swap_horiz Maria Schneider Alternatives

1

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

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

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

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

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

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

8

Art Blakey

Art Blakey was a pivotal figure in jazz music as a drummer and bandleader. His work with the Jazz Messengers established...

Classic Hard Bop Drums Bandleader

9.4 Excellent

9

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

10

Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman was a U.S. clarinetist and bandleader called the King of Swing after his integrated band played Carnegie H...

Classic Swing Big Band Clarinet

9.0 Excellent

11

Thad Jones

Thad Jones was an American trumpeter and composer who co-founded the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra in New York in 1965.

Composer Classic Hard Bop Big Band

8.7 Great

12

Lionel Hampton

Lionel Hampton was a U.S. vibraphonist, drummer, and bandleader whose 1930 recording with Louis Armstrong helped popular...

Classic Swing Big Band Vibraphone

8.4 Great

13

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

14

Jason Moran

Jason Moran is an American pianist and composer who received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2010 and became a leading 21st-ce...

Composer Modern Conceptual Piano

8.2 Great

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

Linda May Han Oh

Linda May Han Oh is a Malaysian-born Australian jazz bassist and composer noted for leading modern jazz groups and for h...

Bass Composer Modern Post Bop

7.4 Good