Avant-garde jazz composers

American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967)

American jazz pianist and composer (born 1940)

American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer (1930–2015)

American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader (1922–1979)

American jazz/classical pianist and composer (born 1945)

American composer, saxophonist and bandleader

American jazz composer and bandleader (1914–1993)

American jazz musician (1928–1964)

American jazz saxophonist (1940–2022)

American jazz musician

American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (1920–2013)

American jazz saxophonist (1936–1970)

American jazz pianist and poet (1929–2018)

American vibraphonist

American musician (1935-1977)

Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist (1932-2016)

Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer

Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer and music producer (born 1960)

American jazz double-bassist

American jazz musician

Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser (1942–2018)

American musician, composer and philosopher (born 1945)

American jazz pianist and composer (1919–1978)

American jazz musician (1934–2004)

American jazz pianist and composer (1931-2007)

American pianist and composer (born 1956)

Danish free jazz saxophonist (1936–2012)

American musician (born 1942)

Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player (1930–2014)

American jazz pianist, composer, educator (born 1975)

American bassist

American jazz musician and composer (1923-2011)

American composer and educator (1925–2010)

American jazz pianist and composer (1925–2002)

Italian jazz trumpeter

Norwegian jazz musician

American jazz musician (1938–1961)

American guitarist and composer

Austrian saxophonist

American double-bassist

Dutch jazz pianist and composer (1935–2017)

American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist

American guitarist, film director, and scientific diver

Finnish jazz pianist, composer and entertainer

American composer and violinist (1932–2007)

British jazz pianist and composer (1947–2020)

Japanese composer, guitarist (1959-)

American jazz pianist and organist (1941-1995)

American jazz guitarist and keyboardist

American jazz musician (1934-1978)

German jazz pianist

Norwegian jazz musician (1943–2020)

American saxophonist (1938-1995)

Austrian jazz trumpeter and composer

American musician (1940–2017)

American musician

American jazz keyboards player and composer

American jazz musician (born 1940)

American violinist, singer and composer

American saxophonist (1931–2010)