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List of jazz artists

Here is a list of jazz artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the jazz genre. You can find out what 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	Ella Fitzgerald	66	0	45	26	83	42	109	2292335
2	Chet Baker	64	30	48	14	91	31	103	963624
3	Stan Getz	64	35	47	21	91	43	108	381072
4	Billie Holiday	64	1	52	17	89	40	105	1746205
5	John Coltrane	63	14	42	36	62	41	125	1528153
6	Bill Evans	61	82	44	18	92	24	103	617952
7	Count Basie	61	27	58	31	76	63	124	328824
8	Miles Davis	61	26	45	39	55	41	112	2407578
9	Robert Glasper	60	51	50	38	57	44	122	401998
10	Oscar Peterson Trio	58	52	56	21	86	39	93	176559
11	Cannonball Adderley	57	2	55	32	66	40	103	188173
12	Duke Ellington	57	43	49	26	82	43	110	821982
13	Herbie Hancock	56	40	62	59	35	65	115	628036
14	Kamasi Washington	56	62	44	67	44	42	101	423783
15	Oscar Peterson	56	82	48	14	91	32	105	243400
16	The Dave Brubeck Quartet	55	30	54	27	75	50	125	251962
17	Sarah Vaughan	55	1	42	23	89	30	111	594951
18	Paul Desmond	53	30	51	21	88	49	115	140033
19	Ben Webster	53	25	44	9	90	30	103	88952
20	Django Reinhardt	52	62	66	36	92	70	111	371884
21	Lester Young	52	57	58	21	91	66	130	133924
22	Keith Jarrett	52	76	40	22	88	20	107	326426
23	Paul Chambers	52	42	60	33	92	52	88	33294
24	Bill Evans Trio	52	83	44	19	92	25	105	242958
25	John Coltrane Quartet	51	17	48	27	81	35	98	189109
26	Red Garland	51	65	57	18	91	36	110	56392
27	Snarky Puppy	51	78	52	70	16	47	121	640951
28	Dave Brubeck	51	29	55	27	71	49	111	375317
29	Thelonious Monk	51	49	56	31	77	44	113	603625
30	Charlie Parker	51	21	51	43	78	62	118	561716
31	Pat Metheny	51	76	38	20	87	21	117	320252
32	Pat Metheny Group	51	59	48	45	69	36	112	189198
33	Erroll Garner	50	84	52	27	91	41	115	96141
34	Wes Montgomery	50	59	56	22	88	40	116	242098
35	Ahmad Jamal	50	81	53	25	79	38	105	140477
36	Brad Mehldau	50	81	40	31	76	25	112	202684
37	Coleman Hawkins	50	59	56	17	92	54	91	121174
38	Benny Goodman	50	50	61	35	87	65	133	348695
39	Chick Corea	50	49	37	37	68	41	117	328254
40	Dizzy Gillespie	49	62	61	47	78	65	116	394862
41	Wynton Marsalis	49	62	45	20	83	41	123	216101
42	Avishai Cohen	49	63	44	42	73	45	123	186800
43	Sonny Rollins	49	25	57	27	67	48	112	326700
44	Miles Davis Quintet	49	0	51	39	76	43	105	275781
45	Ahmad Jamal Trio	48	61	54	34	70	37	105	76456
46	Donald Byrd	48	34	62	61	39	67	116	117395
47	McCoy Tyner	48	68	49	30	76	32	105	118058
48	Kenny Burrell	47	41	57	22	83	44	104	77520
49	Art Tatum	47	87	46	25	99	59	109	147954
50	Gerry Mulligan	47	56	53	16	89	44	104	93750
51	Charles Mingus	47	20	40	36	63	37	110	433000
52	Wayne Shorter	47	24	46	55	62	40	122	202885
53	Hank Mobley	47	5	57	41	80	59	120	82722
54	Clifford Brown	47	88	39	12	95	51	135	124712
55	Yusef Lateef	47	52	49	41	62	53	108	103775
56	Charlie Haden	46	59	51	18	65	27	93	68764
57	Dexter Gordon	46	39	46	26	78	40	103	198089
58	Joe Pass	45	73	49	19	89	34	119	116815
59	Charlie Parker Quartet	45	5	56	44	68	68	108	48832
60	Bud Powell Trio	45	78	49	23	83	47	115	10791
61	Pharoah Sanders	45	27	40	51	53	48	118	134181
62	Horace Silver	45	30	53	46	78	56	119	110232
63	Art Pepper	45	26	61	23	84	48	112	67875
64	Fats Waller	45	21	66	26	88	64	117	120126
65	Bud Powell	45	58	52	31	90	53	87	100811
66	Weather Report	44	22	41	52	47	36	122	243804
67	Lee Morgan	44	24	49	45	72	54	127	132425
68	Lionel Hampton	44	22	67	32	84	66	115	61274
69	Esperanza Spalding	44	6	55	37	65	41	103	350748
70	John McLaughlin	44	58	39	59	51	47	114	110513
71	Wynton Kelly	44	44	57	20	82	33	117	35220
72	John Scofield	44	63	58	38	45	50	111	162578
73	Roy Hargrove	44	71	50	21	68	21	91	143687
74	Marcus Miller	44	66	75	56	14	69	109	239092
75	The Modern Jazz Quartet	43	8	54	19	80	35	106	110556
76	Tommy Flanagan	43	81	45	25	75	38	125	40135
77	Grant Green	43	37	55	34	79	47	122	109142
78	Jimmy Smith	43	57	57	49	60	55	104	94079
79	Stanley Clarke	43	47	57	49	22	58	126	130666
80	Jaco Pastorius	43	46	47	54	54	53	118	273381
81	Sonny Clark	43	18	60	26	79	44	104	51597
82	Billy Cobham	42	69	50	63	16	59	118	110499
83	Jack DeJohnette	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	35847
84	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	42	8	55	38	70	56	124	199037
85	Ron Carter	42	89	50	32	84	40	123	57233
