Jazz Artists

Explore the legendary musicians who defined jazz

A

Addison Farmer

Hard Bop
Bass 41 releases

Ahmad Jamal

Post Bop
Piano 55 releases

Ahmad Jamal Trio

Cool Jazz
10 releases

Airto Moreira

Fusion
Percussion 673 releases

Albert Ayler

Free Jazz
Tenor Saxophone 30 releases

Alice Coltrane

Free Jazz
Piano 38 releases

Alphonse Mouzon

Fusion
Drums 217 releases

Andrew Hill

Post Bop
Piano 48 releases

Anthony Williams

Post Bop
Drums 145 releases

Archie Shepp

Free Jazz
144 releases

Arild Andersen

Contemporary Jazz
Bass 154 releases

Art Blakey

Hard Bop
Drums 220 releases

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Hard Bop
106 releases

Art Farmer

Bop
Trumpet 205 releases

Art Pepper

Cool Jazz
Alto Saxophone 128 releases

Ayako Hosokawa

Contemporary Jazz
Vocals 4 releases

Azymuth

Latin Jazz
40 releases

B

Barney Kessel

Swing
Guitar 770 releases

Bennie Maupin

Jazz-Funk
Tenor Saxophone 101 releases

Bill Evans

Post Bop
Piano 148 releases

Bill Frisell

Contemporary Jazz
Guitar 350 releases

Billy Harper

Post Bop
Tenor Saxophone 71 releases

Billy Hart

Contemporary Jazz
Drums 512 releases

Billy Higgins

Hard Bop
Drums 355 releases

Blue Mitchell

Hard Bop
Trumpet 154 releases

Bobbi Humphrey

Jazz-Funk
Flute 15 releases

Bobby Hutcherson

Post Bop
Vibraphone 129 releases

Bobby Timmons

Hard Bop
Piano 78 releases

Booker Ervin

Hard Bop
Tenor Saxophone 50 releases

Brad Mehldau

Contemporary Jazz
Piano 184 releases

Brian Blade

Contemporary Jazz
Drums 166 releases

Brother Jack McDuff

Soul-Jazz
Organ 93 releases

C

Cal Tjader

Latin Jazz
Vibraphone 77 releases

Calvin Keys

Jazz-Funk
Guitar 27 releases

Cannonball Adderley

Hard Bop
Alto Saxophone 90 releases

Carlos Garnett

Fusion
Tenor Saxophone 65 releases

Cecil McBee

Post Bop
Bass 241 releases

Cecil Taylor

Free Jazz
Piano 97 releases

Cedar Walton

Hard Bop
Piano 278 releases

Charles Lloyd

Post Bop
Tenor Saxophone 259 releases

Charles Mingus

Post Bop
Bass 101 releases

Charles Tolliver

Post Bop
Trumpet 39 releases

Charlie Parker

Bop
Alto Saxophone 3379 releases

Charlie Rouse

Hard Bop
Tenor Saxophone 83 releases

Chet Baker

Cool Jazz
Trumpet 182 releases

Chick Corea

Fusion
Piano 289 releases

Chico Hamilton

Bop
Drums 83 releases

Clark Terry

Swing
Trumpet 386 releases

Clifford Brown

Bop
Trumpet 599 releases

Clifford Jordan

Hard Bop
Tenor Saxophone 101 releases

D

Dave Brubeck

Cool Jazz
Piano 133 releases

Dave Pike

Latin Jazz
Vibraphone 39 releases

David Axelrod

Jazz-Funk
18 releases

Dexter Gordon

Bop
Tenor Saxophone 113 releases

Dizzy Gillespie

Bop
184 releases

Don Cherry

Free Jazz
Trumpet 133 releases

Donald Byrd

Hard Bop
Trumpet 169 releases

Dorothy Ashby

Soul
Harp 83 releases

Doug Carn

Soul-Jazz
Organ 19 releases

E

Eddie Gale

Free Jazz
Trumpet 18 releases

Eddie Henderson

Post Bop
Trumpet 156 releases

Elvin Jones

Post Bop
Drums 247 releases

Emily Remler

Bossa Nova
Guitar 14 releases

Eric Dolphy

Post Bop
Alto Saxophone 69 releases

Eric Gale

Jazz-Funk
Guitar 305 releases

F

Flora Purim

Fusion
Vocals 100 releases

Freddie Hubbard

Hard Bop
Trumpet 240 releases

Future Loop Foundation

