swap_horiz Donny McCaslin Alternatives

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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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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

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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

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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

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Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie was a highly influential American jazz musician renowned for his virtuosic trumpet playing and significa...

Classic Bebop Trumpet Bandleader

9.6 Brilliant

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Tony Williams

Tony Williams is a highly influential American jazz musician primarily recognized for his groundbreaking work as a drumm...

Classic Fusion Post Bop Drums

9.5 Brilliant

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Art Blakey

Art Blakey was a pivotal figure in jazz music as a drummer and bandleader. His work with the Jazz Messengers established...

Classic Hard Bop Drums Bandleader

9.4 Excellent

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Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Hawkins was a U.S. tenor saxophonist whose 1939 recording of Body and Soul helped establish the tenor as a leadi...

Classic Swing Tenor Sax Ballads

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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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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Freddie Hubbard

Freddie Hubbard was an American trumpeter who bridged hard bop and post-bop, recording Red Clay in 1970 and appearing on...

Classic Fusion Post Bop Hard Bop

9.1 Excellent

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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

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Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius was an American electric bassist whose fretless sound transformed jazz fusion through Weather Report and...

Virtuoso Classic Fusion Electric Bass

9.1 Excellent

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Jack DeJohnette

Jack DeJohnette is an American jazz drummer and pianist noted for Miles Davis's 1970 Bitches Brew and decades with Keith...

Modern Fusion Post Bop Drums

9.1 Excellent

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John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin is an English guitarist who fused jazz and rock with the Mahavishnu Orchestra and played on Miles Davis'...

Classic Guitar Fusion Indian Jazz

9.1 Excellent

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Stanley Clarke

Stanley Clarke is an American bassist and composer who helped define jazz fusion and jazz-rock with Return to Forever in...

Bass Virtuoso Classic Electric

8.8 Great

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Billy Cobham

Billy Cobham is a Panamanian American drummer whose powerful fusion style shaped the Mahavishnu Orchestra and his 1973 s...

Classic Electric Fusion Drums

8.4 Great

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Larry Coryell

Larry Coryell was an American guitarist often linked to jazz-rock fusion, notably through the 1969 album Spaces with Joh...

Modern Classic Guitar Electric

7.9 Good

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Eddie Harris

Eddie Harris was an American saxophonist who bridged jazz and funk, scoring a 1961 hit with Exodus and later pioneering...

Classic Funk Fusion Tenor Sax

7.8 Good

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Mike Stern

Mike Stern is an American jazz guitarist known for his electric fusion style, his 1980s work with Miles Davis, and a lon...

Modern Guitar Electric Fusion

7.8 Good