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Evan Parker

English saxophonist

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Lol Coxhill

English free improvising saxophonist and raconteur (1932-2012)

2

John Russell

English guitarist

3

Derek Bailey

British guitarist

4

John Butcher

English tenor and soprano saxophone player

5

Paul Rutherford

English free improvising trombonist

6

Roger Turner

British musician

7

Max Eastley

British musician

8

Howard Riley

British musician

9

Peter Cusack

British musician

10

Han Bennink

Dutch musician

11

Tony Coe

British jazz musician

12

John Stevens

English drummer

13

David Toop

British musician

14

Steve Lacy

American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer

15

Frode Gjerstad

Jazz saxophonist

16

Spontaneous Music Ensemble

17

Louis Moholo

South African jazz musician

18

Misha Mengelberg

Dutch composer and jazz pianist

19

Carlos Zingaro

Portuguese violinist

20

Simon Fell

bassist and composer

21

Instant Composers Pool

Dutch jazz musicians project including music label and own ICP Orchestra

22

Phil Minton

Jazz/free-improvising vocalist and trumpeter

23

Rhodri Davies

British musician

24

Barry Guy

British musician

25

Trevor Watts

English jazz musician

26

George Lewis

composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar

27

Tony Oxley

British musician

28

Terry Day

British saxophonist

29

Karl Berger

German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer

30

Fred Lonberg-Holm

American musician

31

Keith Tippett

British pianist

32

Eugene Chadbourne

American musician and music critic

33

Sabu Toyozumi

Japanese jazz drummer, erhu player (1943-)

34

Tania Chen

British musician

35

Mike Cooper

British guitarist

36

Joëlle Léandre

French double bassist, vocalist and composer

37

Richard Teitelbaum

American composer

38

Paul Dunmall

Jazz saxophonist

39

Jamie Muir

British musician

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Orphy Robinson

British musician

41

Charles Hayward

British musician

42

J. D. Parran

American musician

43

Red Square

44

George Haslam

British musician

45

Nigel Kennedy

British-born violinist and violist

46

Tim Perkis

American musician

47

Peter Brötzmann

German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist

48

Kenny Wheeler

Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player

49

Christian Wolff

American composer

50

Henry Kaiser

American guitarist, film director, and scientific diver

51

Wadada Leo Smith

American jazz trumpeter and composer

52

Sam Rivers

American jazz musician and composer

53

Cecil Taylor

American jazz pianist and poet

54

Robert Dick

American flutist and composer

55

Jon Rose

Australian musician

56

Benedict Taylor

British musician

57

Miya Masaoka

American composer

58

Tyshawn Sorey

American composer and multi-instrumentalist

59

Frederic Rzewski

American musician

60

Radu Malfatti

Austrian trombone player and composer

61

Mats Gustafsson

Swedish musician

62

Tim Hodgkinson

English experimental music composer and performer

63

Thomas Heberer

German jazz musician

64

Paul Bley

Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist

65

Alvin Fielder

American drummer

66

Eddie Prévost

Drummer/percussionist/writer/publisher

67

Henry Lowther

British musician

68

Charles Mackerras

Australian conductor

69

Marion Brown

American saxophonist