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Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
1
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
2
Mat Maneri
American composer, improviser and jazz violin and viola player
3
Han Bennink
Dutch musician
4
Guillermo E. Brown
musician
5
Sabu Toyozumi
Japanese jazz drummer, erhu player (1943-)
6
Daniel Carter
American musician
7
Orphy Robinson
British musician
8
Henry Kaiser
American guitarist, film director, and scientific diver
9
Gerald Cleaver
American musician
10
Hamid Drake
American musician
11
John Tilbury
English pianist
12
William Parker
American jazz musician
13
Susie Ibarra
American musician
14
Mark Nauseef
musician
15
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
16
Jamie Saft
American keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound engineer and producer
17
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
18
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
19
David S. Ware
jazz musician
20
Douglas Ewart
American musician
21
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
22
Dave Holland
British musician
23
Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
24
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
25
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
26
Tim Ries
American jazz saxophonist
27
Ed Summerlin
American musician
28
Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
29
Paul Lytton
British musician
30
Charles Hayward
British musician
31
Anthony Coleman
American musician
32
Billy Martin
US jazz drummer
33
Michael Brecker
American musician
34
Gruntruck
band that plays grunge
35
Bill Jennings
musical artist
36
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
37
Spring Heeled Jack
third wave ska band based out of New Haven, Connecticut
38
Material
American band led by Bill Laswell
39
Jack
British band
40
Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
41
Low
American indie rock group
42
Bobby Previte
American drummer
43
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
44
Paul Rutherford
English free improvising trombonist
45
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
46
Gary Husband
British musician
47
Graham Haynes
American musician
48
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
49
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
American ska-core band from Boston
50
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
51
Vinny Golia
American musician
52
Poco
American country rock band
53
Bobby Watson
composer
54
Nels Cline
American guitarist and composer
55
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
56
Three 6 Mafia
American hip-hop group
57
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
58
Don Alias
American jazz percussionist
59
Joe LaBarbera
American musician
60
Meat Beat Manifesto
band
61
David Amram
American musician
62
Craig Taborn
American musician
63
Russ Freeman
American musician
