cool jazz playlist created by Chosic

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Top artists of cool jazz genre

Stan Getz
Chet Baker
Bill Evans
João Gilberto
Miles Davis
Cannonball Adderley
Paul Desmond
Dave Brubeck
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List of cool jazz artists

Here is a list of cool jazz artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the cool jazz genre. You can find out what cool 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
Stan Getz
67 3 59 22 90 53 116 334436
2
Chet Baker
67 14 50 17 86 39 105 831589
3
Bill Evans
66 70 43 8 95 16 114 538615
4
João Gilberto
66 16 58 20 88 54 120 461436
5
Miles Davis
65 11 51 22 70 35 117 2269756
6
Cannonball Adderley
60 9 51 25 79 36 125 169149
7
Paul Desmond
56 39 48 22 84 46 131 120097
8
Dave Brubeck
56 76 55 15 87 36 111 337706
9
Gerry Mulligan
54 46 50 14 89 39 104 83966
10
Charlie Parker
54 28 52 42 78 67 126 509068
11
Jim Hall
53 94 42 5 99 19 115 57237
12
Miles Davis Quintet
53 0 52 33 74 38 90 253325
13
Charles Mingus
52 21 44 40 51 49 116 392053
14
Lee Konitz
50 18 51 33 73 53 100 27200
15
Art Pepper
50 27 59 28 70 49 94 57448
16
The Modern Jazz Quartet
49 10 54 22 78 38 109 98055
17
Bob Brookmeyer
49 21 54 21 83 47 100 8266
18
Cal Tjader
49 47 64 41 82 74 118 39136
19
Ahmad Jamal
48 54 52 23 77 36 121 111628
20
George Shearing
48 47 50 16 92 36 102 29667
21
Art Farmer
47 70 56 29 86 56 109 37832
22
Benny Carter
46 38 58 34 76 71 131 21962
23
Zoot Sims
46 43 54 22 86 36 101 24779
24
Gerry Mulligan Sextet
43 38 48 7 94 32 116 8534
25
June Christy
42 0 56 27 69 50 119 24206
26
Jimmy Giuffre
42 64 47 5 97 34 104 7593
27
Warne Marsh
41 18 61 24 79 55 97 4248
28
Gil Evans
40 46 32 21 65 27 90 24230
29
Paul Desmond Quartet
40 13 57 20 77 43 113 3915
30
Gerry Mulligan Quartet
39 44 51 19 91 55 102 15319
31
Shelly Manne
39 64 51 9 80 30 104 4708
32
Chet Baker Quartet
37 66 55 24 94 52 117 15750
33
Woody Herman & His Orchestra
34 13 58 30 81 61 117 13358
34
Woody Herman
33 21 52 56 52 56 112 23533
35
Chico Hamilton Quintet
32 0 0 0 0 0 0 1471
36
Lennie Tristano
31 46 54 25 94 50 111 12548
37
Serge Chaloff
28 9 55 27 77 51 121 3130
38
Shelly Manne & His Friends
26 0 0 0 0 0 0 721
39
Red Norvo
25 61 57 29 86 58 126 2208
40
Teddy Charles
22 36 62 13 88 32 112 584
41
The Art Farmer Quartet
21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1178
42
Dave Pell
21 25 53 28 70 55 115 1191
43
Shelly Manne and His Men
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1516
44
Shorty Rogers
19 17 53 31 76 56 119 2539
45
Dave Pell Octet
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 428
46
Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 607
47
Lennie Tristano Trio
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 824
48
Art Farmer Quintet
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1134
49
The Chet Baker Sextet
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 78
50
Frank Trumbauer & His Orchestra
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 92
51
Lee Konitz Quintet
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 304
52
Jack Montrose
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 180
53
Shorty Rodgers and His Orchestra
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
54
The Benson Orchestra Of Chicago
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 36
55
Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker
3 67 49 16 95 53 111 2288
56
The Gerry Mulligan Tentette
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 373
57
The Teddy Charles Tentet
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 121
58
Shelly Manne & His Men
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 169
59
Art Pepper plus Eleven
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 227
60
Jack Sheldon & His All Stars
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 271
61
Stan Levey Quintet
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 63
62
John Lewis & The Modern Jazz Quartet
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 147
63
Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, Gene Ramey, Arthur Taylor
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
64
Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1001
65
Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 290