swap_horiz Sarah Vaughan Alternatives

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong was a pivotal figure in early 20th-century American music. As a trumpeter and vocalist, he significantly...

Classic Swing Vocals New Orleans

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

3

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz musician renowned for her distinctive vocal style. Her interpretations of blues and...

Classic Blues Swing Vocals

9.7 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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Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald is an iconic American jazz vocalist celebrated globally for her exceptional vocal range and improvisatio...

Classic Songbook Swing Vocals

9.6 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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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

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

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

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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

11

Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Hawkins was a U.S. tenor saxophonist whose 1939 recording of Body and Soul helped establish the tenor as a leadi...

Classic Swing Tenor Sax Ballads

9.2 Excellent

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon was an American tenor saxophonist whose big tone helped define bebop, and whose 1986 film Round Midnight e...

Classic Hard Bop Tenor Sax Bebop

9.1 Excellent

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Fats Navarro

Fats Navarro was an American bebop trumpeter, a 1940s pioneer whose brief career influenced Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan,...

Virtuoso Classic Brass Bebop

8.9 Great

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Carmen McRae

Carmen McRae was an American jazz singer and pianist from Harlem, born in 1920, noted for precise phrasing and influenti...

Classic Bebop Vocals Ballads

8.4 Great

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Betty Carter

Betty Carter was an American jazz vocalist known for bold improvisation; her 1988 album Look What I Got! won the Grammy...

Classic Avant Garde Bebop Vocals

8.4 Great

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Tal Farlow

Tal Farlow was an American jazz guitarist noted for fast bebop lines and large chord voicings, becoming a leading 1950s...

Virtuoso Classic Guitar Bebop

8.4 Great

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Anita O'Day

Anita O'Day was an American jazz singer noted for rhythmic phrasing, rising with Gene Krupa's band in 1941 and appearing...

Classic Swing Cool Bebop

8.2 Great