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Gerald Oshita
American musician
1
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
2
Dave Rempis
American free jazz saxophonist
3
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
4
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
5
Leroy Jenkins
composer and Avant-garde Jazz violinist and violist
6
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
7
Elliott Sharp
American musician
8
Robert Dick
American flutist and composer
9
Tim Perkis
American musician
10
Annea Lockwood
American composer
11
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
12
Thurman Barker
American jazz drummer
13
Denny Zeitlin
American pianist
14
J. D. Parran
American musician
15
Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
16
Douglas Ewart
American musician
17
Byard Lancaster
American saxophonist
18
Barry Guy
British musician
19
Jodie Christian
Jazz pianist
20
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
21
Terry Riley
American composer and performing musician
22
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
23
Steve McCall
American jazz drummer
24
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
25
Gavin Bryars
British musician
26
Friedrich Gulda
Austrian pianist and composer
27
Paul Lytton
British musician
28
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
29
Michael Tilson Thomas
American conductor, pianist and composer
30
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
31
Bobby Naughton
American musician
32
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
33
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
34
George Crumb
American composer
35
Craig Taborn
American musician
36
Jaribu Shahid
American jazz bassist
37
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
38
Cornelius Cardew
English composer
39
Tani Tabbal
American jazz drummer
40
Richard Buckner
singer songwriter from the United States
41
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
42
The Oak Ridge Boys
American band that plays country music
43
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
44
Dave Holland
British musician
45
James Fei
Taiwanese musician
46
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
47
Rufus Thomas
American singer (1917-2001)
48
David Bedford
English composer and musician
49
AMM
British free improvisation group
50
Gino Robair
American musician
51
Lol Coxhill
English free improvising saxophonist and raconteur (1932-2012)
52
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
German lyric baritone and conductor
53
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London based symphony orchestra
54
Anthony Braxton
American musician, composer, and philosopher
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Jeff Beal
American composer of music for film, television, recordings, and the concert hall
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Warne Marsh
American tenor saxophonist
