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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

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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

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Ahmad Jamal

Ahmad Jamal was an American jazz pianist whose spacious trio style influenced Miles Davis; At the Pershing: But Not for...

Classic Space Piano Cool

9.2 Excellent

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Jelly Roll Morton

Jelly Roll Morton was a New Orleans pianist and composer who helped codify early jazz and recorded influential Red Hot P...

Classic Piano New Orleans Ragtime

9.0 Excellent

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Sidney Bechet

Sidney Bechet was a New Orleans clarinetist and soprano saxophonist who made early jazz recordings in 1923 and later fou...

Classic New Orleans Clarinet Early Jazz

8.9 Great

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Paul Desmond

Paul Desmond was an American alto saxophonist in the Dave Brubeck Quartet and composed Take Five, recorded for Time Out...

Classic Cool West Coast Brubeck

8.8 Great

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King Oliver

King Oliver was a New Orleans cornetist and bandleader whose Creole Jazz Band recordings in 1923 featured the young Loui...

Classic New Orleans Early Jazz Cornet

8.6 Great

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Mel Torme

Mel Torme was an American jazz singer, drummer, and songwriter, nicknamed the Velvet Fog and co-writer of The Christmas...

Classic Swing Cool Vocals

8.4 Great

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Zoot Sims

Zoot Sims was an American tenor saxophonist linked to the cool and swing traditions, and a member of Woody Herman's Seco...

Classic Swing Cool Tenor Sax

8.3 Great

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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

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Anita O'Day

Anita O'Day was an American jazz singer noted for rhythmic phrasing, rising with Gene Krupa's band in 1941 and appearing...

Classic Swing Cool Bebop

8.2 Great

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Bob Brookmeyer

Bob Brookmeyer was an American valve trombonist and arranger linked to Gerry Mulligan and later a leading writer for lar...

Classic Arranger Cool Big Band

8.2 Great

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Warne Marsh

Warne Marsh was an American tenor saxophonist from the Lennie Tristano school, noted for linear improvisation and the 19...

Classic Linear Cool Tenor Sax

8.1 Great

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Al Cohn

Al Cohn was an American tenor saxophonist, arranger, and composer associated with Woody Herman's Second Herd and long pa...

Classic Arranger Swing Cool

7.9 Good

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Kai Winding

Kai Winding was a Danish-born American trombonist known for his 1950s collaborations with J.J. Johnson and for populariz...

Classic Trombone Brass Cool

7.9 Good

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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