swap_horiz Coleman Hawkins Alternatives

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong was a pivotal figure in early 20th-century American music. As a trumpeter and vocalist, he significantly...

Classic Swing Vocals New Orleans

9.9 Brilliant

2

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

3

John Coltrane

John Coltrane was a highly influential American jazz musician primarily known for his innovative saxophone playing. He d...

Classic Avant Garde Spiritual Modal

9.9 Brilliant

4

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz musician renowned for her distinctive vocal style. Her interpretations of blues and...

Classic Blues Swing Vocals

9.7 Brilliant

5

Wayne Shorter

Wayne Shorter is a highly influential jazz musician recognized for his innovative compositions and distinctive tenor sax...

Composer Classic Fusion Post Bop

9.7 Brilliant

6

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald is an iconic American jazz vocalist celebrated globally for her exceptional vocal range and improvisatio...

Classic Songbook Swing Vocals

9.6 Brilliant

7

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

8

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

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Django Reinhardt

Django Reinhardt was a Belgian-born guitarist who co-founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France in 1934 and became a pi...

Classic European Guitar Swing

9.3 Excellent

10

Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Vaughan was a U.S. singer whose wide range and bebop phrasing earned her major postwar acclaim and a 1989 Grammy L...

Virtuoso Classic Bebop Vocals

9.3 Excellent

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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

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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

14

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

15

Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon was an American tenor saxophonist whose big tone helped define bebop, and whose 1986 film Round Midnight e...

Classic Hard Bop Tenor Sax Bebop

9.1 Excellent

16

Charlie Christian

Charlie Christian was a U.S. guitarist whose amplified single-note solos with Benny Goodman from 1939 helped launch mode...

Classic Guitar Electric Swing

8.9 Great

17

Earl Hines

Earl Hines was a U.S. pianist and bandleader whose trumpet-like right hand reshaped jazz piano, especially with his 1928...

Classic Piano Swing Bandleader

8.7 Great

18

Ben Webster

Ben Webster was a U.S. tenor saxophonist known for his breathy ballad sound and for his major role in Duke Ellington's o...

Classic Swing Tenor Sax Ballads

8.6 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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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