This resource may be of interest.
https://hartfordjazzsociety.com/2017/07/21/native-americans-in-jazz-present-and-past/
Mildred Bailey was not a name I expected to see on this list.
I feel like maybe Gary Windo is part of this conversation, too, but that's based on a limited sample. And Windo's probably more indebted to Ayler than anyone.