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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

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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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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Max Roach

Max Roach was a highly influential American jazz drummer and composer. His innovative work spanned bebop and hard-bop st...

Classic Activist Hard Bop Bebop

9.5 Brilliant

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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

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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

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Clifford Brown

Clifford Brown was an American trumpeter admired for lyric virtuosity, co-leading the Brown-Roach quintet from 1954 unti...

Virtuoso Classic Hard Bop Bebop

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

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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

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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

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Ray Brown

Ray Brown was an American jazz bassist known for deep swing, a long role in Oscar Peterson's trio from 1951, and major r...

Bass Classic Swing Bebop

9.1 Excellent

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Hank Jones

Hank Jones was an American pianist whose career ran from swing to modern jazz, including the 1958 recording of Cannonbal...

Classic Piano Swing Bebop

8.7 Great

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Mary Lou Williams

Mary Lou Williams was a U.S. pianist, arranger, and composer who wrote for Andy Kirk in the 1930s and later mentored beb...

Composer Classic Piano Swing

8.5 Great

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Tommy Flanagan

Tommy Flanagan was an American pianist from Detroit who accompanied Ella Fitzgerald for years and played on John Coltran...

Classic Piano Swing Bebop

8.4 Great

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Barry Harris

Barry Harris was an American bebop pianist and educator from Detroit, known for preserving Bud Powell's language through...

Classic Piano Educator Bebop

8.3 Great