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Pat Metheny
Charles Mingus
Freddie Hubbard
Jack DeJohnette
Charlie Haden
McCoy Tyner
Joe Lovano
Alice Coltrane
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List of avant-garde jazz artists

Here is a list of avant-garde jazz artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the avant-garde jazz genre. You can find out what avant-garde jazz genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

                                                                                                                                                                                                       
namepopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1. Pat Metheny
58 75 42 26 76 32 133 233,020
2. Charles Mingus
56 21 44 40 51 49 116 345,775
3. Freddie Hubbard
54 58 43 26 73 38 115 127,502
4. Jack DeJohnette
54 68 40 24 74 34 115 26,394
5. Charlie Haden
54 85 46 15 88 24 102 52,254
6. McCoy Tyner
54 49 49 40 67 43 110 90,798
7. Joe Lovano
53 46 39 18 93 21 101 22,841
8. Alice Coltrane
52 52 29 32 72 19 93 103,326
9. Wayne Shorter
52 21 43 40 78 39 127 147,023
10. Gary Peacock
51 57 43 29 75 38 120 11,710
11. Yusef Lateef
51 62 50 31 79 45 110 69,657
12. Paul Motian
50 78 50 13 96 35 108 12,114
13. Joe Henderson
49 43 48 34 78 43 92 85,363
14. John Coltrane Quartet
49 7 40 32 82 28 115 147,020
15. Sun Ra
48 23 54 43 67 52 98 119,334
16. Charles Lloyd
48 43 42 22 83 24 94 23,533
17. Bud Powell
48 55 47 45 77 67 113 74,871
18. Max Roach
48 58 42 36 66 52 120 56,552
19. Pharoah Sanders
47 31 43 52 52 64 125 70,359
20. Archie Shepp
47 34 39 39 56 37 115 31,844
21. Mal Waldron
46 62 48 26 94 27 119 12,467
22. Kenny Dorham
46 57 52 29 86 51 101 47,692
23. Bobby Hutcherson
45 62 45 28 87 38 101 31,699
24. Roy Haynes
45 62 41 33 86 43 120 13,229
25. Dave Holland
45 81 41 21 78 31 126 20,005
26. The Bad Plus
44 74 53 47 64 42 109 74,700
27. Oliver Nelson
43 62 54 42 74 56 122 39,233
28. Jeff Parker
42 58 56 51 54 46 120 20,947
29. Lee Konitz
42 18 51 33 73 53 100 22,665
30. Marilyn Crispell
42 40 36 8 95 9 98 2,685
31. Gil Evans
42 46 32 21 65 27 90 18,802
32. Tony Williams
41 64 40 66 14 55 115 29,717
33. Geri Allen
41 73 38 22 77 23 109 5,049
34. Ornette Coleman
40 23 55 29 33 45 102 90,736
35. Carla Bley
40 81 49 11 86 18 112 15,531
36. Dave Holland Quartet
39 28 44 34 54 46 111 8,134
37. Arto Tunçboyacıyan
39 60 38 24 87 30 110 14,756
38. Jackie McLean
39 8 54 36 70 45 104 30,047
39. Elvin Jones
39 34 49 33 66 52 119 31,787
40. Eric Dolphy
38 40 47 51 67 39 105 62,987
41. Albert Ayler
38 27 38 50 56 49 111 23,963
42. Chris Potter
38 38 59 40 55 55 128 34,416
43. Don Cherry
38 41 38 49 62 40 115 33,007
44. Django Bates
38 81 40 18 82 27 120 1,853
45. Marc Copland
37 89 49 21 90 27 102 5,049
46. Nels Cline
37 72 32 32 77 17 111 17,725
47. Rahsaan Roland Kirk
36 10 43 32 74 48 121 29,720
48. Paul Bley
34 80 41 6 97 23 102 11,047
49. Booker Ervin
33 18 46 48 57 51 121 7,335
50. Bennie Maupin
33 56 30 37 84 18 98 4,432
51. Sun Ra Arkestra
33 45 49 49 49 41 115 18,042
52. Mike Garson
32 84 38 14 95 22 90 1,695
53. Jimmy Giuffre
32 64 47 5 97 34 104 6,100
54. Kenny Wheeler
32 69 35 18 90 19 91 11,753
55. Andrew Hill
32 27 44 42 73 50 112 17,916
56. Art Ensemble Of Chicago
31 36 46 46 32 45 113 22,396
57. Vijay Iyer
31 89 38 29 65 35 111 16,267
58. Don Byron
30 52 61 40 70 67 129 3,472
59. Pete La Roca
30 14 39 45 49 46 103 3,251
60. Craig Taborn
28 60 46 42 52 31 109 7,174
61. Dave Douglas
28 71 42 23 86 36 114 9,710
62. Larry Young
28 4 48 59 51 67 114 6,286
63. William Parker
28 56 56 50 32 56 112 6,534
64. Dave Liebman
27 56 43 38 75 37 101 6,516
65. Dawn of Midi
27 95 60 58 56 22 142 16,941
66. Sonny Sharrock
27 54 32 59 34 34 100 9,730
67. Lennie Tristano
26 46 54 25 94 50 111 10,583
68. Sam Rivers
26 10 45 39 61 44 111 11,517
69. Roswell Rudd
26 67 56 33 78 42 112 1,622
70. David Murray
25 36 51 52 51 61 110 7,869
71. Cecil Taylor
25 27 38 36 84 39 95 21,210
72. Matthew Shipp
25 68 51 40 87 37 95 5,267
73. Anthony Braxton
25 47 47 31 82 51 96 18,387
74. Booker Little
25 27 47 31 74 61 111 5,074
75. John Zorn
25 35 47 36 48 28 118 50,505
76. Andrew Cyrille
24 20 40 18 73 24 109 2,840
77. Clifford Jordan
24 1 49 45 58 65 127 7,883
78. Randy Weston
23 41 49 53 73 54 114 5,028
79. Jaki Byard
23 45 42 32 65 37 110 3,582
80. Wadada Leo Smith
23 36 42 16 73 24 133 7,987
81. Matana Roberts
23 37 41 45 65 35 112 10,660
82. Dewey Redman
23 54 42 21 47 29 120 3,114
83. Ed Blackwell
22 64 48 30 28 37 117 1,185
84. Marion Brown
22 39 37 34 71 28 113 4,467
85. Mary Halvorson
21 61 45 38 72 33 118 9,144
86. Ran Blake
21 48 48 9 97 22 130 1,524
87. Paul Bley Trio
21 34 47 8 74 29 89 1,216
88. Steve Lacy
21 20 50 22 71 42 113 6,747
89. Dave Holland Quintet
20 70 50 30 52 52 102 8,001
90. Joe Harriott
19 47 46 41 71 53 144 1,334
91. Rudresh Mahanthappa
19 30 50 47 32 53 109 6,037
92. Roland Kirk Quartet
19 33 46 27 82 54 106 2,302
93. Evan Parker
19 26 46 36 73 24 91 4,860
94. Barre Phillips
19 67 35 21 69 30 111 2,675
95. John Tchicai
19 37 45 33 56 38 115 1,308
96. Don Pullen
19 68 54 35 64 45 103 3,184
97. Jeanne Lee
18 4 42 14 82 27 109 1,808
98. James Blood Ulmer
18 32 51 74 5 59 125 5,212
99. George Russell
18 26 41 48 48 46 109 5,379
100. Aki Takase
18 51 46 29 78 47 101 1,575