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Evan Parker
English saxophonist
1
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
2
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
3
Eberhard Weber
German musician
4
Manfred Schoof
German musician
5
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
6
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
7
Gary Peacock
American double-bassist
8
Ralph Towner
American musician
9
Barre Phillips
American bassist
10
Bill Connors
American musician
11
Egberto Gismonti
Brazilian musician and composer
12
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
13
Alexander von Schlippenbach
German jazz pianist and composer
14
Glen Moore
American musician
15
Paul McCandless
American musician
16
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
17
Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
18
Barry Altschul
American drummer
19
Dave Holland
British musician
20
Peter Brötzmann
German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
21
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
22
Lyle Mays
American jazz musician
23
Dom Um Romão
Brazilian jazz drummer, percussionist
24
John Clark
American jazz horn player and composer
25
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
26
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
27
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
28
Barry Guy
British musician
29
Juhani Aaltonen
Finnish jazz saxophonist and flautist.
30
David Friedman
American jazz percussionist
31
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
32
Palle Danielsson
Swedish jazz musician; double bassist and composer
33
Steve Tibbetts
musician
34
Henry Lowther
British musician
35
Paul Rutherford
English free improvising trombonist
36
Marc Anderson
American percussionist
37
Alex Cline
American musician
38
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
39
Bobo Stenson
Swedish jazz pianist and composer
40
Barry Miles
American musician
41
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
42
Charlie Mariano
American alto saxophonist
43
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
44
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
45
Paul Lovens
German musician
46
Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
47
Rainer Brüninghaus
German musician
48
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
49
Gary Windo
English musician
50
Arild Andersen
Norwegian jazz musician
51
Collin Walcott
musician and ethnomusicologist from the United States
52
Steve Coleman
American saxophonist
53
David Darling
American musician
54
Richie Beirach
jazz pianist and composer
55
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
56
Michael Brecker
American musician
57
James Newton
American flautist, composer, and conductor
58
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
59
Jan Hammer
Czech-born American musician, composer and record producer
60
Arthur Blythe
American musician
61
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
