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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

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

Earl Hines

Earl Hines was a U.S. pianist and bandleader whose trumpet-like right hand reshaped jazz piano, especially with his 1928...

Classic Piano Swing Bandleader

8.7 Great

7

Maria Schneider

Maria Schneider is an American composer and bandleader whose Concert in the Garden won a 2005 Grammy after release throu...

Composer Modern Orchestral Big Band

8.7 Great

8

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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Toshiko Akiyoshi

Toshiko Akiyoshi is a Japanese pianist and composer who formed a noted big band with Lew Tabackin in Los Angeles in 1973...

Composer Classic Piano Big Band

8.3 Great

10

Cedar Walton

Cedar Walton was an American pianist and composer who played with Art Blakey in the 1960s and wrote standards such as Bo...

Composer Classic Piano Hard Bop

8.2 Great

11

Vijay Iyer

Vijay Iyer is an American jazz pianist and composer noted for rhythmically complex trio work and a 2013 MacArthur Fellow...

Composer Modern Rhythmic Piano

8.1 Great

12

Fred Hersch

Fred Hersch is an American jazz pianist and composer known for lyrical improvisation and for receiving a 2003 Guggenheim...

Composer Modern Solo Lyrical

8.1 Great

13

Geri Allen

Geri Allen was an American pianist and composer whose 1990s work bridged post-bop and avant-garde, including the album M...

Composer Modern Piano Post Bop

8.0 Great

14

Stefon Harris

Stefon Harris is an American vibraphonist whose Blue Note album Black Action Figure earned a Grammy nomination after his...

Composer Modern Post Bop Vibraphone

7.9 Good

15

Terri Lyne Carrington

Terri Lyne Carrington is an American drummer, composer, and educator who won a 2014 Grammy for Money Jungle: Provocative...

Composer Modern Producer Drums

7.9 Good

16

Mary Halvorson

Mary Halvorson is an American guitarist and composer noted for avant-garde jazz, intervallic writing, and winning the 20...

Composer Modern Avant Garde Guitar

7.9 Good

17

Kurt Rosenwinkel

Kurt Rosenwinkel is an American jazz guitarist known for a harmonically rich modern style and for the influential 2001 a...

Composer Modern Guitar Post Bop

7.8 Good

18

Tigran Hamasyan

Tigran Hamasyan is an Armenian jazz pianist and composer noted for mixing improvisation with Armenian folk music and win...

Composer Modern Armenian Jazz Piano

7.7 Good

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Kris Davis

Kris Davis is a Canadian-born jazz pianist and composer, noted for avant-garde ensembles and the 2019 album Diatom Ribbo...

Composer Modern Avant Garde Piano

7.6 Good

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Matthew Shipp

Matthew Shipp is an American jazz pianist and composer associated with free jazz and improvised music, with a major reco...

Composer Modern Avant Garde Free Jazz

7.6 Good