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Yusef Lateef
349,711 listeners
Dr. Yusef Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston, October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer and…
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Lester Young
436,449 listeners
Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometime…
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John Coltrane Quartet
366,424 listeners
John Coltrane formed his first group, a quartet, in 1960. After moving through different personnel including Steve Kuhn, Pete LaRoca, and Billy…
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
520,411 listeners
Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as "Lady Ella", and the "First Lady of Song", was an American jazz vocalist.
Louis…
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Grant Green
393,004 listeners
Grant Green (St. Louis, Missouri, June 6, 1935 – New York, January 31, 1979; some sources erroneously give the birth year as 1931) was a jazz…
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McCoy Tyner
500,107 listeners
Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938 - March 6, 2020) was a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John…
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Nicola Conte
404,102 listeners
Nicola Conte is a DJ and producer from Bari, Italy known for introducing an innovative style of acid jazz that incorporates bossa nova themes,…
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Ryo Fukui
170,408 listeners
Ryo Fukui (福居良) was a Japanese jazz pianist. He was born in 1948 in Biratori, Hokkaido. He released his debut album Scenery in 1976 and was based…
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Ibrahim Maalouf
210,886 listeners
Ibrahim Maalouf (Arabic: ابراهيم معلوف) is a trumpeter who is also a composer and arranger for trumpet. He also teaches trumpet. He was born on…
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Nancy Wilson
592,886 listeners
There is more than one artist with this name:
1) Nancy Sue Wilson - jazz diva best known for her 60s standards recordings.
2) Nancy Lamoureaux…
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Donald Byrd
416,360 listeners
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (born December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz, rhythm and blues trumpeter. Born in…
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Medeski, Martin and Wood
301,577 listeners
Medeski Martin & Wood, or MMW, is a jazz trio originally formed in Brooklyn, NY in 1991, consisting of John Medeski on keyboards, Billy Martin on…
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Ornette Coleman
327,870 listeners
Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 - June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer. He was one of the founders…
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Mahavishnu Orchestra
310,825 listeners
The Mahavishnu Orchestra was a jazz-rock fusion group from New York, United States, that debuted in 1970 and dissolved in 1976, reuniting briefly…
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Monsieur Periné
215,463 listeners
Monsieur Periné, more than a musical group, is a creative project that was born out of the artistic and rhythmic exploration undertaken by…
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Paolo Conte
288,320 listeners
Paolo Conte (born 6 January 1937 in Asti, Piedmont, Italy) is a craggy-voiced italian singer, pianist and composer. He both writes and performs his…
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Dorothy Ashby
278,336 listeners
Dorothy Ashby (Dorothy Jeanne Thompson, August 6, 1932 – April 13, 1986) was an American jazz harpist and composer. Hailed as one of the most…
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Bill Frisell
261,623 listeners
William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American guitarist, composer and arranger. One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late…
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Art Tatum
411,935 listeners
Art Tatum (Arthur Tatum, Jr., October 13, 1909, Toledo, Ohio, USA - November 5, 1956, Los Angeles, California) was an American jazz pianist and…
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Mel Tormé
705,528 listeners
Melvin Howard Tormé (1925–1999) was born to immigrant Russian Jewish parents whose name had been Torma. A child prodigy, he first sang…