Members

• Muhal Richard Abrams
• Soji Adebayo
• Ajaramu
• Martin "Sparx" Alexander
• Fred Anderson
• Steve Berry
• Mwata Bowden
• Lester Bowie
• Joel Brandon
• Anthony Braxton
• Richard "Ari" Brown
• Billy Brimfield
• Art "Turk" Burton
• Jodie Christian
• Charles Clark
• Charles "Wes" Cochran
• Phil Cohran
• Ade & Iqua Colson
• Pete Cosey
• Michael Danzy
• Ernest Khabeer Dawkins
• Kahil El-Zabar
• Douglas Ewart
• Thaddeus Exposé
• Alvin Fielder
• Chico Freeman
• Robert Griffin
• Vandy Harris
• Fred Hopkins
• "Light" Henry Huff
• Isaiah S. Jackson
• John Jackson
• Joseph Jarman
• James Johnson
• Leroy Jenkins
• Drahseer Kalid
• Buford Kirkwood
• Lester Lashley
• George Lewis
• Malachi Favors Maghostut
• Maia
• Steve McCall
• Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre
• Nikki Mitchell
• Roscoe Mitchell
• Bernard Mixon
• Dushun Mosley
• Famoudou Don Moye
• Ameen Muhammad
• Amina Claudine Myers
• Reggie Nicholson
• Seitu Nurullah
• Jeffrey Parker
• Avreeayl Ra
• Rahmlee
• Su-ra Ramses
• Matana Roberts
• Rasul Saddik
• Shanta
• Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith
• Henry Threadgill
• Umchaka Uba
• Ann Ward
• Rita Warford
• Jesus Wayne
• Edward L. Wilkerson, Jr.
• Taalib-Din Ziyad

Groups

• 8 Bold Souls
• AACM Performance Ensemble
• Air
• Art Ensemble of Chicago
• Chicago 3D
• Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, The
• New Horizons
• Samana
• Shadow Vignettes
• Sound Spectrum
• Very Very Circus