William Parker

Innovative American Jazz Bassist and Composer

Matthew Shipp

Innovative American Jazz Pianist and Composer

Matthew Shipp Trio

Innovative Jazz Ensemble

Don Cherry

Canadian Jazz Trumpeter and Composer

Albert Ayler

Innovative Free Jazz Saxophonist

Buck Curran

Psychedelic Folk Musician

Talibam!

Experimental Avant-Garde Duo

Sun Ra

Innovative Jazz Composer and Bandleader

Nels Cline

Innovative American Guitarist and Wilco Member

Allen Lowe

American Jazz Historian and Musician

Mat Walerian

Polish Avant-Garde Jazz Musician

Peter Lemer Quintet

British Jazz Ensemble

Thollem McDonas

Avant-Garde Pianist and Improvisational Composer

Last Exit

Billie Holiday

Iconic Jazz Vocalist and Songstress

Pharoah Sanders

Legendary Jazz Saxophonist

Bud Powell

Jazz Pianist and Bebop Innovator

Joe Morris

Innovative Jazz Guitarist and Composer

Ivo Perelman

Brazilian avant-garde saxophonist

Robbie Basho

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Sunny Murray

Innovative American Free Jazz Drummer

Patty Waters

Albert Ayler Quintet

Innovative Free Jazz Ensemble

Frank Lowe

Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Fay Victor's SoundNoiseFunk

Innovative Jazz Ensemble SoundNoiseFunk

Painted Faces

Emerging Indie Rock Group

Allen Lowe And The Constant Sorrow Orchestra

Cromagnon

Experimental rock duo from the late 1960s

Radical Empathy Trio

Innovative Jazz Ensemble

Defunkt

Innovative Funk-Jazz Fusion Band

Albert Ayler Trio

Innovative Free Jazz Ensemble

Raymond Byron

Frank Wright Trio

Jazz Ensemble with a Modern Twist

Henry Grimes Trio

Avant-Garde Jazz Trio

Tang,rose / Golden,patrick

Charlie Parker

Legendary Jazz Saxophonist and Bebop Innovator

Gary Peacock

Jazz Bassist and Composer

Elliott Sharp

Avant-Garde Composer and Multi-Instrumentalist

Hamid Drake

Versatile American Jazz Percussionist and Drummer

Steve Lacy

Rising Alternative R&B Singer-Songwriter and Gu...

Joe McPhee

Innovative American Jazz Multi-Instrumentalist

Kirk Knuffke

Jazz Cornetist and Composer

Paul Bley Trio

Innovative Canadian Jazz Trio

Milford Graves

Innovative American Jazz Drummer and Percussion...

John Tchicai

Danish Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Roswell Rudd

Jazz Trombonist and Composer

The Holy Modal Rounders

Psychedelic Folk Pioneers

Silke Eberhard

German Jazz Saxophonist and Clarinetist

Whit Dickey

Jazz Drummer and Improvisational Artist

Rova Saxophone Quartet

Innovative American Saxophone Ensemble

Fredrick Lonberg-Holm

Avant-Garde Cellist and Composer

Sam Newsome

Jazz Saxophonist and Soprano Sax Specialist

Charles Manson

Infamous Cult Leader and Convicted Murderer

Michael Marcus

Jazz Clarinetist and Saxophonist

Albert Ayler Quartet

Innovative Free Jazz Ensemble

Frank London

Grammy-winning Trumpeter and Klezmer Music Inno...

Michael Bisio

Jazz Bassist and Composer

Dr. Timothy Leary

Psychedelic Icon and Advocate

Bob James Trio

Jazz Fusion Pianist and Composer

Alan Sondheim

Experimental Multimedia Artist and Musician