Drum n Bass
6 releases

G

Gabor Szabo

Post Bop
Guitar 47 releases

Gary Bartz

Post Bop
Alto Saxophone 165 releases

Gary Burton

Contemporary Jazz
Vibraphone 134 releases

Gary McFarland

Post Bop
Vibraphone 209 releases

George Benson

Soul-Jazz
Guitar 159 releases

George Duke

Soul
Keyboards 1019 releases

George Otsuka Quintet

Post Bop
5 releases

Gil Evans

Big Band
Piano 406 releases

Grant Green

Soul-Jazz
Guitar 97 releases

H

Hank Jones

Bop
Piano 474 releases

Hank Mobley

Hard Bop
Tenor Saxophone 105 releases

Harold Mabern

Hard Bop
Piano 144 releases

Henry Franklin

Soul-Jazz
Bass 70 releases

Herb Ellis

Swing
Guitar 173 releases

Herbie Hancock

Fusion
Piano 362 releases

Hiromasa Suzuki

Jazz-Funk
Piano 68 releases

Horace Silver

Hard Bop
Piano 91 releases

I

Ichiro Masuda

Swing
Vibraphone 39 releases

Idris Muhammad

Soul-Jazz
Drums 186 releases

Isao Suzuki

Contemporary Jazz
Bass 68 releases

Isao Suzuki Quartet

Contemporary Jazz
5 releases

J

Jack DeJohnette

Contemporary Jazz
Drums 339 releases

Jack Wilkins

Bop
Guitar 51 releases

Jackie McLean

Hard Bop
Alto Saxophone 110 releases

Jaco Pastorius

Fusion
Bass 56 releases

James Blood Ulmer

Contemporary Jazz
Guitar 46 releases

James Brandon Lewis

Avant-garde Jazz
Tenor Saxophone 51 releases

Jan Garbarek

Contemporary Jazz
Tenor Saxophone 90 releases

Jay Anderson

Post Bop
Bass 261 releases

Jazzanova

Future Jazz
11 releases

Jean Carn

Soul
Vocals 44 releases

Jeff Hirshfield

Post Bop
Drums 175 releases

Jeff Parker

Contemporary Jazz
Guitar 257 releases

Jim Hall

Cool Jazz
Guitar 149 releases

Jimmy Cobb

Hard Bop
Drums 206 releases

Jimmy Garrison

Free Jazz
Bass 83 releases

Jimmy Smith

Soul-Jazz
Organ 545 releases

Joe Farrell

Fusion
Tenor Saxophone 189 releases

Joe Henderson

Post Bop
Tenor Saxophone 180 releases

Joe Locke

Contemporary Jazz
Vibraphone 159 releases

Joe Lovano

Contemporary Jazz
Tenor Saxophone 365 releases

Joe Pass

Bop
Guitar 158 releases

Joe Zawinul

Fusion
Piano 92 releases

John Abercrombie

Contemporary Jazz
Guitar 387 releases

John Coltrane

Hard Bop
Tenor Saxophone 132 releases

John McLaughlin

Fusion
Guitar 120 releases

John Scofield

Contemporary Jazz
Guitar 230 releases

Johnny Smith

Cool Jazz
Guitar 31 releases

Jon Christensen

Contemporary Jazz
Drums 154 releases

Julian Lage

Contemporary Jazz
Guitar 64 releases

Junior Mance

Bop
Piano 271 releases

K

Kassa Overall

Contemporary Jazz
Drums 22 releases

Kazumi Watanabe

Fusion
Guitar 137 releases

Keith Jarrett

Contemporary Jazz
Piano 112 releases

Kenny Barron

Post Bop
416 releases

Kenny Burrell

Hard Bop
Guitar 259 releases

Kenny Dorham

Hard Bop
Trumpet 95 releases

Kenny Garrett

Contemporary Jazz
Alto Saxophone 128 releases

L

Larry Coryell

Fusion
Guitar 192 releases

Lee Konitz

Post Bop
Alto Saxophone 258 releases

Lee Morgan

Hard Bop
Trumpet 132 releases

Lee Ritenour

Fusion
Guitar 369 releases

Lenny White

Fusion
Drums 481 releases

Les McCann

Soul-Jazz
Piano 72 releases

Lionel Hampton

Swing
Vibraphone 134 releases

Lou Donaldson

Soul-Jazz
Alto Saxophone 71 releases

M

Makaya McCraven

Contemporary Jazz
