Albert Ayler

Innovative Free Jazz Saxophonist

Charlie Parker

Legendary Jazz Saxophonist and Bebop Innovator

Archie Shepp

Influential Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Don Cherry

Canadian Jazz Trumpeter and Composer

Thelonious Monk

Innovative American Jazz Pianist and Composer

Cecil Taylor

Innovative American Jazz Pianist and Poet

The John Coltrane Quartet

Legendary Jazz Ensemble

Sergio Armaroli

Italian Experimental Musician and Percussionist

John Coltrane

Legendary Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Ornette Coleman

Innovative Jazz Saxophonist and Free Jazz Pioneer

Eric Dolphy

Innovative Jazz Multi-Instrumentalist and Composer

Albert Ayler Quintet

Innovative Free Jazz Ensemble

Judith Wegmann

Swiss Contemporary Classical Pianist

Marco Von Orelli

Swiss Jazz Trumpeter and Composer

Miles Davis

Legendary Jazz Trumpeter and Bandleader

Dizzy Gillespie

Legendary Jazz Trumpeter and Bebop Pioneer

Sun Ra

Innovative Jazz Composer and Bandleader

Gary Peacock

Jazz Bassist and Composer

Jackie McLean

Influential American Jazz Saxophonist

The Miles Davis Quintet

Legendary Jazz Ensemble

Andrew Hill

Innovative American Jazz Pianist and Composer

George Lewis

Jazz Trombonist and Composer

Paul Bley Trio

Innovative Canadian Jazz Trio

Marion Brown

Avant-Garde Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Sunny Murray

Innovative American Free Jazz Drummer

Paul Lovens

German Free Improvisation Percussionist

The New York Contemporary Five

Avant-Garde Jazz Ensemble

Hans Koch

Swiss Avant-Garde Jazz Musician

Albert Ayler Quartet

Innovative Free Jazz Ensemble

Bill Dixon

Flo Stoffner

Swiss Experimental Guitarist

Alan Shorter

Charles Ives

Innovative American Modernist Composer

Bill Evans

Influential Jazz Pianist and Composer

The Sun Ra Arkestra

Legendary Afrofuturist Jazz Ensemble

Lionel Hampton

Legendary Jazz Vibraphonist and Bandleader

Anthony Braxton

Innovative American Jazz Composer and Multi-Ins...

Matthew Shipp

Innovative American Jazz Pianist and Composer

Barry Guy

British avant-garde jazz bassist and composer

Wayne Shorter

Legendary Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Evan Parker

British free-jazz saxophonist

Joe McPhee

Innovative American Jazz Multi-Instrumentalist

The Horace Silver Quintet

Legendary Jazz Pianist and Ensemble

The Thelonious Monk Quartet

Innovative Jazz Pianist and Ensemble

Christopher Fox

British Contemporary Classical Composer

Chris Corsano

Avant-garde Jazz Drummer

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Swiss Contemporary Classical Ensemble

John Tchicai

Danish Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Anthony Williams

Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra

Legendary Jazz Vibraphonist and Big Band Leader

Roswell Rudd

Jazz Trombonist and Composer

Joe Harriott Quintet

Pioneering British-Jamaican Jazz Quintet

The Thing

Experimental Scandinavian Jazz Ensemble

The Jimmy Giuffre Trio

Innovative Jazz Clarinetist and Ensemble

John Snijders

Dutch Classical Pianist and Contemporary Music ...

Roland Dahinden

Swiss Trombonist and Composer

Jimmy Giuffre

Innovative American Jazz Clarinetist and Saxoph...

Klaus Lang

Austrian Contemporary Composer and Organist

Hildegard Kleeb

Swiss Contemporary Classical Pianist

George Russell Orchestra

Jazz Ensemble Led by Pianist George Russell