86	Buddy Rich	42	38	44	76	18	54	125	123132
87	Freddie Hubbard	42	46	46	35	65	43	120	164985
88	Kenny Dorham	42	56	49	26	86	46	94	69041
89	Paul Motian	42	0	45	18	92	33	74	16816
90	Joe Henderson	41	31	51	34	77	50	104	113786
91	Art Blakey	41	30	54	51	62	49	115	118485
92	Max Roach	41	36	42	51	35	47	109	80253
93	Aaron Parks	41	90	49	44	54	34	114	42268
94	Victor Wooten	41	68	57	48	44	50	108	193298
95	Gerry Mulligan Quartet	41	68	54	22	96	63	123	18860
96	Thelonious Monk Septet	40	18	47	16	70	45	83	31816
97	Oliver Nelson	40	56	48	52	58	57	122	57419
98	Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah	40	60	45	63	25	30	113	131388
99	Return To Forever	40	42	40	54	30	44	130	94570
100	Dave Holland	39	92	48	24	73	40	114	29503
101	Art Farmer	39	66	53	26	87	54	123	43804
102	Joshua Redman	39	46	57	32	69	41	113	97045
103	Miles Davis Quartet	39	44	44	18	94	42	123	88942
104	Christian McBride	38	31	55	51	44	56	120	54524
105	Gerald Clayton	38	92	49	40	69	17	145	23382
106	Brad Mehldau Trio	38	85	46	32	83	35	110	57889
107	Keith Jarrett Trio	38	72	39	22	84	29	108	48622
108	Branford Marsalis	38	42	48	30	59	43	101	55242
109	Mahavishnu Orchestra	37	68	35	75	15	39	117	138970
110	Milt Jackson	37	35	49	25	84	47	105	33278
111	Gary Burton	37	0	23	87	25	57	90	47006
112	Walter Smith III	37	59	48	40	86	54	113	13822
113	John Patitucci	36	91	61	57	27	78	118	64111
114	Bobby Hutcherson	36	62	43	13	93	24	100	44948
115	Brian Blade	36	14	44	23	71	21	122	31054
116	Michel Petrucciani	35	91	42	36	90	28	94	77112
117	Thad Jones	35	32	40	22	75	25	121	23446
118	The Bad Plus	35	84	47	54	49	46	113	92040
119	Gil Evans	35	32	29	25	63	25	92	28474
120	The Cannonball Adderley Quintet	34	19	50	34	74	53	102	36264
121	Kenny Garrett	34	38	49	52	36	50	112	59146
122	Ornette Coleman	34	20	51	30	39	46	109	119904
123	Joe Zawinul	34	80	50	20	78	23	94	43380
124	Michael Brecker	34	47	41	47	65	44	134	57190
125	Ambrose Akinmusire	33	31	38	17	84	29	98	42499
126	Charlie Parker And His Orchestra	33	33	59	47	80	79	122	15324
127	Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band	33	88	45	16	86	11	114	26376
128	Tony Williams	33	63	41	71	1	69	116	41954
129	Sonny Rollins Quartet	33	18	57	20	87	39	102	9500
130	Count Basie Orchestra	32	42	57	41	51	60	146	50514
131	Horace Silver Quintet	32	30	50	43	77	53	124	16888
132	Roy Eldridge	31	32	63	30	93	61	130	25245
133	McCoy Tyner Trio	31	45	43	35	80	45	126	18722
134	Elvin Jones	31	56	36	46	62	51	121	46114
135	Joshua Redman Quartet	31	53	54	26	74	35	114	17729
136	Eric Dolphy	30	5	45	64	61	45	95	81596
137	Terri Lyne Carrington	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	10934
138	Ari Hoenig	30	92	37	40	76	42	109	18825
139	Orrin Evans	30	50	24	7	96	4	78	5584
140	Roy Haynes	29	0	52	61	18	79	118	18782
141	The Brecker Brothers	29	46	61	71	38	66	116	49653
142	Yusuke Shima	27	81	48	68	61	56	115	2966
143	Miles Davis Sextet	26	26	52	38	75	57	106	70289
144	Ben Wendel	25	80	49	40	73	21	103	13120
145	Regina Carter	25	43	68	25	86	38	95	10564
146	Thelonious Monk Quartet	24	1	48	22	87	46	103	78349
147	Chick Corea Elektric Band	23	90	47	3	99	20	83	106978
148	Charlie Parker Quintet	23	47	51	27	95	55	140	54051
149	Dizzy Gillespie Quintet	20	10	53	63	41	88	145	11442
150	Dizzy Gillespie Sextet	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	12683
151	Christian Sands	19	89	49	44	80	38	102	10531
152	The Laszlo Project	19	93	43	46	76	26	94	2968
153	Cannonball Adderley Sextet	18	0	49	55	67	70	93	13624
154	John Beasley	17	45	49	33	41	23	114	3394
155	Art Blakey Quintet	17	37	53	62	77	56	95	24929
156	Thelonious Monk Quintet	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	32972
157	Chick Corea Akoustic Band	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	36726
158	Charlie Parker Sextet	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	29779
159	Charlie Parker Septet	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	14084
160	Charlie Parker & Miles Davis	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	15905
161	Thelonious Monk Orchestra	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	18197
162	Gregg August	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	272

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