swap_horiz Gerry Mulligan 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

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) was an influential American jazz musician renowned for his distinctive piano style and groun...

Composer Modern Classic Piano

9.7 Brilliant

4

Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus was a highly influential American jazz musician primarily known for his innovative bass playing and compl...

Bass Composer Classic Avant Garde

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

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

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

8

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

9

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

10

J.J. Johnson

J.J. Johnson was an American trombonist widely regarded as the leading bebop trombone pioneer, with key Blue Note record...

Composer Classic Trombone Hard Bop

9.2 Excellent

11

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

12

Charlie Haden

Charlie Haden was an American jazz bassist whose deep tone shaped Ornette Coleman's free jazz groups and the 1969 Libera...

Bass Composer Classic Free Jazz

9.2 Excellent

13

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

14

Horace Silver

Horace Silver was an American pianist and composer, a hard bop founder who co-led the Jazz Messengers and wrote Song for...

Composer Classic Piano Hard Bop

9.1 Excellent

15

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

16

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

17

Carla Bley

Carla Bley was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader noted for the 1971 jazz opera Escalator over the Hill.

Composer Classic Avant Garde Piano

8.8 Great

18

Andrew Hill

Andrew Hill was an American pianist and composer whose 1964 Blue Note album Point of Departure is a landmark of advanced...

Composer Classic Piano Post Bop

8.8 Great

19

Paul Motian

Paul Motian was an American jazz drummer known for the Bill Evans Trio and for a spare, melodic approach documented on E...

Composer Modern Classic Drums

8.8 Great

20

Hamiet Bluiett

Hamiet Bluiett was an American baritone saxophonist, co-founder of the World Saxophone Quartet in 1977 and a major voice...

Composer Classic Avant Garde Baritone Sax

7.7 Good