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Tim Berne

American jazz saxophonist

1

Jim Black

American jazz drummer

2

Sylvie Courvoisier

Swiss musician

3

Gerald Cleaver

American musician

4

Chris Speed

American musician

5

Drew Gress

American musician

6

Marc Ducret

French jazz guitarist

7

Herb Robertson

American musician

8

Mat Maneri

American composer, improviser and jazz violin and viola player

9

Mark Helias

American musician

10

Evan Parker

English saxophonist

11

David Breskin

American poet and record producer

12

Tony Malaby

American musician

13

Mark Feldman

American violinist

14

Mark Dresser

American musician

15

Ingrid Laubrock

German jazz saxophonist and composer

16

Nels Cline

American guitarist and composer

17

Michael Formanek

American jazz bassist

18

Alex Cline

American musician

19

Thomas Morgan

American musician

20

Steven Bernstein

American trumpeter, slide trumpeter, arranger/composer and bandleader

21

Paul Rutherford

English free improvising trombonist

22

Oliver Lake

American musician

23

Andrew Cyrille

American avant-garde jazz drummer

24

Han Bennink

Dutch musician

25

Marilyn Crispell

American pianist

26

Tom Varner

American musician

27

Ed Schuller

American musician

28

William Parker

American jazz musician

29

Guillermo E. Brown

musician

30

Bobby Previte

American drummer

31

Steve Swell

American musician

32

Roy Campbell, Jr.

American trumpeter (1952-2014)

33

Hamid Drake

American musician

34

Michael Bisio

American jazz musician

35

Ches Smith

American musician

36

Wadada Leo Smith

American jazz trumpeter and composer

37

Barry Guy

British musician

38

Ethan Iverson

American pianist

39

Geri Allen

American composer and jazz pianist

40

Baikida Carroll

American musician

41

Chris Cheek

American musician

42

Mike Richmond

American musician

43

Scott Colley

American musician

44

Vinny Golia

American musician

45

Craig Taborn

American musician

46

Gebhard Ullmann

German saxophonist

47

Zeena Parkins

American musician

48

Vijay Iyer

American jazz musician

49

Shane Endsley

American musician

50

Dennis González

American musician

51

Ben Monder

American jazz guitar player

52

David Torn

American guitarist

53

Ellery Eskelin

musician

54

Barry Altschul

American drummer

55

Louis Sclavis

French jazz musician

56

Jon Irabagon

American musician

57

Mike Pride

American drummer

58

Eivind Aarset

Norwegian guitarist

59

Ben Goldberg

American clarinet player and composer

60

Daniel Carter

American musician

61

Erik Friedlander

American musician

62

Steve Lehman

American musician

63

Peter Brötzmann

German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist

64

Peter Erskine

American musician

65

Cameron Brown

American musician

66

Steve Swallow

jazz bassist and composer

67

Marc Johnson

American jazz bass player, composer and band leader

68

Gary Peacock

American double-bassist

69

Tyshawn Sorey

American composer and multi-instrumentalist