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Rabih Abou-Khalil
Lebanese musician
1
Jan Garbarek
Norwegian saxophonist
2
Hariprasad Chaurasia
Indian bansuri player
3
George Brooks
American saxophonist
4
Dave Holland
British musician
5
Carlos Ward
American musician
6
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
7
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
8
Shye Ben Tzur
Israeli singer
9
Pierre Favre
Swiss musician
10
Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
11
Howard Johnson
American musician
12
Jim Pepper
Kaw-Muscogee Creek jazz musician
13
Craig S. Harris
American musician
14
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
15
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
16
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
17
Michael Formanek
American jazz bassist
18
Michel Godard
French musician
19
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
20
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
21
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
22
Audun Kleive
Norwegian jazz drummer, percussionist, music arranger, composer
23
Bob Moses
American musician
24
Kenny Barron
American jazz pianist
25
Franco Ambrosetti
Swiss musician
26
Bennie Wallace
American musician
27
Adam Nussbaum
American jazz drummer
28
Greg Osby
American musician
29
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
30
Chris Potter
American musician
31
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
32
Florian Weber
German composer and pianist
33
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
34
Praful
German composer and jazz musician
35
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
36
Tommy Smith
Scottish saxophone player
37
Ken Hunt
British music writer
38
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
39
Richie Beirach
jazz pianist and composer
40
Robin Eubanks
American musician
41
Arthur Blythe
American musician
42
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
43
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
44
Dominique Pifarély
French musician
45
Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
46
Gianluigi Trovesi
Italian musician
47
Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
48
George Adams
musician
49
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
50
Craig Taborn
American musician
51
Arild Andersen
Norwegian jazz musician
52
Charlie Mariano
American alto saxophonist
53
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
54
Mark Helias
American musician
55
Mark Feldman
American violinist
56
Bob Berg
American musician
57
Iain Ballamy
British musician
58
Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
59
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
60
Michael Marcus
American musician
61
Paquito D'Rivera
Cuban musician
62
Bill Smith
jazz musician and composer from the United States
63
Lyle Mays
American jazz musician
64
Vincent Courtois
French cellist
65
Tom Varner
American musician
66
Wolfgang Muthspiel
Austrian musician
67
Ralph Towner
American musician
68
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
69
Anthony Cox
American jazz bass player
70
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
American musician
71
Zakir Hussain
Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer.
72
Billy Kilson
American musician
