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Mani Neumeier
German rock musician, free jazz-drummer artist, and frontman
1
Hans Reichel
German improvisational guitarist, experimental luthier, inventor, and type designer
2
Ruins
Japanese band
3
Roger Turner
British musician
4
Aki Takase
Japanese musician
5
Sabu Toyozumi
Japanese jazz drummer, erhu player (1943-)
6
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
7
Guthrie Govan
British musician
8
Tim Hodgkinson
English experimental music composer and performer
9
Seiji Kameda
Japanese music producer, lyricist, composer, arranger, bassist (1964-)
10
Shonen Knife
Japanese band
11
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
12
David Sylvian
English recording artist; singer-songwriter, musician
13
Hijokaidan
Japanese noise group
14
Stick Men
15
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
16
Skeleton Crew
American experimental rock and jazz group
17
Borbetomagus
American free jazz / noise group
18
Kidd Jordan
American saxophonist
19
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
20
Tokyo Jihen
band
21
Butch Morris
American cornetist
22
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
23
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
24
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
25
Ichiko Aoba
Japanese singer-songwriter (1990-)
26
Paul Winter
American saxophonist
27
Glay
rock band from Japan (1988-)
28
Mr. Big
American rock band
29
Friedrich Gulda
Austrian pianist and composer
30
Weather Report
American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s
31
Can
German experimental rock band
32
Fred Frith
English musician, composer and improvisor
33
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Japanese alternative rock band
34
Jon Rose
Australian musician
35
György Cziffra
Hungarian-French virtuoso pianist and composer
36
Earthless
American instrumental psychedelic rock band from San Diego, California
37
Jamie Muir
British musician
38
Eric Martin
American musician
39
AMM
British free improvisation group
40
Merzbow
Japanese noise project
41
Marty Friedman
American musician
42
Crossfaith
Japanese metal band
43
Rhodri Davies
British musician
44
Eddie Prévost
Drummer/percussionist/writer/publisher
45
Mark Nauseef
musician
46
Chris Kelsey
American musician
47
Feminist Improvising Group
band
48
Kazuo Imai
Japanese musician
49
Eddie Jobson
British musician
50
Yōsuke Yamashita
Japanese jazz pianist, composer, author (1942-)
51
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
52
Lennie Tristano
American jazz pianist and composer
53
Tom Cora
American cellist and composer
54
Dave Holland
British musician
