Albert Ayler |
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Avant-Garde Blues Bop Free Jazz R&B |
Don Cherry Henry Grimes Beaver Harris Gary Peacock Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Roswell Rudd Stanley Turrentine |
Cecil Taylor |
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Art Pepper |
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Bop Cool Jazz Mainstream Jazz Post-Bop West Coast Jazz |
Frank Butler Conte Candoli Pete Candoli Paul Chambers Jimmy Cobb Jack Costanzo Chuck Flores Al Foster Russ Freeman Red Garland Herb Geller Charlie Haden Philly Joe Jones Wynton Kelly Mel Lewis Shelly Manne Joe Morello Red Norvo Bill Perkins Bud Shank Jack Sheldon Ben Tucker Gerald Wiggins |
Chet Baker Benny Carter Stan Kenton |
Johnny Griffin Freddie Hubbard Elvin Jones Buddy Rich |
Bud Shank |
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Bop Pop Swing |
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Charlie Barnet Stan Kenton |
Chet Baker Maynard Ferguson |
Cecil Payne |
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Bop Swing |
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Tadd Dameron Roy Eldridge Dizzy Gillespie Woody Herman Illinois Jacquet Randy Weston |
Gene Ammons Kenny Burrell John Coltrane Kenny Dorham Benny Golson J. J. Johnson Duke Jordan Archie Shepp Clark Terry |
Charles Fowlkes |
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Big Band |
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Count Basie Tiny Bradshaw Arnett Cobb Lionel Hampton |
Kenny Clarke Buck Clayton Coleman Hawkins Milt Jackson Yusef Lateef Billy Taylor Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson Frank Wess |
Charles Lloyd |
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Avant-Garde Blues Bop Crossover Jazz Post-Bop Rock |
Ron Carter |
Cannonball Adderley Ornette Coleman Chico Hamilton Bobby Hutcherson |
Les McCann |
Curtis Porter |
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Bop |
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Charles Mingus Hank Mobley |
Dave Schildkraut |
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Bop |
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Eddie Bert Stan Kenton Anita O'Day Oscar Pettiford Buddy Rich |
Miles Davis |
Earle Warren |
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Big Band |
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Count Basie Buck Clayton |
Milt Buckner Milt Jackson Jay McShann Buddy Tate |
Frank Morgan |
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Bop |
Conte Candoli Wild Bill Davis Dexter Gordon Wardell Gray Charlie Parker Art Pepper Bobby Timmons Leroy Vinnegar |
Lionel Hampton Billie Holiday |
Teddy Charles |
Frank Wess |
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Big Band |
Roland Hanna |
Toshiko Akiyoshi Count Basie Clark Terry |
Gene Ammons Bobby Hutcherson Milt Jackson Elvin Jones Oliver Nelson Houston Person Zoot Sims Billy Taylor |
Gary Bartz |
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Avant-Garde Bop Funk Soul |
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Art Blakey Miles Davis Jackie McLean Max Roach |
Gene Ammons Kenny Burrell Pharoah Sanders Charles Tolliver |
George Coleman |
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Blues Bop Post-Bop R&B |
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Gene Ammons Chet Baker Ray Charles Miles Davis Johnny Griffin Herbie Hancock Ahmad Jamal Elvin Jones Max Roach |
Lee Morgan Duke Pearson Jimmy Smith Mal Waldron |
George Mraz |
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Jazz |
Hank Jones Paul Motian |
Pepper Adams Toshiko Akiyoshi Tommy Flanagan Stan Getz Mel Lewis Art Pepper Oscar Peterson John Scofield McCoy Tyner |
Kenny Barron Bob Brookmeyer Kenny Burrell Benny Carter Kenny Drew Art Farmer Dizzy Gillespie Urbie Green John Lewis Charles Mingus Jimmy Raney Mal Waldron |
Gigi Gryce |
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Thelonious Monk |
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Grover Washington Jr. |
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Funk R&B Smooth Jazz Soul Jazz |
Pepper Adams Wayne Andre Ron Carter Billy Cobham Bob James Airto Moreira Bernard Purdie Marvin Stamm Snooky Young |
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Kenny Burrell Dexter Gordon Urbie Green Eddie Henderson Idris Muhammad Gerry Mulligan Lonnie Liston Smith Mal Waldron Randy Weston |
Herbie Steward |
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Swing |
Serge Chaloff Al Cohn Zoot Sims |
Woody Herman |
Stan Kenton |
Ira Sullivan |
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Bop |
Roy Eldridge Wardell Gray Charlie Parker Lester Young |
Art Blakey |
Rahsaan Roland Kirk Billy Taylor |
Jerry Dodgion |
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Big Band Swing |
Sonny Clark Frank Wess |
Count Basie Benny Carter Benny Goodman Herbie Hancock Mel Lewis Blue Mitchell Red Norvo Duke Pearson |
Richard Davis J. J. Johnson Etta Jones Herbie Mann Wes Montgomery Jimmy Smith Kai Winding Phil Woods |
Joe Evans |
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Big Band |
J. C. Heard Etta Jones Duke Jordan |
Louis Armstrong Cab Calloway Lionel Hampton Johnny Hodges Billie Holiday Jay McShann Gene Ramey Don Redman |
Andy Kirk Mary Lou Williams |