swap_horiz Gil Evans 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

Bill Evans

Bill Evans was a highly influential American jazz musician primarily known for his innovative approach to piano playing....

Classic Lyrical Piano Modal

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

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

7

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

8

Keith Jarrett

Keith Jarrett is a highly influential jazz musician renowned for his extended improvisations. His work, particularly “Th...

Classic Solo Piano Improvisation

9.5 Brilliant

9

Bud Powell

Bud Powell was an American jazz pianist who translated bebop's fast horn lines to piano, shaping modern jazz keyboard st...

Virtuoso Modern Classic Piano

9.3 Excellent

10

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

11

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

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

George Shearing

George Shearing was a British-born jazz pianist who created the Shearing quintet sound and composed the 1952 jazz standa...

Classic Piano Cool Quintet

8.3 Great

18

Bob Brookmeyer

Bob Brookmeyer was an American valve trombonist and arranger linked to Gerry Mulligan and later a leading writer for lar...

Classic Arranger Cool Big Band

8.2 Great

19

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

20

Blossom Dearie

Blossom Dearie was an American jazz singer and pianist, recognized for her light voice and work in Paris with the Blue S...

Classic Piano Cool Vocals

7.8 Good