll
American musician
