Z nowojorską śródmiejską sceną jazzową związanych było (i jest) wielu muzyków i wiele grup muzycznych takich jak: John Zorn, John Lurie, Bill Laswell, Fred Frith, Wayne Horvitz, Don Byron, Marc Ribot, Jamie Saft, Trevor Dunn, Ikue Mori, Laurie Anderson, Joey Baron, Dave Douglas, Bill Frisell, Charles Hayward, Stomu Takeishi, Michael Herring, John Medeski, Olu Dara, Cu Vuong, Naked City, Painkiller, Masada, Massacre, Keep the Dog, John Zorn's Cobra, The Lounge Lizards, Kamikaze Ground Crew, Material itd.
Wybrana dyskografia Electric Masada Electric Masada 2004 Bill Frisell East/West 2004 Fred Frith (Henry Cow) Gravity 1980 Live in Japan 1982 Cheap at half the Price 1982 Who Needs Enemies? 1983 The Technology of Tears 1988 The Top of His Head 1989 Quartets 1994 Subsonic 1. Sounds of Distant Episode 1994 Middle of the Moment 1995 Eye to Ear 1997 The Previous Evening 1997 Clearing 2001 Freedom in Fragments 2002 Eye to Ear II 2003 Trilok Gurtu Usfret 1988 The Glimpse 1999 The Lounge Lizards (John Lurie) Lounge Lizards 1981 Live From the Drunken Boat 1983 Live 79-81 1985 Big Heart. Live Tokyo 1986 No Pain for Cakes 1987 Voice of Chunk 1988 Live in Berlin, Vol. 1 1991 Live in Berlin, Vol.