Matthew Shipp

Innovative American Jazz Pianist and Composer

William Parker

Innovative American Jazz Bassist and Composer

Matthew Shipp Trio

Innovative Jazz Ensemble

Albert Ayler

Innovative Free Jazz Saxophonist

Talibam!

Experimental Avant-Garde Duo

Don Cherry

Canadian Jazz Trumpeter and Composer

Buck Curran

Psychedelic Folk Musician

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

Last Exit

Thollem McDonas

Avant-Garde Pianist and Improvisational Composer

Billie Holiday

Iconic Jazz Vocalist and Songstress

Pharoah Sanders

Legendary Jazz Saxophonist

Bud Powell

Jazz Pianist and Bebop Innovator

Ivo Perelman

Brazilian avant-garde saxophonist

Robbie Basho

American Acoustic Guitar Pioneer and Visionary ...

Albert Ayler Quintet

Innovative Free Jazz Ensemble

Frank Lowe

Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Fay Victor's SoundNoiseFunk

Innovative Jazz Ensemble SoundNoiseFunk

Patty Waters

Allen Lowe And The Constant Sorrow Orchestra

Painted Faces

Emerging Indie Rock Group

Albert Ayler Trio

Innovative Free Jazz Ensemble

Henry Grimes Trio

Avant-Garde Jazz Trio

Radical Empathy Trio

Innovative Jazz Ensemble

Frank Wright Trio

Jazz Ensemble with a Modern Twist

Raymond Byron

Defunkt

Innovative Funk-Jazz Fusion Band

Tang,rose / Golden,patrick

Gary Peacock

Jazz Bassist and Composer

Hamid Drake

Versatile American Jazz Percussionist and Drummer

Steve Lacy

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Joe McPhee

Innovative American Jazz Multi-Instrumentalist

Kirk Knuffke

Jazz Cornetist and Composer

Joe Morris

Innovative Jazz Guitarist and Composer

Milford Graves

Innovative American Jazz Drummer and Percussion...

Paul Bley Trio

Innovative Canadian Jazz Trio

John Tchicai

Danish Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Roswell Rudd

Jazz Trombonist and Composer

Sunny Murray

Innovative American Free Jazz Drummer

The Holy Modal Rounders

Psychedelic Folk Pioneers

Fredrick Lonberg-Holm

Avant-Garde Cellist and Composer

Silke Eberhard

German Jazz Saxophonist and Clarinetist

Michael Bisio

Jazz Bassist and Composer

Charles Manson

Infamous Cult Leader and Convicted Murderer

Rova Saxophone Quartet

Innovative American Saxophone Ensemble

Albert Ayler Quartet

Innovative Free Jazz Ensemble

Whit Dickey

Jazz Drummer and Improvisational Artist

Sam Newsome

Jazz Saxophonist and Soprano Sax Specialist

Michael Marcus

Jazz Clarinetist and Saxophonist

John Blum

East Axis

Megumi Yonezawa

Japanese Jazz Pianist and Composer

Cromagnon

Experimental rock duo from the late 1960s

Sunny Morgan

Stephen Dydo

Experimental Composer and Guqin Virtuoso

Alan Sondheim

Experimental Multimedia Artist and Musician