Selected Jazz Artists

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Jazz Artists and Bands

Jazz Listening List
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Big Bands
    Count Basie Orchestra
    Duke Ellington Orchestra
    Benny Goodman Orchestra
    Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Woody Herman Orchestra
Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra (aka The Vanguard Orchestra)
Stan Kenton Orchestra
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass
    Buddy Rich Big Band

Alto Saxophone
    Cannonball Adderley
Paul Desmond (with Dave Brubeck)
    Kenny Garrett
    Johnny Hodges (with Duke Ellington Orchestra)
Jackie McLean
    Charlie Parker
Art Pepper
    Marshall Royal (with Count Basie Orchestra)
Jim Snidero
Sonny Stitt
    Phil Woods

Tenor Saxophone
    Michael Brecker
John Coltrane (with Miles Davis and on his own)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Stan Getz
Steve Grossman
Coleman Hawkins
Joe Henderson
Illinois Jacquet
    Sonny Rollins (with Miles Davis and on his own)
Wayne Shorter
    Zoot Sims
    Sonny Stitt
Stanley Turrentine
Walt Weiskopf
    Lester Young

Baritone Saxophone
    Pepper Adams
Harry Carney (with Duke Ellington Orchestra)
    Serge Chaloff
Ronnie Cuber
    Gerry Mulligan (with Miles Davis, Chet Baker or Dave Brubeck)

Trumpet
    Nat Adderley
Chet Baker
Clifford Brown
    Miles Davis
Kenny Dorham
Art Farmer
    Dizzy Gillespie
Roy Hargrove
Freddie Hubbard
    Thad Jones
    Wynton Marsalis
Lee Morgan
    Nicolas Payton
Clark Terry

Trombone
    Tommy Dorsey
John Fedchock
Curtis Fuller
    Bennie Green
Conrad Herwig
    J.J. Johnson
Frank Rosolino
Jack Teagarden
    Steve Turre
Bill Watrous

Piano
    Kenny Barron
Count Basie
Chick Corea
    Duke Ellington
Bill Evans
Tommy Flanagan
    Benny Green
Herbie Hancock
Ahmad Jamal
Brad Mehldau
    Theolonius Monk
    Oscar Peterson
    Bud Powell
Horace Silver
Lennie Tristano

Guitar
    Kenny Burrell
Herb Ellis
  Freddie Green (with Count Basie Orchestra)
    Wes Montgomery
Doug Raney
Jimmy Raney
John Scofield

Bass
    Ray Brown (with Oscar Peterson and on his own)
Ron Carter
    Paul Chambers (with Miles Davis and John Coltrane)
Eddie Gomez
Charles Mingus
Jaco Pastorius
Oscar Pettiford
Rufus Reed
    Slam Stewart


Drums
    Art Blakey
Kenny Clarke
Jimmy Cobb
Jack DeJohnette
Roy Haynes
Elvin Jones (with John Coltrane)
    Jo Jones
    Philly Jo Jones
Shelly Mann
    Buddy Rich
Max Roach
Jeff "Tain" Watts
Kenny Washington

Vibraphone
    Gary Burton
Lionel Hampton
Bobby Hutcherson
Milt Jackson
Steve Nelson
Cal Tjader

Vocalists
Louis Armstrong
Chet Baker
Betty Carter
Rosemary Clooney
  Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Diana Krall
Frank Sinatra
Mel Torme
Sarah Vaughan
Joe Williams

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