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Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker was a highly influential American jazz musician primarily known for his innovative contributions to bebop...

Virtuoso Modern Classic Bebop

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

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

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

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

Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman was a pioneering American jazz musician primarily known for his innovative approach to saxophone and com...

Composer Classic Avant Garde Free Jazz

9.5 Brilliant

7

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

8

Cannonball Adderley

Cannonball Adderley was an American alto saxophonist linked to hard bop and soul jazz, heard on Miles Davis's 1959 album...

Classic Hard Bop Funky Soul Jazz

9.3 Excellent

9

Eric Dolphy

Eric Dolphy was an American multi-instrumentalist whose 1964 Blue Note album Out to Lunch became a landmark of avant-gar...

Classic Avant Garde Flute Alto Sax

9.2 Excellent

10

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

11

Ron Carter

Ron Carter is an American jazz bassist noted for his work in Miles Davis's 1960s quintet and for becoming one of jazz's...

Bass Classic Session Post Bop

9.2 Excellent

12

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

13

Bobby Hutcherson

Bobby Hutcherson was an American vibraphonist central to 1960s Blue Note modernism, with Dialogue released as his first...

Modern Classic Post Bop Blue Note

9.1 Excellent

14

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

15

Roy Haynes

Roy Haynes was an American jazz drummer whose career spanned swing, bebop, and modern jazz, including work with Charlie...

Modern Classic Post Bop Bebop

9.1 Excellent

16

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

17

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

18

Yusef Lateef

Yusef Lateef was an American saxophonist and flutist who expanded jazz with global instruments, winning a Grammy for Yus...

Classic Spiritual Tenor Sax Flute

8.9 Great

19

Larry Young

Larry Young was an American jazz organist who moved the Hammond B-3 toward modal and avant-garde jazz, notably on his 19...

Classic Fusion Post Bop Organ

8.5 Great

20

Julian Priester

Julian Priester was an American jazz trombonist who worked with Sun Ra, Max Roach, and Herbie Hancock, and led the 1973...

Classic Avant Garde Trombone Fusion

7.6 Good