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Aderhard Roidinger
Austrian bassist
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Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
2
Julian Argüelles
British musician
3
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
4
Vinny Golia
American musician
5
Ralph Bowen
Canadian musician
6
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
7
Tim Ries
American jazz saxophonist
8
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
9
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
10
Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
11
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
12
Peter Lehel
German musician
13
Kadri Gopalnath
Indian musician
14
Bobby Watson
composer
15
Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
16
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
17
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
18
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
19
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
20
Don Ellis
American jazz musician
21
Kenny Davern
American clarinetist
22
Charles Davis
American musician
23
Marty Ehrlich
American musician
24
Tony Oxley
British musician
25
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
26
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
27
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
28
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
29
Joe Lovano
American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist
30
Leszek Żądło
Polish jazz musician
31
James Moody
American jazz musician
32
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
33
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
34
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
35
Miguel Zenón
Puerto Rican alto saxophonist
36
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
37
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
38
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
39
Jack Cooper
American composer, arranger, orchestrator, multireedist, and music educator.
40
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
41
Dave Rempis
American free jazz saxophonist
42
Taru Alexander
American drummer
43
Danny Moss
Jazz saxophonist
44
Woody Shaw
American musician
45
Georg Friedrich Haas
Austrian composer
46
Paquito D'Rivera
Cuban musician
47
John Taylor
British jazz pianist
48
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
49
Albert Ayler
American jazz saxophonist
50
John Harbison
American composer
51
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
52
Terry Riley
American composer and performing musician
53
Francis Wong
American jazz musician
54
David Berkman
American musician
55
Walt Weiskopf
American jazz musician
56
Kidd Jordan
American saxophonist
57
Tomasz Szukalski
Polish jazz saxophone player, composer and improviser
58
Jimmie Noone
American musician
