Jazz Musician Rankings (Top 100) — T5B5

Ranking the top 100 Jazz Musician of all time from Herbie to Miles.

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John Coltrane (1926–1967)—

Duke Ellington (1899–1974)—

Charlie Parker (1920–1955)—

Miles Davis (1926–1991)—

Thelonious Monk (1917–1982)—

Charles Mingus (1922–1979)—

Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996)—

Billie Holiday (1915–1959)—

Sarah Vaughan (1924–1990)—

Count Basie (1904–1984)—

Art Blakey (1919–1990)—

Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993)—

Sonny Rollins (1930– )—

Herbie Hancock (1940– )—

Wayne Shorter (1933–2023)—

Ornette Coleman (1930–2015)—

Chet Baker (1929–1988)—

Stan Getz (1927–1991)—

Clifford Brown (1930–1956)—

Max Roach (1924–2007)—

Elvin Jones (1927–2004)—

McCoy Tyner (1938–2020)—

Chick Corea (1941–2021)—

Keith Jarrett (1945– )—

Wynton Marsalis (1961– )—

Pat Metheny (1954– )—

Joe Zawinul (1932–2007)—

Sun Ra (1914–1993)—

Eric Dolphy (1928–1964)—

Freddie Hubbard (1938–2008)—

Lee Morgan (1938–1972)—

Horace Silver (1928–2014)—

Bud Powell (1924–1966)—

Art Tatum (1909–1956)—

Oscar Peterson (1925–2007)—

Bill Evans (1929–1980)—

Ahmad Jamal (1930–2023)—

Brad Mehldau (1970– )—

Esperanza Spalding (1984– )—

Christian McBride (1972– )—

Ron Carter (1937– )—

Paul Chambers (1935–1969)—

Jaco Pastorius (1951–1987)—

Marcus Miller (1959– )—

Stanley Clarke (1951– )—

George Benson (1943– )—

Wes Montgomery (1923–1968)—

Grant Green (1935–1979)—

Jim Hall (1930–2013)—

Kenny Burrell (1931– )—

John Scofield (1951– )—

Al Di Meola (1954– )—

Larry Coryell (1943–2017)—

Joe Pass (1929–1994)—

Django Reinhardt (1910–1953)—

Jean-Luc Ponty (1942– )—

Stephane Grappelli (1908–1997)—

Cannonball Adderley (1928–1975)—

Gerry Mulligan (1927–1996)—

Dexter Gordon (1923–1990)—

Coleman Hawkins (1904–1969)—

Lester Young (1909–1959)—

Ben Webster (1909–1973)—

Johnny Hodges (1906–1970)—

Clark Terry (1920–2015)—

Roy Eldridge (1911–1989)—

Fats Navarro (1923–1950)—

Lee Konitz (1927–2020)—

Paul Desmond (1924–1977)—

Art Pepper (1925–1982)—

Pepper Adams (1930–1986)—

Charles Lloyd (1938– )—

Pharoah Sanders (1940–2022)—

Albert Ayler (1936–1970)—

Don Cherry (1936–1995)—

Cecil Taylor (1929–2018)—

Mary Lou Williams (1910–1981)—

Nina Simone (1933–2003)—

Shirley Horn (1934–2005)—

Betty Carter (1929–1998)—

Diana Krall (1964– )—

Norah Jones (1979– )—

Mel Torme (1925–1999)—

Tony Bennett (1926–2023)—

Frank Sinatra (1915–1998)—

Nat King Cole (1919–1965)—

Cab Calloway (1907–1994)—

Lionel Hampton (1908–2002)—

Milt Jackson (1923–1999)—

Red Garland (1923–1984)—

Tommy Flanagan (1930–2001)—

Kenny Barron (1943– )—

Mulgrew Miller (1955–2013)—

Terence Blanchard (1962– )—

Roy Hargrove (1969–2018)—

Joshua Redman (1969– )—

Kamasi Washington (1981– )—

Louis Armstrong (1901–1971)—