Drums 30 releases

Mal Waldron

Post Bop
Piano 195 releases

Marc Ribot

Contemporary Jazz
Guitar 572 releases

Marc Seales

Contemporary Jazz
Piano 38 releases

Marcus Miller

Jazz-Funk
Bass 342 releases

Masaru Imada

Fusion
Piano 66 releases

Masaru Imada Trio

Modal
9 releases

Masayoshi Takanaka

Fusion
Guitar 110 releases

Masayuki Takayanagi

Free Improvisation
Guitar 52 releases

Maurice McIntyre

Free Jazz
Tenor Saxophone 26 releases

Max Roach

Bop
Drums 178 releases

McCoy Tyner

Post Bop
Piano 157 releases

Mel Brown

Electric Blues
Guitar 58 releases

Mickey Roker

Hard Bop
Drums 159 releases

Mike Stern

Fusion
Guitar 242 releases

Miles Davis

Fusion
Trumpet 141 releases

Milt Jackson

Bop
Vibraphone 160 releases

Miroslav Vitous

Contemporary Jazz
Bass 185 releases

N

Nat Adderley

Hard Bop
Trumpet 126 releases

Nobuyoshi Ino

Contemporary Jazz
Bass 97 releases

Norman Connors

Soul
Drums 37 releases

O

Oliver Nelson

Soul-Jazz
Tenor Saxophone 58 releases

Ornette Coleman

Free Jazz
Alto Saxophone 81 releases

P

"Philly" Joe Jones

Hard Bop
Drums 166 releases

Pat Martino

Soul-Jazz
Guitar 74 releases

Pat Metheny

Contemporary Jazz
Guitar 114 releases

Paul Bley

Free Jazz
Piano 140 releases

Paul Chambers

Hard Bop
Bass 628 releases

Paul Desmond

Cool Jazz
Alto Saxophone 90 releases

Paul Motian

Contemporary Jazz
Drums 208 releases

Pharoah Sanders

Free Jazz
Tenor Saxophone 103 releases

R

Ramsey Lewis

Soul-Jazz
Piano 87 releases

Ray Bryant

Hard Bop
Piano 92 releases

Return To Forever

Fusion
14 releases

Richard Davis

Post Bop
Bass 566 releases

Ron Carter

Post Bop
Bass 700 releases

Roy Ayers

Jazz-Funk
Vibraphone 144 releases

Roy Haynes

Bop
Drums 205 releases

Ryo Fukui

Modal
Piano 8 releases

S

Sadao Watanabe

Fusion
Alto Saxophone 313 releases

Sam Jones

Hard Bop
Bass 256 releases

Shelly Manne

Cool Jazz
Drums 358 releases

Sonny Clark

Hard Bop
Piano 67 releases

Sonny Fortune

Post Bop
Alto Saxophone 134 releases

Sonny Rollins

Hard Bop
Tenor Saxophone 100 releases

Sonny Stitt

Bop
Alto Saxophone 133 releases

Stan Getz

Cool Jazz
Tenor Saxophone 137 releases

Stanley Clarke

Fusion
Bass 593 releases

Stanley Cowell

Post Bop
Piano 96 releases

Stanley Turrentine

Hard Bop
Tenor Saxophone 119 releases

Steve Clover

Post Bop
Drums 8 releases

Steve Gadd

Jazz-Funk
Drums 560 releases

Sun Ra

Free Jazz
Piano 148 releases

T

Terumasa Hino

Fusion
Trumpet 131 releases

The Bill Evans Trio

Post Bop
32 releases

The Chick Corea Elektric Band

Fusion
7 releases

The Comet Is Coming

Psychedelic Rock
3 releases

Thelonious Monk

Contemporary Jazz
Piano 5921 releases

Theo Saunders

Post Bop
Piano 11 releases

Thomas McCree

Abstract
Drums 7 releases

Tomasz Stańko

Contemporary Jazz
Trumpet 188 releases

Tommy Flanagan

Bop
Piano 247 releases

W

Wayne Shorter

Hard Bop
Tenor Saxophone 201 releases

Weather Report

Fusion
14 releases

Wes Montgomery

Hard Bop
Guitar 54 releases

Wolfgang Muthspiel

Contemporary Jazz
Guitar 74 releases

Wynton Kelly

Hard Bop
Piano 139 releases

Y

Yusef Lateef

Hard Bop
Tenor Saxophone 101 releases

Z

Zoot Sims

Cool Jazz
Tenor Saxophone 219 releases