instruments

bass
Anders Jormin : bass
Arild Andersen : bass
Björn Meyer : bass
Charlie Haden : double bass
Chris Laurence : double bass
Dave Holland : double bass
Eberhard Weber : bass
Ed Schuller : bass
Egberto Gismonti : double-bass
Eric Revis : double-bass
Fima Ephron : bass
Gary Peacock : double-bass
Harald Johnsen : double-bass
Joe Martin : double Bass
Larry Grenadier : double Bass
Mats Eilertsen : double-bass
Miroslav Vitouš : double-bass
Palle Danielsson : double-Bass
Patrice Moret : double-Bass
Peter Warren : bass, cello
Scott Colley : double Bass
Slawomir Kurkiewicz : double bass
Steve Swallow : bass
Thomas Morgan : double Bass

drums
Adam Nussbaum : drums
Eric Harland : drums
Gerald Cleaver : drums
Jack DeJohnette : drums, piano, melodica
Jarle Vespestad : drums
João Lobo : drums
Jon Christensen : drums
Jon Fdlt : drum
Julian Sartorius : drums
Kaspar Rast : drums, Percussion
Manu Katché : drums
Nate Smith : drums
Marcus Gilmore : Drums
Marilyn Mazur : percussion, drums
Martin France : drums
Michal Miskiewicz : drums
Nasheet Waits : drums
Nicolas Stocker : drums, tuned percussion
Norbert Pfammatter : drums
Paul Motian : drums
Peter Erskine : drums
Samuel Rohrer : drums

saxophone
Andy Sheppard : tenor and soprano saxophones
Arthur Blythe : alto saxophone
Bill McHenry : tenor saxophone
Bob Mintzer : tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Bob Malach : tenor saxophone
Chris Potter : Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet
David Murray : tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Gary Campbell : soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Jan Garbarek : tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Klaus Gesing : bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
Lee Konitz : alto saxophone
Mark Turner : tenor Saxophone
Stan Sulzmann : tenor saxophone
Tore Brunborg : tenor saxophone
Trygve Seim : tenor and soprano saxophones

trumpet,flugelhorn,trombone
Avishai Cohen : trumpet
Isaac Smith : trombone
Kenny Wheeler : trumpet, flugelhorn
Randy Brecker : trumpet
Valerie Ponomarev : trumpet, flugelhorn
Wayne Bergeron : trumpet

guitars
Adam Rogers : guitars
Alexandre Gismonti : guitars
Bill Frisell : electric guitar
Gilles Coronado : guitar
Jacob Young : guitar
John Abercrombie : electric guitar, electric mandolin
John McLaughlin : guitar
John Parricelli : guitar
Oscar Castro-Neves : guitar
Ralph Towner : 12-String Guitar

vocals, baritone, tenor, soprano
Agnes Buen Garnås : vocals
Elina Duni : vocals
Mari Boine Persen : vocals
Simin Tander : vocals
Vesna Vasko-Caceres : vocals
Gordon Jones : baritone
David James : countertenor
John Potter : tenor
Rogers Covey-Crump : tenor
Randi Stene : mezzo-soprano

violin
Andreas Reiner : violin
Etienne Abelin : violin
Gideon Kremer : violin
Joyce Hermann : Violin
Mark Feldman : Violin
Michelle Makarski : violin
Michi Wiancko
Miranda Cuckson
Ola Sendecki : violin
Simon Fordham : violin
Tatiana Grindenko : violin
Vladimir Spivakov : violin

viola
David Schnee
Helmut Nicolai
Kim Kashkashian
Lois Martin

cello
Ambrosius Huber
Anja Lechner
David Darling
David Eggar : cello
Dietmar Schalke
Kivie Cahn-Lipman
Solme Hong
Svante Henryson
Kyle Armbrust
Lars Anders Tomter

clarinet
Gianluigi Trovesi : alto clarinet
Louis Sclavis : clarinet
Perry Robinson : clarinet, ocarina
Sha : bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet

conductor
Camerata Romeu : conductor
Dennis Russell Davies : conductor
Mladen Gutesha : conductor
Pietro Mianiti : conductor
Zenaida Romeu : conductor

percussion
Fulvio Maras : percussion, electronics
Andi Pupate : percussion
Keyvan Chemiranii : percussion
U.T. Gandhi : percussion

bandoneon
Daniele di Bonaventura : bandoneon
Dino Saluzzi : bandoneon

Vibraphone
Steve Nelson : vibraphone

Marimba
Steve Nelson : marimba

aud
Anouar Brahem : oud

tabla
Collin Walcott : sitar, tabla, percussion
Trilok Guru : tabla