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Top artists of straight-ahead jazz genre

Wynton Marsalis
Kenny Burrell
Jacky Terrasson
Joshua Redman
Christian McBride
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
47 45 47 11 90 31 117 200032
2
Kenny Burrell
45 32 64 20 79 52 121 67919
3
Jacky Terrasson
43 65 53 15 70 28 101 21343
4
Joshua Redman
40 63 57 36 71 46 110 87906
5
Christian McBride
39 28 55 35 68 47 126 49253
6
Kenny Barron
37 93 48 22 94 36 121 25844
7
Grace Kelly
36 29 43 24 86 28 110 14222
8
Ari Hoenig
35 69 45 23 69 29 114 16660
9
Gerald Clayton
34 66 39 19 89 17 98 19308
10
Jeremy Pelt
31 38 42 32 80 26 90 7140
11
Seamus Blake
30 23 47 34 83 41 127 9386
12
Orrin Evans
29 36 39 45 65 37 122 5079
13
Lucas Pino
28 27 57 31 80 54 119 746
14
Emmet Cohen
28 61 48 35 80 35 122 8765
15
Ben Wolfe
27 74 39 19 86 14 104 1097
16
Woody Shaw
27 59 47 37 68 52 129 19956
17
Chad Lefkowitz-Brown
26 50 53 45 62 53 116 8123
18
Shelly Berg Trio
25 82 44 24 60 28 108 605
19
David Finck
24 83 56 25 80 50 92 453
20
Roy Hargrove Quintet
21 45 52 29 62 43 110 11983
21
Jaleel Shaw
21 42 43 41 34 53 112 2010
22
Willie Jones III
21 71 44 42 81 52 117 1433
23
Joel Frahm
20 60 48 30 61 41 102 3569
24
Alexa Tarantino
20 77 52 42 91 43 116 1523
25
Dick Oatts
19 9 55 30 74 50 115 2469
26
Yotam Silberstein
18 89 49 19 98 17 118 3746
27
Eric Alexander
18 36 43 40 74 49 121 6011
28
Sam Dillon
15 72 49 41 76 55 119 500
29
Dayna Stephens
15 38 44 42 66 34 120 2924
30
Marcus Printup
13 40 55 32 51 58 116 2301
31
Andy Fusco
10 2 46 49 35 53 118 187
32
Loren Stillman
9 64 47 34 76 33 123 422
33
One For All
8 42 48 44 81 34 129 1335
34
Grant Stewart
8 46 54 30 79 52 122 1436
35
Rick Margitza
8 22 41 43 59 29 135 1578
36
Eric Alexander Quartet
7 34 50 57 73 37 118 1281
37
Benito Gonzalez
7 83 40 55 62 51 132 624
38
Wayne Escoffery
6 26 46 40 46 40 109 1734
39
Tim Warfield
4 48 49 30 63 39 110 923
40
Tom Harrell Quintet
4 59 49 36 71 51 119 651
41
Dave Glasser
2 20 56 42 67 42 122 105
42
Bob Mintzer Quartet
2 55 51 39 42 47 137 913
43
Mike DiRubbo
2 16 51 46 70 54 116 273
44
Jerome Sabbagh
2 74 48 16 77 25 98 496
45
Scott Whitfield
2 96 41 24 95 22 71 199
46
Greg Reitan
1 68 44 23 77 25 110 181
47
Leo Richardson
0 66 52 46 61 52 102 181
48
Mike DiRubbo Quartet
0 35 47 49 57 47 121 51
49
The Pizzarelli Boys
0 87 61 35 89 51 113 86
50
Renato D'Aiello
0 45 61 30 73 42 111 74