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Top artists of straight-ahead jazz genre

Wynton Marsalis
Kenny Burrell
Jacky Terrasson
Christian McBride
Joshua Redman
Kenny Barron
Grace Kelly
Ari Hoenig
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List of straight-ahead jazz artists

Here is a list of straight-ahead jazz artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the straight-ahead jazz genre. You can find out what straight-ahead 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
Wynton Marsalis
53 27 52 37 80 51 128 196510
2
Kenny Burrell
51 43 52 24 88 40 105 66022
3
Jacky Terrasson
48 73 52 18 72 29 105 20709
4
Christian McBride
46 54 56 28 72 38 124 47896
5
Joshua Redman
46 73 55 41 76 39 108 86218
6
Kenny Barron
44 80 45 18 87 27 102 25013
7
Grace Kelly
42 28 53 44 63 41 116 13849
8
Ari Hoenig
40 78 43 30 70 38 111 16061
9
Gerald Clayton
38 73 41 24 85 24 105 18342
10
Jeremy Pelt
38 71 41 12 94 19 93 6839
11
Orrin Evans
36 52 41 54 50 43 111 4929
12
Seamus Blake
35 32 49 36 76 35 133 9102
13
Emmet Cohen
35 66 50 31 83 27 121 7946
14
Ben Wolfe
33 71 40 19 86 18 106 1077
15
Chad Lefkowitz-Brown
32 25 52 46 62 60 111 7914
16
Woody Shaw
32 35 43 42 52 35 110 19382
17
Shelly Berg Trio
30 82 44 24 60 28 108 561
18
David Finck
28 81 52 12 91 34 108 423
19
Willie Jones III
26 83 44 36 86 57 120 1397
20
Alexa Tarantino
26 74 51 42 87 51 107 1427
21
Jaleel Shaw
26 40 45 44 34 56 118 1932
22
Eric Alexander
24 36 44 37 84 42 116 5817
23
Marcus Printup
24 60 48 33 61 54 125 2221
24
Roy Hargrove Quintet
24 45 49 28 64 42 106 11606
25
Joel Frahm
24 70 51 29 85 36 105 3413
26
Dick Oatts
23 8 54 30 73 45 108 2405
27
Yotam Silberstein
22 89 51 18 98 22 124 3523
28
Dayna Stephens
20 30 46 37 86 30 130 2866
29
Sam Dillon
18 39 45 43 45 56 115 474
30
Loren Stillman
15 56 50 30 77 31 115 413
31
Andy Fusco
15 27 47 53 39 54 116 185
32
Benito Gonzalez
13 80 37 42 49 61 133 591
33
Grant Stewart
13 51 51 38 64 56 112 1391
34
Wayne Escoffery
13 26 46 40 46 40 109 1711
35
Rick Margitza
13 55 47 33 65 38 109 1496
36
Lucas Pino
12 75 49 54 71 45 124 727
37
Eric Alexander Quartet
12 37 48 58 71 35 119 1225
38
One For All
12 9 46 56 55 49 114 1300
39
Tim Warfield
8 21 51 41 70 44 110 903
40
Tom Harrell Quintet
7 59 49 36 71 51 119 637
41
Jerome Sabbagh
6 57 47 19 84 30 106 479
42
Mike DiRubbo
6 24 51 39 71 53 115 267
43
Dave Glasser
5 20 56 42 67 42 122 100
44
Greg Reitan
4 53 43 21 79 23 103 177
45
Bob Mintzer Quartet
3 60 53 38 46 46 124 895
46
Scott Whitfield
3 83 53 27 92 49 100 192
47
Leo Richardson
2 66 52 46 61 52 102 180
48
The Pizzarelli Boys
1 87 61 35 89 51 113 85
49
Renato D'Aiello
0 45 58 34 78 33 109 74
50
Mike DiRubbo Quartet
0 35 47 49 57 47 121 50