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Toshimaru Nakamura
Japanese musician
1
Tetuzi Akiyama
Japanese guitarist, violinist and instrument maker
2
Kevin Drumm
American musician
3
Keith Rowe
British artist
4
Otomo Yoshihide
Japanese composer, guitarist (1959-)
5
David Sylvian
English recording artist; singer-songwriter, musician
6
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
7
Sabu Toyozumi
Japanese jazz drummer, erhu player (1943-)
8
Stick Men
9
Mattin
Spanish musician
10
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
11
Steve Lukather
guitarist
12
Bob Ostertag
American musician
13
Rhodri Davies
British musician
14
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
15
Sachiko M
Japanese musician
16
David Grubbs
American musician
17
Guthrie Govan
British musician
18
King Crimson
British progressive rock band
19
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
20
Orianthi
Greek-Australian musician and singer-songwriter
21
Marty Friedman
American musician
22
Radu Malfatti
Austrian trombone player and composer
23
Lol Coxhill
English free improvising saxophonist and raconteur (1932-2012)
24
Jon Hopkins
English electronic musician and producer
25
Borbetomagus
American free jazz / noise group
26
The Ex
Dutch underground band
27
Slash
British-American musician
28
m-flo
Japanese hip hop group
29
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
30
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
31
Jack Bruce
Scottish musician, bassist of Cream
32
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
33
Reeves Gabrels
American musician
34
John Russell
English guitarist
35
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
36
Alex Skolnick
American musician
37
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
38
Stephen Nachmanovitch
American musician
39
Joe Morris
American jazz guitarist
40
Derek Sherinian
American keyboardist
41
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
42
Steve Beresford
English musician
43
Lee Ranaldo
American musician
44
Can
German experimental rock band
45
Robert Fripp
English guitarist, composer and record producer
46
Jeff Beck
English rock guitarist
47
Ground Zero
band
48
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
American musician
49
Markus Reuter
German musician
50
Martin Archer
British saxophonist
51
Joey DeFrancesco
American jazz musician
52
Death Ambient
American experimental and ambient music trio
53
Eugene Chadbourne
American musician and music critic
54
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
55
Bill Laswell
American musician
56
Ben Weinman
American musician
57
Buckethead
American musician and songwriter
58
Han Bennink
Dutch musician
59
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
60
Thurston Moore
American guitarist
61
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
62
Allan Holdsworth
English guitarist and composer
63
John Medeski
American jazz keyboards player and composer
64
Tony Levin
American musician
65
Fred Frith
English musician, composer and improvisor
66
Steve Morse
American guitarist and composer
