Pioneer
Albert Soccarras (with Clarence Williams as early as 1927)
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Swing Era
Wayman Carver (with Chick Webb and his Little Chicks)
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1950s Cool Bop
Frank Wess (with Count Basie)
Sam Most - Bud Shank - Buddy Collette
Paul Horn - Jerome Richardson - James Moody
Moe Koffman (1957 hit "Swinging Shepherd Blues")
Les Spann - Sahib Shihab - Bobby Jaspar
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Post Bop
Jim Walker
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1960s Innovators
Eric Dolphy - Yusef Lateef - Rahsaan Roland Kirk
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Popularizers of Flute
Herbie Mann - Hubert Laws
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Avantgarde
| Sam Rivers | Prince Lasha |
| Byard Lancaster | Dave Liebman |
| Henry Threadgill | |
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Crossover
Jeremy Steig - Dave Valentin - Gerry Niewodd
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Other Important Flutists
| Charles Lloyd | James Spaulding |
| Lew Tabackin | Ira Sullivan |
| Holly Hoffman | Kent Jordan |
| Jane Bunnett | Harold Alexander |
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Recent Innovators
James Newton
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