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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

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

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

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

Tony Williams

Tony Williams is a highly influential American jazz musician primarily recognized for his groundbreaking work as a drumm...

Classic Fusion Post Bop Drums

9.5 Brilliant

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

Ron Carter

Ron Carter is an American jazz bassist noted for his work in Miles Davis's 1960s quintet and for becoming one of jazz's...

Bass Classic Session Post Bop

9.2 Excellent

13

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

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

Freddie Hubbard

Freddie Hubbard was an American trumpeter who bridged hard bop and post-bop, recording Red Clay in 1970 and appearing on...

Classic Fusion Post Bop Hard Bop

9.1 Excellent

16

Roy Haynes

Roy Haynes was an American jazz drummer whose career spanned swing, bebop, and modern jazz, including work with Charlie...

Modern Classic Post Bop Bebop

9.1 Excellent

17

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

18

Woody Shaw

Woody Shaw was an American trumpeter and composer, noted for expanding modern trumpet harmony and for the 1978 Columbia...

Composer Modern Classic Post Bop

8.7 Great

19

Benny Golson

Benny Golson was an American tenor saxophonist and composer, co-founder of the Jazztet and writer of standards such as I...

Composer Classic Arranger Hard Bop

8.7 Great

20

Jimmy Heath

Jimmy Heath was an American saxophonist, composer, and arranger, a member of the Heath Brothers and writer of the standa...

Composer Classic Arranger Hard Bop

8.2 Great