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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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King Oliver

King Oliver was a New Orleans cornetist and bandleader whose Creole Jazz Band recordings in 1923 featured the young Loui...

Classic New Orleans Early Jazz Cornet

8.6 Great

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Cecile McLorin Salvant

Cecile McLorin Salvant is an American jazz singer from Miami whose theatrical phrasing won the 2016 Grammy for For One t...

Modern Songbook Theatrical Vocals

8.5 Great

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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

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Jack Teagarden

Jack Teagarden was a U.S. trombonist and singer whose fluid technique and blues feeling made him a leading jazz trombone...

Classic Trombone Brass Swing

8.3 Great

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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

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Buster Williams

Buster Williams is an American jazz bassist whose career includes work with Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi band and many Blu...

Bass Modern Post Bop Hard Bop

8.2 Great

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Dee Dee Bridgewater

Dee Dee Bridgewater is an American jazz singer and actress who won a Tony Award in 1975 for The Wiz and later led Grammy...

Modern Theater Swing Vocals

8.2 Great

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Miguel Zenon

Miguel Zenon is a Puerto Rican alto saxophonist and composer, a 2008 MacArthur Fellow whose work connects modern jazz wi...

Composer Modern Latin Jazz Puerto Rico

8.1 Great

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Curtis Fuller

Curtis Fuller was an American trombonist heard with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and on John Coltrane's 1957 album Blue...

Classic Trombone Hard Bop Blue Note

8.1 Great

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Terry Gibbs

Terry Gibbs was an American vibraphonist and bandleader whose Los Angeles Dream Band recorded influential big-band album...

Classic Swing Bebop Vibraphone

7.9 Good

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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

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Kai Winding

Kai Winding was a Danish-born American trombonist known for his 1950s collaborations with J.J. Johnson and for populariz...

Classic Trombone Brass Cool

7.9 Good

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Roswell Rudd

Roswell Rudd was an American trombonist whose free-jazz work included Archie Shepp collaborations and the 1964 New York...

Composer Classic Avant Garde Trombone

7.9 Good

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Wycliffe Gordon

Wycliffe Gordon is an American trombonist and educator who played with Wynton Marsalis in the 1980s and became a major s...

Modern Trombone Swing New Orleans

7.4 Good