Archie Shepp

Influential Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Albert Ayler

Innovative Free Jazz Saxophonist

Charlie Parker

Legendary Jazz Saxophonist and Bebop Innovator

Don Cherry

Canadian Jazz Trumpeter and Composer

The John Coltrane Quartet

Legendary Jazz Ensemble

Thelonious Monk

Innovative American Jazz Pianist and Composer

Ornette Coleman

Innovative Jazz Saxophonist and Free Jazz Pioneer

Albert Ayler Quintet

Innovative Free Jazz Ensemble

Miles Davis

Legendary Jazz Trumpeter and Bandleader

John Coltrane

Legendary Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Sun Ra

Innovative Jazz Composer and Bandleader

Gary Peacock

Jazz Bassist and Composer

Eric Dolphy

Innovative Jazz Multi-Instrumentalist and Composer

The Miles Davis Quintet

Legendary Jazz Ensemble

Cecil Taylor

Innovative American Jazz Pianist and Poet

George Lewis

Jazz Trombonist and Composer

Andrew Hill

Innovative American Jazz Pianist and Composer

Marion Brown

Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Paul Bley Trio

Innovative Canadian Jazz Trio

Sergio Armaroli

Italian Experimental Musician and Percussionist

Hans Koch

Swiss Avant-Garde Jazz Musician

Sunny Murray

Innovative American Free Jazz Drummer

Paul Lovens

German Free Improvisation Percussionist

The New York Contemporary Five

Avant-Garde Jazz Ensemble

Albert Ayler Quartet

Innovative Free Jazz Ensemble

Judith Wegmann

Swiss Contemporary Classical Pianist

Bill Dixon

Marco Von Orelli

Swiss Jazz Trumpeter and Composer

Flo Stoffner

Swiss Experimental Guitarist

Charles Ives

Innovative American Modernist Composer

Bill Evans

Influential Jazz Pianist and Composer

The Sun Ra Arkestra

Legendary Afrofuturist Jazz Ensemble

Dizzy Gillespie

Legendary Jazz Trumpeter and Bebop Pioneer

Lionel Hampton

Legendary Jazz Vibraphonist and Bandleader

Wayne Shorter

Legendary Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Jackie McLean

Influential American Jazz Saxophonist

Matthew Shipp

Innovative American Jazz Pianist and Composer

The Thelonious Monk Quartet

Innovative Jazz Pianist and Ensemble

The Horace Silver Quintet

Legendary Jazz Pianist and Ensemble

Joe McPhee

Innovative American Jazz Multi-Instrumentalist

Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra

Legendary Jazz Vibraphonist and Big Band Leader

Anthony Williams

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Swiss Contemporary Classical Ensemble

The Thing

Experimental Scandinavian Jazz Ensemble

Jimmy Giuffre

Innovative American Jazz Clarinetist and Saxoph...

Joe Harriott Quintet

Pioneering British-Jamaican Jazz Quintet

The Jimmy Giuffre Trio

Innovative Jazz Clarinetist and Ensemble

John Snijders

Dutch Classical Pianist and Contemporary Music ...

George Russell Orchestra

Jazz Ensemble Led by Pianist George Russell

Roswell Rudd

Jazz Trombonist and Composer

Chris Corsano

Avant-garde Jazz Drummer

Klaus Lang

Austrian Contemporary Composer and Organist

Christopher Fox

British Contemporary Classical Composer

John Tchicai

Danish Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Roland Dahinden

Swiss Trombonist and Composer

Hildegard Kleeb

Swiss Contemporary Classical Pianist

Noah Kaplan Quartet

Jazz Ensemble

John Butcher

British Guitar Virtuoso and Blues-Rock Artist

Cat Hope

Australian Experimental Composer and Sound Artist

Trio Kimmig-Studer-Zimmerlin

Swiss Contemporary Improvisational Trio