Jazz Artists

Explore the legendary musicians who defined jazz

Addison Farmer

Hard Bop
Bass 91 releases

Ahmad Jamal

Post Bop
Piano 301 releases

Ahmad Jamal Trio

Bop
42 releases

Alice Coltrane

Free Jazz
Piano 173 releases

Andrew Hill

Post Bop
Piano 177 releases

Archie Shepp

Free Jazz
327 releases

Arild Andersen

Contemporary Jazz
Bass 222 releases

Art Blakey

Hard Bop
Drums 766 releases

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Hard Bop
294 releases

Art Farmer

Bop
Trumpet 533 releases

Art Pepper

Cool Jazz
Alto Saxophone 370 releases

Ayako Hosokawa

Contemporary Jazz
Vocals 9 releases

Azymuth

Jazz-Funk
199 releases

Bennie Maupin

Jazz-Funk
Tenor Saxophone 295 releases

Bill Evans

Contemporary Jazz
Piano 1568 releases

Billy Harper

Post Bop
Tenor Saxophone 130 releases

Billy Hart

Contemporary Jazz
Drums 667 releases

Billy Higgins

Post Bop
Drums 539 releases

Blue Mitchell

Hard Bop
Trumpet 356 releases

Bobbi Humphrey

Jazz-Funk
Flute 84 releases

Bobby Hutcherson

Post Bop
Vibraphone 403 releases

Bobby Timmons

Hard Bop
Piano 649 releases

Booker Ervin

Hard Bop
Tenor Saxophone 107 releases

Brother Jack McDuff

Soul-Jazz
Organ 292 releases

Cal Tjader

Latin Jazz
Vibraphone 343 releases

Calvin Keys

Jazz-Funk
Guitar 52 releases

Cannonball Adderley

Hard Bop
Alto Saxophone 705 releases

Cecil McBee

Post Bop
Bass 328 releases

Cecil Taylor

Free Jazz
Piano 190 releases

Cedar Walton

Hard Bop
Piano 707 releases

Charles Mingus

Contemporary Jazz
Bass 1579 releases

Charles Tolliver

Post Bop
Trumpet 77 releases

Charlie Rouse

Bop
Tenor Saxophone 239 releases

Chet Baker

Cool Jazz
Trumpet 586 releases

Chick Corea

Contemporary Jazz
Piano 1797 releases

Chico Hamilton

Cool Jazz
Drums 266 releases

Clark Terry

Big Band
Trumpet 940 releases

Dave Brubeck

Cool Jazz
Piano 1269 releases

Dave Pike

Latin Jazz
Vibraphone 92 releases

David Axelrod

Soul
432 releases

Dexter Gordon

Bop
Tenor Saxophone 434 releases

Don Cherry

Free Jazz
Trumpet 472 releases

Donald Byrd

Hard Bop
Trumpet 671 releases

Dorothy Ashby

Soul
Harp 165 releases

Doug Carn

Soul-Jazz
Organ 57 releases

Eddie Gale

Free Jazz
Trumpet 40 releases

Eddie Henderson

Post Bop
Trumpet 250 releases

Elvin Jones

Post Bop
Drums 551 releases

Emily Remler

Bossa Nova
Guitar 29 releases

Eric Dolphy

Post Bop
Alto Saxophone 406 releases

Eric Gale

Jazz-Funk
Guitar 501 releases

Flora Purim

Fusion
Vocals 218 releases

Freddie Hubbard

Post Bop
Trumpet 995 releases

Future Loop Foundation

Downtempo
52 releases

Gabor Szabo

Jazz-Funk
Guitar 166 releases

Gary Bartz

Post Bop
Alto Saxophone 325 releases

Gary Burton

Contemporary Jazz
Vibraphone 338 releases

George Benson

Soul
Guitar 757 releases

George Otsuka Quintet

Post Bop
11 releases

Grant Green

Soul-Jazz
Guitar 243 releases

Hank Jones

Bop
Piano 1030 releases

Hank Mobley

Hard Bop
Tenor Saxophone 430 releases

Henry Franklin

Soul-Jazz
Bass 96 releases

Herbie Hancock

Contemporary Jazz
Piano 2836 releases

Hiromasa Suzuki

Jazz-Funk
Piano 184 releases

Horace Silver

Hard Bop
Piano 2080 releases

Ichiro Masuda

Swing
Vibraphone 74 releases

Idris Muhammad

Jazz-Funk
Drums 347 releases

Isao Suzuki

Contemporary Jazz
Bass 110 releases

Isao Suzuki Quartet

Contemporary Jazz
7 releases

Jack DeJohnette

Contemporary Jazz
Drums 628 releases

Jack Wilkins

Post Bop
Guitar 83 releases

Jackie McLean

Hard Bop
Alto Saxophone 373 releases

Jaco Pastorius

Fusion
Bass 375 releases

James Blood Ulmer

Contemporary Jazz
Guitar 178 releases

Jan Garbarek

Contemporary Jazz
Tenor Saxophone 208 releases

Jay Anderson

