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Toshiko Akiyoshi

Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)

1

Helen Merrill

American recording artist; jazz vocalist

2

Michiru Oshima

Japanese composer

3

Hiromi Uehara

Japanese-born jazz composer and pianist (1979-)

4

Lovebites

Japanese all-female heavy metal band

5

Robert Martin

American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist; Frank Zappa collaborator

6

Mal Waldron

American jazz pianist and composer

7

Miho Hazama

Japanese jazz composer and arranger (1986-)

8

Denise Donatelli

American musician

9

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra

Japanese ska band (1985-)

10

Aki Takase

Japanese musician

11

Harold Mabern

American pianist

12

Steve Tavaglione

American musician

13

Jennifer Thomas

American pianist

14

Mathias Eick

Norwegian musician

15

Stanley Clarke

American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever

16

Eric Marienthal

American musician

17

Sara Lazarus

Franco-American singer

18

David Arkenstone

American composer and performer

19

June Christy

American singer

20

Yuna Ito

American-born singer and actress active in Japan

21

Cal Tjader

American Latin jazz musician, recording artist

22

Beady Belle

Norwegian band

23

Saskia Laroo

Dutch jazz musician

24

Younha

South Korean pop singer-songwriter

25

Ana Popović

Serbian blues guitarist and singer

26

Akiko Yano

Japanese singer-songwriter (1955-)

27

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

American funk/soul band

28

Keiko Matsui

Japanese jazz pianist (1961-)

29

James Morrison

Australian jazz musician

30

Jacques Schwarz-Bart

French musician

31

James Moody

American jazz musician

32

Roscoe Mitchell

American jazz musician

33

Jaki Byard

American musician

34

David Berkman

American musician

35

Tom Harrell

American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist

36

Candy Dulfer

Dutch saxophonist and singer

37

The Rippingtons

band

38

Chico Freeman

American saxophonist

39

Lee Aaron

Canadian singer

40

Yasuaki Shimizu

Japanese saxophonist, composer, music producer (1954-)

41

Cindy Blackman

American musician

42

Benny Carter

American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)

43

Matt Simons

American singer songwriter and musician

44

Sadao Watanabe

Japanese jazz saxophonist, composer, bandmaster (1933-)

45

Scandal

Japanese pop rock band

46

No Doubt

rock band from the United States

47

Nat & Alex Wolff