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List of contemporary jazz artists

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

#	name	Popularity	instrumentalness	danceability	energy	acousticness	Happiness	tempo	followers
1	Robert Glasper	60	51	50	38	57	44	122	401998
2	Kamasi Washington	56	62	44	67	44	42	101	423783
3	Keith Jarrett	51	76	40	22	88	20	107	326932
4	Snarky Puppy	51	78	52	70	16	47	121	640951
5	Brad Mehldau	49	81	40	31	76	25	112	202797
6	Avishai Cohen	49	63	44	42	73	45	123	186978
7	GoGo Penguin	49	86	45	52	30	32	125	211443
8	Makaya McCraven	47	84	46	56	60	49	111	66675
9	Portico Quartet	47	89	39	49	48	25	119	177819
10	Charlie Haden	46	59	51	18	65	27	93	68764
11	Lars Danielsson	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	38837
12	Julian Lage	45	84	49	33	78	23	114	97547
13	Michael Wollny	45	93	38	13	99	20	85	16082
14	Esbjörn Svensson Trio	44	85	51	30	70	34	124	123712
15	Mammal Hands	44	80	40	38	66	25	108	106055
16	Paul Motian	42	0	45	18	92	33	74	16831
17	Matthew Halsall	41	81	43	29	75	26	111	79838
18	Nate Smith	41	74	59	65	14	53	120	58384
19	Tigran Hamasyan	41	79	40	33	64	25	108	142026
20	Aaron Parks	41	90	49	44	54	34	114	42328
21	Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah	40	60	45	63	25	30	113	131388
22	Joshua Redman	39	46	57	32	69	41	113	97045
23	Dave Holland	39	92	48	24	73	40	114	29503
24	Soweto Kinch	38	38	60	59	25	48	101	11722
25	Charles Lloyd	38	80	44	29	85	40	133	36483
26	Christian McBride	38	31	55	51	44	56	120	54556
27	Mark Guiliana	38	83	42	59	25	32	128	33119
28	Immanuel Wilkins	38	28	48	12	91	31	118	14720
29	Joel Ross	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	15037
30	Gerald Clayton	38	92	49	40	69	17	145	23382
31	Brad Mehldau Trio	38	85	46	32	83	35	110	57889
32	Sons Of Kemet	37	83	56	62	30	75	135	131539
33	Walter Smith III	37	59	48	40	86	54	113	13832
34	Gretchen Parlato	37	12	52	30	72	25	115	52124
35	Magnus Öström	36	86	49	61	52	53	92	7162
36	Brian Blade	36	14	44	23	71	21	122	31054
37	Lionel Loueke	35	83	74	30	79	43	149	27368
38	Gianluigi Trovesi	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	4742
39	Baptiste Trotignon	35	93	39	7	98	9	88	7133
40	Yussef Kamaal	35	75	51	68	21	49	118	126607
41	The Bad Plus	35	84	47	54	49	46	113	92040
42	Eric Harland	35	83	50	57	33	33	58	8580
43	Neil Cowley Trio	34	92	44	34	66	29	138	21545
44	Jakob Bro	34	59	43	5	98	20	88	15758
45	Derrick Hodge	34	83	50	53	75	13	84	17872
46	Bill Laurance	34	80	45	52	54	33	113	44528
47	Ambrose Akinmusire	33	31	38	17	84	29	98	42521
48	Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band	33	88	45	16	86	11	114	26394
49	Vijay Iyer	32	89	26	19	97	10	113	25927
50	Kendrick Scott	31	38	35	12	97	14	46	15484
51	Esbjörn Svensson	31	91	33	11	97	23	95	12172
52	Yazz Ahmed	31	76	34	33	80	23	114	24376
53	Kit Downes	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	4454
54	Joshua Redman Quartet	31	53	54	26	74	35	114	17729
55	Andy Sheppard	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	4041
56	Taylor Eigsti	30	89	37	14	95	16	119	8691
57	Marc Copland	30	78	35	8	97	9	127	8337
58	Omer Avital	30	73	52	49	63	55	116	16170
59	Orrin Evans	30	50	24	7	96	4	78	5588
60	Aaron Goldberg	30	83	46	31	66	34	104	11010
61	Ari Hoenig	30	92	37	40	76	42	109	18825
62	Jeff Ballard	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	2886
63	Wolfgang Muthspiel	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	13835
64	Kendrick Scott Oracle	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	11423
65	Linda Oh	29	75	38	36	84	17	93	5345
66	Shai Maestro	29	79	43	24	83	28	131	24628
67	Melt Yourself Down	28	58	58	74	2	52	123	26072
68	Edward Simon	28	91	49	11	88	13	91	6077
69	Tonbruket	27	87	48	34	57	18	107	12244
70	Scott Colley	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	3326
71	Joachim Kühn	26	88	42	8	97	12	102	6217
72	Kenny Wheeler	26	73	18	4	99	11	49	17135
73	Myriam Alter	26	41	41	19	86	26	124	7972
74	Jason Moran	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	18188
75	Donny McCaslin	26	57	44	75	9	38	138	25454
76	Michal Urbaniak	25	12	47	63	69	46	100	7097
77	Marcus Strickland	24	47	73	41	50	50	96	10802
