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Han Bennink
Dutch musician
1
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
2
Michiyo Yagi
Japanese musician
3
Misha Mengelberg
Dutch composer and jazz pianist
4
Mats Gustafsson
Swedish musician
5
Keiji Haino
Japanese musician
6
Peter Brötzmann
German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
7
Instant Composers Pool
Dutch jazz musicians project including music label and own ICP Orchestra
8
Takashi Kako
Japanese composer
9
Otomo Yoshihide
Japanese composer, guitarist (1959-)
10
John Russell
English guitarist
11
Rhodri Davies
British musician
12
Toshimaru Nakamura
Japanese musician
13
Keshavan Maslak
American musician
14
Kazuhisa Uchihashi
Japanese guitarist and composer (1959-)
15
Paul Rutherford
English free improvising trombonist
16
Kazuo Imai
Japanese musician
17
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
18
Peter Kowald
German free jazz double bassist and tubist
19
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
20
Alexander von Schlippenbach
German jazz pianist and composer
21
John Butcher
English tenor and soprano saxophone player
22
Terry Day
British saxophonist
23
Hamid Drake
American musician
24
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
25
Ground Zero
band
26
Thomas Borgmann
musician
27
Les Rallizes Dénudés
Japanese rock band
28
Cornelis Hazevoet
Dutch ornithologist and jazz musician
29
KK Null
Japanese musician
30
Masahiko Togashi
Japanese jazz percussionist and drummer (1940-2007)
31
Douglas Ewart
American musician
32
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
33
Fay Victor
musical artist
34
Thomas Heberer
German jazz musician
35
Roger Turner
British musician
36
Gino Robair
American musician
37
Kato Hideki
Japanese musician
38
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
39
Ernst Reijseger
Dutch musician
40
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
41
Bob Ostertag
American musician
42
Noah Howard
American musician
43
Oren Ambarchi
Australian musician
44
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
45
David Sylvian
English recording artist; singer-songwriter, musician
46
Vinny Golia
American musician
47
Cor Fuhler
Dutch musician
48
Carlos Zingaro
Portuguese violinist
49
Hannes Bauer
German jazz trombonist
50
Borbetomagus
American free jazz / noise group
51
J. D. Parran
American musician
