swap_horiz Bob Brookmeyer Alternatives

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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

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

Benny Carter

Benny Carter was an American alto saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, and arranger whose career spanned from 1920s swing i...

Classic Arranger Swing Trumpet

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

10

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

11

Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman was a U.S. clarinetist and bandleader called the King of Swing after his integrated band played Carnegie H...

Classic Swing Big Band Clarinet

9.0 Excellent

12

Bix Beiderbecke

Bix Beiderbecke was a U.S. cornetist noted for a lyrical 1920s style that influenced jazz improvisers despite his early...

Classic Chicago Cool Early Jazz

8.8 Great

13

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

14

Benny Golson

Benny Golson was an American tenor saxophonist and composer, co-founder of the Jazztet and writer of standards such as I...

Composer Classic Arranger Hard Bop

8.7 Great

15

Thad Jones

Thad Jones was an American trumpeter and composer who co-founded the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra in New York in 1965.

Composer Classic Hard Bop Big Band

8.7 Great

16

Oliver Nelson

Oliver Nelson was an American saxophonist, composer, and arranger, best known for his 1961 Impulse! album The Blues and...

Composer Classic Arranger Post Bop

8.6 Great

17

Lionel Hampton

Lionel Hampton was a U.S. vibraphonist, drummer, and bandleader whose 1930 recording with Louis Armstrong helped popular...

Classic Swing Big Band Vibraphone

8.4 Great

18

Pepper Adams

Pepper Adams was an American baritone saxophonist known for hard bop power, notably co-leading a quintet with trumpeter...

Virtuoso Classic Hard Bop Big Band

8.4 Great

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Fletcher Henderson

Fletcher Henderson was a U.S. pianist, arranger, and bandleader whose 1920s orchestra helped create the big-band swing v...

Classic Arranger Piano Swing

8.3 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