William Parker

Innovative American Jazz Bassist and Composer

Matthew Shipp

Innovative American Jazz Pianist 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

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

Fay Victor's SoundNoiseFunk

Innovative Jazz Ensemble SoundNoiseFunk

Allen Lowe And The Constant Sorrow Orchestra

Painted Faces

Emerging Indie Rock Group

Frank Wright Trio

Jazz Ensemble with a Modern Twist

Raymond Byron

Radical Empathy Trio

Innovative Jazz Ensemble

Tang,rose / Golden,patrick

Albert Ayler Trio

Innovative Free Jazz Ensemble

Defunkt

Innovative Funk-Jazz Fusion Band

Henry Grimes Trio

Avant-Garde Jazz Trio

Billie Holiday

Iconic Jazz Vocalist and Songstress

Gary Peacock

Jazz Bassist and Composer

Steve Lacy

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

Hamid Drake

Versatile American Jazz Percussionist and Drummer

Joe McPhee

Innovative American Jazz Multi-Instrumentalist

Kirk Knuffke

Jazz Cornetist and Composer

Milford Graves

Innovative American Jazz Drummer and Percussion...

Paul Bley Trio

Innovative Canadian Jazz Trio

Joe Morris

Innovative Jazz Guitarist and Composer

Roswell Rudd

Jazz Trombonist and Composer

The Holy Modal Rounders

Psychedelic Folk Pioneers

Sunny Murray

Innovative American Free Jazz Drummer

John Tchicai

Danish Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Fredrick Lonberg-Holm

Avant-Garde Cellist and Composer

Silke Eberhard

German Jazz Saxophonist and Clarinetist

Whit Dickey

Jazz Drummer and Improvisational Artist

Albert Ayler Quartet

Innovative Free Jazz Ensemble

Michael Bisio

Jazz Bassist and Composer

Rova Saxophone Quartet

Innovative American Saxophone Ensemble

Michael Marcus

Jazz Clarinetist and Saxophonist

Patty Waters

Frank Lowe

Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Charles Manson

Infamous Cult Leader and Convicted Murderer

Sam Newsome

Jazz Saxophonist and Soprano Sax Specialist

Megumi Yonezawa

Japanese Jazz Pianist and Composer

Cromagnon

Experimental rock duo from the late 1960s

John Blum

East Axis

Reggie Nicholson

Jazz Percussionist and Composer

Giuseppi Logan

Jazz Multi-Instrumentalist and Avant-Garde Pioneer

Nikolaus Neuser

German Jazz Trumpeter and Composer