Especially in the ‘45-‘75 chronological range, there is an enormous amount.
Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Mary Lou Williams, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Archie Shepp, Donald Byrd, Andrew Hill, Pharoah Sanders, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Hank Mobley, Eric Dolphy, Art Blakely, Roland Kirk, Sonny Sharrock, Don Cherry, Albert Ayler, Sadao Watanabe.