Top artists of straight-ahead jazz genre

Wynton Marsalis
Kenny Burrell
Jacky Terrasson
Joshua Redman
Christian McBride
Gerald Clayton
Kenny Barron
Grace Kelly
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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
49 45 47 11 90 31 117 204753
2
Kenny Burrell
48 32 64 20 79 52 121 70395
3
Jacky Terrasson
45 65 53 15 70 28 101 22132
4
Joshua Redman
43 63 57 36 71 46 110 90350
5
Christian McBride
42 28 55 35 68 47 126 50542
6
Gerald Clayton
39 66 39 19 89 17 98 20365
7
Kenny Barron
38 93 48 22 94 36 121 26553
8
Grace Kelly
37 29 43 24 86 28 110 14792
9
Ari Hoenig
35 69 45 23 69 29 114 17289
10
Jeremy Pelt
33 38 42 32 80 26 90 7447
11
Seamus Blake
31 23 47 34 83 41 127 9675
12
Orrin Evans
31 36 39 45 65 37 122 5185
13
Emmet Cohen
30 61 48 35 80 35 122 9977
14
David Finck
30 83 56 25 80 50 92 489
15
Ben Wolfe
29 74 39 19 86 14 104 1126
16
Woody Shaw
28 59 47 37 68 52 129 20493
17
Shelly Berg Trio
27 82 44 24 60 28 108 663
18
Chad Lefkowitz-Brown
26 50 53 45 62 53 116 8354
19
Rick Margitza
24 22 41 43 59 29 135 1689
20
Roy Hargrove Quintet
24 45 52 29 62 43 110 12368
21
Willie Jones III
23 71 44 42 81 52 117 1548
22
Joel Frahm
21 60 48 30 61 41 102 3772
23
Yotam Silberstein
20 89 49 19 98 17 118 4002
24
Alexa Tarantino
20 77 52 42 91 43 116 1619
25
Eric Alexander
19 36 43 40 74 49 121 6126
26
Dick Oatts
19 9 55 30 74 50 115 2560
27
Jaleel Shaw
18 42 43 41 34 53 112 2110
28
Dayna Stephens
17 38 44 42 66 34 120 3028
29
Sam Dillon
17 72 49 41 76 55 119 546
30
Lucas Pino
12 27 57 31 80 54 119 774
31
Andy Fusco
11 2 46 49 35 53 118 191
32
Marcus Printup
11 40 55 32 51 58 116 2346
33
Eric Alexander Quartet
9 34 50 57 73 37 118 1305
34
One For All
9 42 48 44 81 34 129 1366
35
Grant Stewart
8 46 54 30 79 52 122 1511
36
Loren Stillman
7 64 47 34 76 33 123 436
37
Wayne Escoffery
7 26 46 40 46 40 109 1782
38
Benito Gonzalez
7 83 40 55 62 51 132 648
39
Tim Warfield
5 48 49 30 63 39 110 938
40
Tom Harrell Quintet
5 59 49 36 71 51 119 664
41
Mike DiRubbo
3 16 51 46 70 54 116 288
42
Scott Whitfield
3 96 41 24 95 22 71 204
43
Greg Reitan
3 68 44 23 77 25 110 180
44
Dave Glasser
2 20 56 42 67 42 122 107
45
Jerome Sabbagh
2 74 48 16 77 25 98 504
46
The Pizzarelli Boys
2 87 61 35 89 51 113 86
47
Bob Mintzer Quartet
2 55 51 39 42 47 137 953
48
Leo Richardson
1 66 52 46 61 52 102 182
49
Renato D'Aiello
0 45 61 30 73 42 111 74
50
Mike DiRubbo Quartet
0 35 47 49 57 47 121 52