Matthew Shipp

Innovative American Jazz Pianist and Composer

William Parker

Innovative American Jazz Bassist and Composer

Matthew Shipp Trio

Innovative Jazz Ensemble

Don Cherry

Canadian Jazz Trumpeter and Composer

Albert Ayler

Innovative Free Jazz Saxophonist

Talibam!

Experimental Avant-Garde Duo

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 ...

Sunny Murray

Innovative American Free Jazz Drummer

Patty Waters

Albert Ayler Quintet

Innovative Free Jazz Ensemble

Frank Lowe

Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Fay Victor's SoundNoiseFunk

Innovative Jazz Ensemble SoundNoiseFunk

Allen Lowe And The Constant Sorrow Orchestra

Painted Faces

Emerging Indie Rock Group

Henry Grimes Trio

Avant-Garde Jazz Trio

Tang,rose / Golden,patrick

Radical Empathy Trio

Innovative Jazz Ensemble

Frank Wright Trio

Jazz Ensemble with a Modern Twist

Raymond Byron

Albert Ayler Trio

Innovative Free Jazz Ensemble

Defunkt

Innovative Funk-Jazz Fusion Band

Charlie Parker

Legendary Jazz Saxophonist and Bebop Innovator

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

Joe Morris

Innovative Jazz Guitarist and Composer

Paul Bley Trio

Innovative Canadian Jazz Trio

Milford Graves

Innovative American Jazz Drummer and Percussion...

John Tchicai

Danish Jazz Saxophonist and Composer

Roswell Rudd

Jazz Trombonist and Composer

The Holy Modal Rounders

Psychedelic Folk Pioneers

Whit Dickey

Jazz Drummer and Improvisational Artist

Silke Eberhard

German Jazz Saxophonist and Clarinetist

Fredrick Lonberg-Holm

Avant-Garde Cellist and Composer

Albert Ayler Quartet

Innovative Free Jazz Ensemble

Sam Newsome

Jazz Saxophonist and Soprano Sax Specialist

Charles Manson

Infamous Cult Leader and Convicted Murderer

Rova Saxophone Quartet

Innovative American Saxophone Ensemble

Michael Bisio

Jazz Bassist and Composer

Dr. Timothy Leary

Psychedelic Icon and Advocate

Michael Marcus

Jazz Clarinetist and Saxophonist

Megumi Yonezawa

Japanese Jazz Pianist and Composer

East Axis

Alan Sondheim

Experimental Multimedia Artist and Musician

John Blum

Cromagnon

Experimental rock duo from the late 1960s