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Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
1
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
2
Jan Garbarek
Norwegian saxophonist
3
Hollywood String Quartet
American string quartet
4
Tord Gustavsen
Norwegian musician
5
Ryan Keberle
American musician
6
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
7
Maria Schneider
Jazz bandleader and composer
8
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
9
Maybe Monday
American experimental music group
10
Blue Mitchell
American musician
11
Endellion Quartet
12
Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
13
Stafford James
American musician
14
Louis Andriessen
Dutch composer and pianist
15
The Box Tops
American rock band
16
Tim Hodgkinson
English experimental music composer and performer
17
Michael Moore
American jazz musician
18
Gavin Bryars
British musician
19
Arditti Quartet
string quartet
20
Amadeus Quartet
string quartet
21
Tom Varner
American musician
22
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
23
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
24
Végh Quartet
string quartet
25
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
26
Dave Holland
British musician
27
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
28
Alan Shulman
American composer and cellist
29
Terry Riley
American composer and performing musician
30
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
31
Philip Glass
American composer and pianist
32
Alarm Will Sound
American chamber orchestra
33
Neill Sanders
British classical horn player
34
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
35
Ethel
string quartet
36
John Harbison
American composer
37
Bobby Previte
American drummer
38
Mary Jane Leach
American composer
39
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
40
Peter Rowan
American singer
41
Paul Hindemith
German-born American composer (1895–1963)
42
Al Hirt
American trumpeter and bandleader
43
Grant Green
American jazz guitarist and composer
44
Avishai Cohen
Israeli jazz bassist, composer, singer and arranger
45
Renee Rosnes
Canadian pianist
46
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
