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Joe Lovano
American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist
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Dave Holland
British musician
2
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
3
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
4
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
5
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
6
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
7
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
8
Francisco Mela
Cuban percussionist
9
Peter Erskine
American musician
10
Brian Kellock
British musician
11
Richie Beirach
jazz pianist and composer
12
Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
13
Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
14
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
15
Steve Slagle
American musician
16
Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
17
Michael Gibbs
Rhodesian born English jazz composer
18
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
19
Calum Gourlay
British bassist
20
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
21
Kenny Garrett
American musician
22
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
23
Hiromi Uehara
Japanese-born jazz composer and pianist (1979-)
24
Robin Eubanks
American musician
25
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
26
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
27
Bobby Wellins
Scottish jazz musician
28
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
29
John Patitucci
American jazz bassist and composer
30
George Adams
musician
31
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
32
Adam Nussbaum
American jazz drummer
33
James Williams
American jazz pianist
34
George Garzone
American musician
35
Ralph Towner
American musician
36
Julian Argüelles
British musician
37
Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
38
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
39
Jim Beard
American musician
40
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
41
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
42
Bill Frisell
American musician
43
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
44
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
45
Marvin Smith
American musician
46
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
47
Wolfgang Muthspiel
Austrian musician
48
Vadim Neselovskyi
49
Barry Altschul
American drummer
50
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
51
Antonio Sánchez
Mexican jazz drummer, composer
52
Eberhard Weber
German musician
53
Makoto Ozone
Japanese jazz pianist, composer (1961-)
54
Bill Connors
American musician
55
Uri Caine
American pianist
56
Tim Garland
British musician
57
Alex Machacek
Austrian jazz musician
58
Mark Feldman
American violinist
59
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
60
Salvatore Bonafede
Italian pianist
61
Kendrick Scott
American musician
62
John Bernard Riley
American musician
63
Christian Jacob
French jazz pianist
64
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
65
Jorge Rossy
Spanish jazz musician
66
Martin France
drummer
67
John Taylor
British jazz pianist
68
Huw Warren
Welsh musician
69
Geri Allen
American composer and jazz pianist
70
Harvie S
American musician
71
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
72
Vassilis Tsabropoulos
Greek pianist, conductor and composer