78	Miguel Zenón	24	23	48	54	73	58	109	15369
79	Ben Wendel	24	80	49	40	73	21	103	13134
80	David Binney	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	8525
81	Yaron Herman Trio	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	10313
82	Logan Richardson	24	31	41	54	0	14	96	4575
83	Will Vinson	24	84	56	17	78	28	179	4802
84	Get The Blessing	24	90	59	38	71	35	115	8991
85	Nik Bärtsch	22	76	39	34	35	11	174	22569
86	Shabaka and the Ancestors	22	86	39	47	58	31	120	38501
87	Craig Taborn	22	85	43	65	3	6	95	10900
88	Dave Douglas	21	91	46	28	77	18	98	12368
89	Mary Halvorson	20	81	45	47	70	23	110	14806
90	Kneebody	20	72	46	58	20	32	104	22838
91	Banyan	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	3901
92	Matt Brewer	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1584
93	Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet	19	84	41	30	32	18	106	20523
94	Ralph Alessi	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	2463
95	Tyshawn Sorey	17	56	42	23	83	19	135	8590
96	Phronesis	17	86	44	50	53	21	98	14549
97	John Beasley	17	45	49	33	41	23	114	3394
98	Vijay Iyer Trio	17	88	36	32	41	20	122	18537
99	Jim Black	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2325
100	Wadada Leo Smith	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	11510
101	Theo Bleckmann	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2850
102	Dave Holland Quintet	15	86	49	42	21	60	119	11790
103	Steve Lehman	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	5322
104	Ethan Iverson	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3445
105	Alboran Trio	14	75	41	26	70	22	107	3629
106	David Kikoski	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	4373
107	Guillermo Klein	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3484
108	Miles Okazaki	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3528
109	Susanne Abbuehl	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2310
110	Now Vs Now	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	6162
111	Zu	14	79	41	85	0	30	142	15906
112	SFJAZZ Collective	13	28	46	31	71	65	174	8199
113	Tuatara	13	84	49	49	34	27	73	4812
114	Dayna Stephens	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3231
115	JD Allen	12	44	51	30	59	39	127	4122
116	John Hollenbeck	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2171
117	Ben Allison	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2175
118	Trichotomy	11	90	53	42	70	37	119	2595
119	Stefano Battaglia	11	90	21	1	100	8	63	3610
120	Steve Coleman and Five Elements	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	6142
121	Rudresh Mahanthappa	11	23	58	51	17	63	113	7969
122	Gwilym Simcock	10	90	25	43	98	5	117	3309
123	Michael Formanek	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1870
124	Reid Anderson	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1727
125	Chris Speed	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1766
126	Critters Buggin	9	76	48	78	3	55	176	4112
127	Acoustic Ladyland	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4520
128	Tony Malaby	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1763
129	Heernt	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2355
130	Floratone	7	94	66	38	35	71	142	1972
131	Zoe Rahman	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1780
132	Darcy James Argue's Secret Society	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1646
133	Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3639
134	Happy Apple	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2148
135	Ben Perowsky	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	380
136	Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2499
137	Kairos 4tet	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1210
138	Kit Downes Trio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	710
139	Gregg August	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	272
140	Basquiat Strings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	82
141	Led Bib	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1083
142	Fulborn Teversham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	377

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