Post Bop
Bass 337 releases

Jazzanova

Future Jazz
254 releases

Jean Carn

Soul
Vocals 134 releases

Jeff Hirshfield

Contemporary Jazz
Drums 198 releases

Jim Hall

Cool Jazz
Guitar 468 releases

Jimmy Cobb

Hard Bop
Drums 434 releases

Joe Farrell

Fusion
Tenor Saxophone 362 releases

Joe Henderson

Post Bop
Tenor Saxophone 783 releases

Joe Locke

Contemporary Jazz
Vibraphone 203 releases

Joe Pass

Bop
Guitar 293 releases

Joe Zawinul

Fusion
Piano 1142 releases

John Coltrane

Contemporary Jazz
Tenor Saxophone 3228 releases

John McLaughlin

Fusion
Guitar 526 releases

John Scofield

Contemporary Jazz
Guitar 493 releases

Johnny Smith

Surf
Guitar 348 releases

Jon Christensen

Contemporary Jazz
Drums 223 releases

Julian Lage

Contemporary Jazz
Guitar 93 releases

Kassa Overall

Contemporary Jazz
Drums 56 releases

Kazumi Watanabe

Fusion
Guitar 212 releases

Keith Jarrett

Contemporary Jazz
Piano 644 releases

Kenny Barron

Post Bop
734 releases

Kenny Burrell

Hard Bop
Guitar 1305 releases

Kenny Dorham

Bop
Trumpet 746 releases

Kenny Garrett

Contemporary Jazz
Alto Saxophone 261 releases

Larry Coryell

Fusion
Guitar 352 releases

Lee Konitz

Cool Jazz
Alto Saxophone 646 releases

Lee Morgan

Hard Bop
Trumpet 606 releases

Lionel Hampton

Swing
Vibraphone 1609 releases

Lou Donaldson

Soul-Jazz
Alto Saxophone 328 releases

Makaya McCraven

Contemporary Jazz
Drums 65 releases

Mal Waldron

Post Bop
Piano 724 releases

Marc Seales

Contemporary Jazz
Piano 55 releases

Masaru Imada

Contemporary Jazz
Piano 83 releases

Masaru Imada Trio

Modal
12 releases

Masayoshi Takanaka

Fusion
Guitar 283 releases

Masayuki Takayanagi

Free Improvisation
Guitar 96 releases

Maurice McIntyre

Free Jazz
Tenor Saxophone 33 releases

Max Roach

Bop
Drums 835 releases

McCoy Tyner

Post Bop
Piano 758 releases

Mickey Roker

Hard Bop
Drums 233 releases

Miles Davis

Contemporary Jazz
4160 releases

Milt Jackson

Bop
Vibraphone 918 releases

Nat Adderley

Soul-Jazz
Alto Saxophone 1000 releases

Nobuyoshi Ino

Contemporary Jazz
Bass 128 releases

Norman Connors

Soul
Drums 178 releases

Ornette Coleman

Contemporary Jazz
Alto Saxophone 1365 releases

Pat Martino

Post Bop
Guitar 159 releases

Pat Metheny

Contemporary Jazz
Guitar 787 releases

Paul Chambers

Hard Bop
Bass 628 releases

Paul Chambers (3)

Hard Bop
Bass 628 releases

Paul Desmond

Cool Jazz
Alto Saxophone 864 releases

Paul Motian

Contemporary Jazz
Drums 461 releases

Pharoah Sanders

Free Jazz
Tenor Saxophone 416 releases

Ramsey Lewis

Soul-Jazz
Piano 384 releases

Ray Bryant

Soul-Jazz
Piano 704 releases

Return To Forever

Fusion
47 releases

Richard Davis

Post Bop
Bass 566 releases

Roy Ayers

Disco
Vibraphone 860 releases

Roy Haynes

Bop
Drums 556 releases

Sam Jones

Hard Bop
Bass 595 releases

Sonny Clark

Hard Bop
Piano 182 releases

Sonny Rollins

Bop
Tenor Saxophone 1756 releases

Stan Getz

Bop
Tenor Saxophone 793 releases

Stanley Cowell

Post Bop
Piano 176 releases

Stanley Turrentine

Soul-Jazz
Tenor Saxophone 407 releases

Steve Clover

Post Bop
Drums 10 releases

Sun Ra

Free Jazz
Piano 813 releases

Terumasa Hino

Fusion
Trumpet 233 releases

The Bill Evans Trio

Post Bop
130 releases

The Chick Corea Elektric Band

Fusion
26 releases

The Comet Is Coming

Psychedelic Rock
13 releases

Theo Saunders

Post Bop
Piano 20 releases

Thomas McCree

Abstract
Drums 12 releases

Tommy Flanagan

Bop
Piano 513 releases

Wayne Shorter

Contemporary Jazz
Tenor Saxophone 2271 releases

Weather Report

Fusion
127 releases

Wes Montgomery

Hard Bop
Guitar 555 releases

Yusef Lateef

Hard Bop
Tenor Saxophone 274 releases