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Jaribu Shahid
American jazz bassist
1
Hugh Ragin
American musician
2
Vincent Chancey
American musician
3
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
4
Graham Haynes
American musician
5
Craig S. Harris
American musician
6
Steve Coleman
American saxophonist
7
Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
8
Douglas Ewart
American musician
9
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
10
Gerald Cleaver
American musician
11
Phillip Wilson
American drummer (1941-1992)
12
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
13
Faruq Z. Bey
American musician
14
Michael Formanek
American jazz bassist
15
Arthur Blythe
American musician
16
Craig Taborn
American musician
17
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
18
Marvin Smith
American musician
19
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
20
Dave Holland
British musician
21
Olu Dara
American musician
22
Pheeroan akLaff
American jazz drummer
23
Jean-Paul Bourelly
American jazz fusion guitarist
24
Don Byron
American musician
25
Geri Allen
American composer and jazz pianist
26
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
27
John Purcell
American jazz saxophonist
28
Kahil El'Zabar
American musician
29
Bob Stewart
American musician
30
John Lindberg
American musician
31
James Newton
American flautist, composer, and conductor
32
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
33
Baikida Carroll
American musician
34
Marcus Belgrave
American trumpeter
35
Keshavan Maslak
American musician
36
Dave Burrell
American musician
37
Chris Speed
American musician
38
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
39
George Adams
musician
40
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
41
Wolfgang Muthspiel
Austrian musician
42
Malachi Favors
American bassist
43
William Parker
American jazz musician
44
Terri Lyne Carrington
American jazz drummer, composer, record producer and entrepreneur
45
Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
46
James Carter
American musician
47
Nicole Mitchell
American jazz flutist
48
Rodney Whitaker
American jazz double bass player, educator
49
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
50
Frank Lacy
American musician
51
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
52
Steve McCall
American jazz drummer
53
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
54
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
55
Mars Williams
American musician
56
Tomeka Reid
American jazz musician
57
Thurman Barker
American jazz drummer
58
Byard Lancaster
American saxophonist
59
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
60
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
61
Amina Claudine Myers
American musician
62
Butch Morris
American cornetist
63
Mat Maneri
American composer, improviser and jazz violin and viola player
