The Sun Ra Arkestra

Legendary Afrofuturist Jazz Ensemble

Sun Ra

Innovative Jazz Composer and Bandleader

Don Cherry

Canadian Jazz Trumpeter and Composer

Ornette Coleman

Innovative Jazz Saxophonist and Free Jazz Pioneer

Peter Brötzmann

German Free Jazz Saxophonist

Cecil Taylor

Innovative American Jazz Pianist and Poet

Anthony Braxton

Innovative American Jazz Composer and Multi-Ins...

The Art Ensemble Of Chicago

Innovative Avant-Garde Jazz Collective

John Coltrane

Legendary Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Albert Ayler

Innovative Free Jazz Saxophonist

Matthew Shipp

Innovative American Jazz Pianist and Composer

Wadada Leo Smith

Innovative American Jazz Trumpeter and Composer

Archie Shepp

Influential Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Irene Schweizer

Swiss jazz pianist and composer

Pharoah Sanders

Legendary Jazz Saxophonist

Alexander von Schlippenbach

German Free Jazz Pianist and Composer

William Parker

Innovative American Jazz Bassist and Composer

Ivo Perelman

Brazilian avant-garde saxophonist

Horace Tapscott

Influential Jazz Pianist and Composer

John Zorn

Avant-garde Composer and Saxophonist

Gary Peacock

Jazz Bassist and Composer

Eric Dolphy

Innovative Jazz Multi-Instrumentalist and Composer

Joe McPhee

Innovative American Jazz Multi-Instrumentalist

Mats Gustafsson

Swedish avant-garde jazz saxophonist

Sam Rivers

Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Willem Breuker Kollektief

Dutch Avant-Garde Jazz Ensemble

Keith Jarrett

American Jazz Pianist and Composer

Jack DeJohnette

Innovative Jazz Drummer and Composer

Aki Takase

Japanese Jazz Pianist and Composer

Paul Bley

Canadian jazz pianist

Hamid Drake

Versatile American Jazz Percussionist and Drummer

Marion Brown

Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Jan Garbarek

Norwegian Jazz Saxophonist

Han Bennink

Dutch avant-garde jazz drummer

Günter Sommer

German Free Jazz Percussionist

Edward Vesala

Finnish avant-garde jazz drummer and composer

The Flying Luttenbachers

Avant-Garde Jazz-Punk Ensemble

Fire! Orchestra

Swedish Avant-Garde Jazz Ensemble

John Surman

British Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Steve Lacy

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

Alice Coltrane

Jazz Harpist and Pianist Pioneer

Barre Phillips

Innovative American Jazz Bassist

The Pyramids

Jim Black

Innovative Jazz Drummer and Composer

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Milford Graves

Innovative American Jazz Drummer and Percussion...

The Jimmy Giuffre Trio

Innovative Jazz Clarinetist and Ensemble

Louis Moholo

South African jazz drummer and bandleader

Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky

German Jazz Saxophonist and Improviser

Paul Bley Trio

Innovative Canadian Jazz Trio

Fire!

Swedish avant-garde jazz trio

Tomasz Stańko

Polish Jazz Trumpeter and Composer

Full Blast

Energetic Rock Group

Vandermark 5

Innovative Jazz Ensemble

Zentralquartett

German Jazz Ensemble

Ulrich Gumpert Workshop Band

German Jazz Ensemble

Manfred Schoof

German Jazz Trumpeter and Composer

The New York Contemporary Five

Avant-Garde Jazz Ensemble

Irreversible Entanglements

Avant-Garde Jazz Collective

The Ornette Coleman Trio

Innovative Jazz Saxophonist and Composer