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Top artists of soul jazz genre

Nina Simone
George Benson
Herbie Hancock
Cannonball Adderley
Bill Evans Trio
The Meters
Wes Montgomery
Sonny Rollins
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List of soul jazz artists

Here is a list of soul jazz artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the soul jazz genre. You can find out what soul 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. Nina Simone
74 4 51 39 72 55 123 2,077,551
2. George Benson
69 12 66 46 50 63 123 488,476
3. Herbie Hancock
63 32 61 62 46 57 123 490,963
4. Cannonball Adderley
62 9 51 25 79 36 125 145,718
5. Bill Evans Trio
59 73 46 17 91 27 101 173,976
6. The Meters
59 42 68 56 26 69 111 187,028
7. Wes Montgomery
58 65 55 22 89 40 120 171,956
8. Sonny Rollins
57 26 54 30 72 44 103 250,570
9. Dizzy Gillespie
57 32 61 47 62 58 125 329,215
10. Roy Ayers
57 19 57 65 17 71 122 151,914
11. Jim Hall
57 94 42 5 99 19 115 47,692
12. Ben Webster
56 27 54 14 90 37 109 64,280
13. The J.B.'s
56 7 80 59 32 78 124 82,584
14. Paul Desmond
56 39 48 22 84 46 131 97,948
15. Donald Byrd
55 24 58 65 28 70 107 81,424
16. Roy Ayers Ubiquity
55 5 60 64 27 73 129 80,125
17. Paul Chambers
55 40 47 23 82 36 115 22,607
18. George Duke
55 20 69 58 19 71 117 121,686
19. Lester Young
55 80 64 11 97 45 99 104,443
20. Kenny Burrell
54 43 52 24 88 40 105 55,666
21. Freddie Hubbard
54 58 43 26 73 38 115 127,502
22. Coleman Hawkins
54 54 57 17 91 43 96 96,443
23. Dexter Gordon
54 19 48 32 75 46 95 151,588
24. Red Garland
54 81 55 17 93 33 84 36,208
25. McCoy Tyner
54 49 49 40 67 43 110 90,798
26. Joe Lovano
53 46 39 18 93 21 101 22,841
27. Ahmad Jamal
53 54 52 23 77 36 121 95,244
28. Horace Silver
53 19 58 53 68 56 130 83,571
29. Joe Pass
53 68 51 23 89 41 116 82,089
30. Clifford Brown
53 41 54 35 73 54 112 94,827
31. Lee Morgan
53 26 54 43 75 60 130 99,342
32. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
53 6 54 47 62 55 120 138,349
33. John Scofield
53 70 56 37 60 54 108 124,714
34. Ron Carter
52 77 44 18 76 23 124 37,993
35. Jimmy Smith
52 58 63 41 65 63 107 69,735
36. Wayne Shorter
52 21 43 40 78 39 127 147,023
37. Gerry Mulligan
52 46 50 14 89 39 104 70,931
38. The Crusaders
52 40 62 49 38 74 109 76,165
39. Yusef Lateef
51 62 50 31 79 45 110 69,657
40. Hank Mobley
51 2 57 40 80 61 131 60,506
41. Tommy Flanagan
51 56 50 23 69 39 112 29,307
42. Ahmad Jamal Trio
51 66 50 34 69 37 101 42,356
43. Grant Green
51 48 61 31 86 43 106 76,753
44. Roy Hargrove
51 48 47 34 67 40 116 115,522
45. Art Pepper
51 27 59 28 70 49 94 47,253
46. Cal Tjader
50 47 64 41 82 74 118 31,136
47. Ramsey Lewis
50 45 57 62 34 56 116 60,556
48. The Modern Jazz Quartet
50 10 54 22 78 38 109 83,010
49. Idris Muhammad
50 38 65 66 21 71 126 45,588
50. Art Blakey
50 25 52 40 77 39 114 95,120
51. Hank Jones
49 73 49 10 94 33 104 21,056
52. Joe Henderson
49 43 48 34 78 43 92 85,363
53. Charlie Hunter
49 37 56 31 56 36 102 40,424
54. Herbie Mann
49 64 66 38 69 73 97 33,241
55. Sonny Stitt
49 1 56 37 60 55 124 33,441
56. Stanley Turrentine
48 14 54 45 58 50 107 36,567
57. Max Roach
48 58 42 36 66 52 120 56,552
58. Deodato
48 63 62 65 48 71 104 46,043
59. Wynton Kelly
48 41 59 26 74 33 121 24,280
60. Bud Powell
48 55 47 45 77 67 113 74,871
61. The Blackbyrds
47 7 66 55 11 78 110 81,859
62. Gene Ammons
47 43 52 24 81 46 98 26,732
63. Pharoah Sanders
47 31 43 52 52 64 125 70,359
64. Benny Carter
47 38 58 34 76 71 131 17,468
65. Lou Donaldson
47 51 69 39 71 58 113 33,414
66. King Curtis
47 43 45 43 50 53 133 28,842
67. Azymuth
47 64 52 63 35 70 124 36,382
68. Willie Bobo
46 38 71 58 39 74 115 34,742
69. Kenny Dorham
46 57 52 29 86 51 101 47,692
70. Maceo Parker
46 19 66 75 23 77 133 81,907
71. Dr. Lonnie Smith
46 65 61 56 35 64 113 35,511
72. Roy Haynes
45 62 41 33 86 43 120 13,229
73. Bobby Hutcherson
45 62 45 28 87 38 101 31,699
74. Milt Jackson
45 25 50 23 87 49 120 24,673
75. Johnny Hodges
45 19 61 15 79 38 106 23,795
76. Ramsey Lewis Trio
44 64 51 38 80 48 98 21,819
77. Les McCann
44 24 53 50 59 60 125 23,181
78. Mose Allison
44 3 68 24 91 64 108 20,486
79. Lonnie Liston Smith
44 33 49 44 47 47 110 45,758
80. Art Farmer
44 70 56 29 86 56 109 29,676
81. Zoot Sims
44 43 54 22 86 36 101 20,426
82. Ray Brown
43 48 46 10 92 30 96 15,739
83. Sonny Clark
43 22 54 40 76 63 109 36,248
84. Soulive
43 78 58 62 17 56 123 50,541
85. Bobbi Humphrey
43 16 54 60 36 70 96 39,066
86. Oliver Nelson
43 62 54 42 74 56 122 39,233
87. Thad Jones
42 41 53 29 70 44 113 17,200
88. Weldon Irvine
42 47 59 63 29 79 114 17,767
89. Gil Evans
42 46 32 21 65 27 90 18,802
90. Eddie Henderson
42 54 51 57 52 61 107 9,804
91. Lee Konitz
42 18 51 33 73 53 100 22,665
92. Clark Terry
42 36 56 37 78 56 110 17,999
93. Eddie Harris
42 14 60 37 55 58 131 23,403
94. Little Beaver
41 6 71 53 37 78 133 12,439
95. Young-Holt Unlimited
41 39 66 53 53 76 103 9,270
96. Phil Woods
41 17 53 27 73 41 107 16,868
97. Blue Mitchell
41 50 49 33 75 45 111 26,828
98. Ronnie Laws
41 30 50 64 28 57 126 35,838
99. Chico Hamilton
40 11 51 42 70 59 111 6,873
100. Benny Golson
40 31 52 28 78 49 127 21,089