Outstanding Jazz Artists for Suggested Listening

Jazz Handbook

This is by no means a complete list, but a great place to get started on your jazz CD collection!

 

Trumpet           

Flute

Piano

Alto Sax

Trombone

Miles Davis

Hubert Laws

Herbie Hancock

Phil Woods

J.J. Johnson

Freddie Hubbard

Herbie Mann

Chick Corea

Charlie Parker

Carl Fontana

Clifford Brown

Paul Horn

Danilo Perez

Eric Dolphy

Kai Winding

Dizzy Gillespie

Frank Wess

Elaine Alias

Cannonball Adderley

Bob Brookmyer

Terrence Blanchard

Jeremy Steig

Benny Green

Grover Washington

Curtis Fuller

Nicholas Payton

Bobby Militello

Michael Camillo

Sonny Stitt

Urbie Green

Maynard Ferguson

Jimmy Walker

Michael Petrucciano

Lee Konit

Bill Watrous

Clark Terry

 

Oscar Peterson

Art Pepper

Albert Manglesdorf

Blue Mitchell

Bass

Jaki Byard

Gene Quill

Jack Teagarden

Thad Jones

Ray Brown

Joe Zawinul

John Handy

Hal Crook

Chet Baker

Ron Carter

Dave Brubeck

Richie Cole

Jimmy Cleveland

Lee Morgan

Paul Chambers

John Lewis

Paul Desmond

Frank Rosolino

Wynton Marsalis

Charlie Haden

Thelonius Monk

Jackie McLean

Phil Wilson

Randy Brecker

Victor Bailey

Art Tatum

Johnny Hodges

Ashley Alexander

Tom Harrell

Oscar Pettiford

Keith Jarrett

Eric Marienthal

Slide Hampton

Jon Faddis

Dave Holland

Roger Kellaway

Benny Carter

Jay Ashby

Arturo Sandoval

Christian McBride

Bill Evans

Bud Shank

Conrad Herwig

Woody Shaw

Jimmy Blanton

Horace Silver

Lennie Niehaus

Jim Pugh

Wallace Roney

Stanley Clarke

McCoy Tyner

Hank Crawford

John Fedchock

Louis Armstrong

Richard Davis

Lyle Mays

Paquito D’Rivera

Steve Turre

Roy Hargrove

Charlie Mingus

Wynton Kelly

Kenny Garrett

Dave Steinmeyer

Cootie Williams

John Patitucci

Tommy Flanagan

Ornette Coleman

Wycliff Gordon

Nat Adderley

Marcus Miller

Hank Jones

Paul Desmond

 

Lew Soloff

Jaco Pastorius

Joey Defrancesco

Lou Donaldson

Drums

Red Rodney

Marc Johnson

Hal Galper

Antonio Hart

Art Blakey

Bix Beiderbecke

Scott LaFaro

Marian McPartland

 

Kenny Clarke

Brian Lynch

Buster Williams

Teddy Wilson

Tenor Sax

Jimmy Cobb

Roy Eldridge

Brian Bomberg

Earl Hines

John Coltrane

Joe Morello

Sean Jones

Milt Hinton

Red Garland

Michael Brecker

Mel Lewis

Kenny Dorham

Rufus Reid

Jim McNeeley

Sonny Rollins

Art Taylor

Don Cherry

Victor Wooten

George Duke

Bob Mintzer

Steve Gadd

Fats Navarro

Percy Heath

Bud Powell

Pete Christlieb

Billy Cobham

Johnny Coles

Cecil McBee

Ahmad Jamal

Stanley Turrentine

Bill Goodwin

Virgil Jones

 

 

Wayne Shorter

Jo Jones

John McNeil

Vibes

Guitar

Tom Scott

Philly Jo Jones

Chuck Mangione

Gary Burton

Joe Pass

Stan Getz

Buddy Rich

Phillip Harper

Milt Jackson

George Benson

Joe Farrell

Max Roach

 

Bobby Hutcherson

Johnny Smith

Bill Evans

Tony Williams

Baritone Sax

Lionel Hampton

Kenny Burrell

Johnny Griffin

Steve Houghton

Pepper Adams

Mike Manieri

Jim Hall

Joe Henderson

Ed Soph

Gerry Mulligan

Terry Gibbs

Jerry Hahn

Dexter Gordon

Jack DeJohnette

Nick Brignola

David Sameuls

Wes Montgomery

Branford Marsalis

Peter Erskine

Mike Brignola

Red Navaro

Pat Metheny

Lester Young

Alan Dawson

Harry Carney

 

Al DiMeola

Coleman Hawkins

Louis Bellson

Ronnie Cuber

 

Kevin Eubanks

Joshua Redman

Paul Motain

Dennis DiBlasio

 

John Scofield

Joe Lovano

Gene Krupa

Gary Smulyan

 

Stanley Jordan

James Moody

Elvin Jones

 

 

Barney Kessel

David Liebman

Butch Miles

Clarinet

 

George Van Eps

Ernie Watts

Adam Nussbaum

Eddie Daniels

 

Howard Alder

Bob Berg

Jeff Watts

Benny Goodman

 

Charlie Christian

Ralph Moore

Sonny Payne

Pete Fountain

 

Herb Ellis

Chris Porter