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Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader renowned for his sophisticated arrangements and distinc...

Composer Classic Piano Swing

9.9 Brilliant

2

Miles Davis

Miles Davis (1926-1991) was an influential American trumpeter and composer pivotal in shaping modern jazz. His innovativ...

Classic Fusion Cool Modal

9.9 Brilliant

3

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) was an influential American jazz musician renowned for his distinctive piano style and groun...

Composer Modern Classic Piano

9.7 Brilliant

4

Bill Evans

Bill Evans was a highly influential American jazz musician primarily known for his innovative approach to piano playing....

Classic Lyrical Piano Modal

9.7 Brilliant

5

Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock is a highly influential jazz musician recognized for his pioneering work across multiple genres. He began...

Classic Piano Funk Fusion

9.7 Brilliant

6

Count Basie

Count Basie was an American jazz musician primarily known for his innovative piano playing and leadership of the Kansas...

Classic Piano Swing Big Band

9.5 Brilliant

7

Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson was a highly acclaimed Canadian jazz pianist renowned for his exceptional technical skill and rhythmic pr...

Virtuoso Classic Piano Swing

9.5 Brilliant

8

Keith Jarrett

Keith Jarrett is a highly influential jazz musician renowned for his extended improvisations. His work, particularly “Th...

Classic Solo Piano Improvisation

9.5 Brilliant

9

Bud Powell

Bud Powell was an American jazz pianist who translated bebop's fast horn lines to piano, shaping modern jazz keyboard st...

Virtuoso Modern Classic Piano

9.3 Excellent

10

Gil Evans

Gil Evans was a Canadian-born arranger and pianist whose orchestral writing shaped Miles Davis projects such as Birth of...

Classic Arranger Orchestral Piano

9.3 Excellent

11

Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole was an American jazz pianist and singer who led the King Cole Trio from 1937 and hosted a national televis...

Classic Piano Swing Vocals

9.2 Excellent

12

Stan Getz

Stan Getz was an American tenor saxophonist famed for his warm tone and for popularizing bossa nova with the 1964 hit Th...

Classic Lyrical Cool Tenor Sax

9.2 Excellent

13

Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan was an American baritone saxophonist and arranger, central to cool jazz and co-leader of a piano-less qua...

Composer Classic Cool West Coast

9.2 Excellent

14

Dave Brubeck

Dave Brubeck was an American jazz pianist and composer whose quartet popularized unusual meters with the 1959 album Time...

Classic Piano Cool West Coast

9.2 Excellent

15

Lester Young

Lester Young was a U.S. tenor saxophonist whose relaxed phrasing with Count Basie in the 1930s became a model for cool j...

Classic Swing Cool Tenor Sax

9.1 Excellent

16

Ray Brown

Ray Brown was an American jazz bassist known for deep swing, a long role in Oscar Peterson's trio from 1951, and major r...

Bass Classic Swing Bebop

9.1 Excellent

17

Horace Silver

Horace Silver was an American pianist and composer, a hard bop founder who co-led the Jazz Messengers and wrote Song for...

Composer Classic Piano Hard Bop

9.1 Excellent

18

George Shearing

George Shearing was a British-born jazz pianist who created the Shearing quintet sound and composed the 1952 jazz standa...

Classic Piano Cool Quintet

8.3 Great

19

Hampton Hawes

Hampton Hawes was an American pianist from Los Angeles, noted for hard-bop trios and the 1956 Contemporary album All Nig...

Classic Piano West Coast Bebop

8.1 Great

20

Blossom Dearie

Blossom Dearie was an American jazz singer and pianist, recognized for her light voice and work in Paris with the Blue S...

Classic Piano Cool Vocals

7.8 Good