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Miles Davis

Miles Davis (1926-1991) was an influential American trumpeter and composer pivotal in shaping modern jazz. His innovativ...

Classic Fusion Cool Modal

9.9 Brilliant

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John Coltrane

John Coltrane was a highly influential American jazz musician primarily known for his innovative saxophone playing. He d...

Classic Avant Garde Spiritual Modal

9.9 Brilliant

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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

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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

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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

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Ahmad Jamal

Ahmad Jamal was an American jazz pianist whose spacious trio style influenced Miles Davis; At the Pershing: But Not for...

Classic Space Piano Cool

9.2 Excellent

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Stan Getz

Stan Getz was an American tenor saxophonist famed for his warm tone and for popularizing bossa nova with the 1964 hit Th...

Classic Lyrical Cool Tenor Sax

9.2 Excellent

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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

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Dave Brubeck

Dave Brubeck was an American jazz pianist and composer whose quartet popularized unusual meters with the 1959 album Time...

Classic Piano Cool West Coast

9.2 Excellent

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Lester Young

Lester Young was a U.S. tenor saxophonist whose relaxed phrasing with Count Basie in the 1930s became a model for cool j...

Classic Swing Cool Tenor Sax

9.1 Excellent

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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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Yusef Lateef

Yusef Lateef was an American saxophonist and flutist who expanded jazz with global instruments, winning a Grammy for Yus...

Classic Spiritual Tenor Sax Flute

8.9 Great

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Bix Beiderbecke

Bix Beiderbecke was a U.S. cornetist noted for a lyrical 1920s style that influenced jazz improvisers despite his early...

Classic Chicago Cool Early Jazz

8.8 Great

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Paul Desmond

Paul Desmond was an American alto saxophonist in the Dave Brubeck Quartet and composed Take Five, recorded for Time Out...

Classic Cool West Coast Brubeck

8.8 Great

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Hank Mobley

Hank Mobley was an American tenor saxophonist known for hard bop lyricism, with Blue Note albums including Soul Station...

Classic Soulful Hard Bop Tenor Sax

8.7 Great

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Albert Ayler

Albert Ayler was an American tenor saxophonist whose raw sound shaped free jazz, especially on the 1964 recording Spirit...

Classic Avant Garde Free Jazz Spiritual

8.7 Great

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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

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Ben Webster

Ben Webster was a U.S. tenor saxophonist known for his breathy ballad sound and for his major role in Duke Ellington's o...

Classic Swing Tenor Sax Ballads

8.6 Great

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Zoot Sims

Zoot Sims was an American tenor saxophonist linked to the cool and swing traditions, and a member of Woody Herman's Seco...

Classic Swing Cool Tenor Sax

8.3 Great

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Al Cohn

Al Cohn was an American tenor saxophonist, arranger, and composer associated with Woody Herman's Second Herd and long pa...

Classic Arranger Swing Cool

7.9 Good