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Every musician reviewed on this site, listed by surname. Click any name to read their albums.

82 Artists Covered

1365 Albums Reviewed

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Cannonball Adderley

Alto Saxophone Hard Bop · Soul Jazz · 1955–1976 49 Albums Reviewed EmArcy / Blue Note / Riverside / Capitol / Fantasy

Cornet Hard Bop · 1955–1960 4 Albums Reviewed

Tenor Saxophone Hard Bop · Soul Jazz · 1947–1982 56 Albums Reviewed

Tenor Saxophone Soul Jazz · Hard Bop · 1960–1963 6 Albums Reviewed Pacific Jazz

Louis Armstrong

Trumpet · Vocals Traditional Jazz · Swing · 1950–1958 11 Albums Reviewed Decca / Columbia / Verve

B

Trumpet · Vocals Cool Jazz · 1953–1988 21 Albums Reviewed Pacific Jazz / Riverside / CTI / SteepleChase

Piano · Bandleader Swing · Big Band · 1954–1958 11 Albums Reviewed Clef / Verve / Roulette

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Drums Hard Bop · 1954–1981 15 Albums Reviewed

Anthony Braxton

Alto Saxophone / Reeds Avant-Garde · AACM · 1968–1978 13 Albums Reviewed Delmark / BYG Actuel / Arista

Trumpet Hard Bop · 1953–1955 6 Albums Reviewed Blue Note / Prestige / EmArcy / Pacific Jazz

Piano Cool Jazz · Hard Bop · 1950–2007 44 Albums Reviewed Fantasy / Columbia / Concord / Telarc

Guitar Hard Bop · Soul Jazz · 1956–2015 55 Albums Reviewed Blue Note / Prestige / Verve / Cadet / Columbia / Fantasy / CTI / Concord / Contemporary / HighNote

Trumpet Hard Bop · Jazz-Funk · 1956–2022 47 Albums Reviewed Prestige / Blue Note / Elektra / Landmark

C

Bass Post-Bop · 1961–2021 20 Albums Reviewed New Jazz / CTI / Milestone / Blue Note

Ensemble · Guitar / Keys / Bass / Drums Japanese Fusion · 1979–1983 8 Albums Reviewed Alfa Records

Ornette Coleman

Alto Saxophone Free Jazz · Avant-Garde · 1958–1966 10 Albums Reviewed Contemporary / Atlantic / ESP-Disk / Columbia

Tenor Saxophone Hard Bop · Avant-Garde · 1957–1969 36 Albums Reviewed

Piano Post-Bop · Fusion · 1968–1973 11 Albums Reviewed Vortex / Blue Note / ECM / Polydor

D

Trumpet Bebop · Cool · Modal · Fusion · 1949–1992 60 Albums Reviewed

Alto Saxophone · Bass Clarinet · Flute Avant-Garde · Post-Bop · 1960–1964 22 Albums Reviewed New Jazz / Prestige / Blue Note

Alto Saxophone Soul Jazz · Hard Bop · 1957–1970 8 Albums Reviewed Blue Note

E

Tenor Saxophone Hard Bop · West Coast · 1958–1962 8 Albums Reviewed MetroJazz / Pacific Jazz / Contemporary

Piano · Composer Jazz Orchestra · 1951–1958 12 Albums Reviewed Columbia / Capitol / Bethlehem

Piano Cool Jazz · Post-Bop · 1956–1980 55 Albums Reviewed Riverside / Verve / Fantasy / Warner Bros. / Timeless

Arranger · Composer Jazz Orchestral · Electric Jazz · 1957–1976 13 Albums Reviewed Prestige / World Pacific / Impulse! / Verve

F

Piano Japanese Jazz · 1976–2025 7 Albums Reviewed Catalyst · Enja · Slowboat

G

Piano Swing · Bebop · 1956 1 Album Reviewed Jazz Essentials

Tenor Saxophone Cool Jazz · Bossa Nova · 1951–1991 13 Albums Reviewed Roost / Norgran / Prestige / Verve

Tenor Saxophone Hard Bop · 1957–2024 44 Albums Reviewed

Tenor Saxophone Bebop · Hard Bop · 1955–1976 9 Albums Reviewed Dootone · Blue Note · Prestige · Columbia

Guitar Hard Bop · Soul Jazz · 1961–1989 34 Albums Reviewed

Piano · Arranger Fusion · 1981 1 Album Reviewed Japanese Jazz

Piano West Coast Jazz · Bossa Nova · 1956–1969 9 Albums Reviewed Fantasy / Warner Bros.

H

Piano Post-Bop · Jazz-Funk · 1962–1983 10 Albums Reviewed Blue Note · Warner Bros. · Columbia

Piano Soul Jazz · Hard Bop · 1955–1999 58 Albums Reviewed Blue Note / Concord / Resonance

Coleman Hawkins

Tenor Saxophone Swing · Hard Bop · 1952–1974 23 Albums Reviewed Riverside / Verve / Impulse! / Prestige / Moodsville

Tenor Saxophone Hard Bop · Post-Bop · 1963–1991 9 Albums Reviewed Blue Note · Milestone · Verve

Trumpet Japanese Jazz · Hard Bop · 1967–1979 26 Albums Reviewed Columbia / Takt / Victor / Three Blind Mice / East Wind / Flying Disk

Freddie Hubbard

Trumpet Hard Bop · Post-Bop · 1960–1971 10 Albums Reviewed

I

Tenor Saxophone Japanese Jazz · Soul Jazz · 1969–2023 30 Albums Reviewed Nippon Columbia · Union Records · Eastworld

J

Piano Piano Trio · Post-Bop · 1956–2019 10 Albums Reviewed Argo / Impulse! / Jazz Village

Piano Post-Bop · Solo Piano · 1968–1978 12 Albums Reviewed Vortex · Columbia · Impulse! · ECM

Philly Joe Jones

Drums Hard Bop · Post-Bop · 1959–1978 8 Albums Reviewed

Arranger / Composer Big Band · Jazz Orchestral · 1956–1962 4 Albums Reviewed ABC-Paramount / Mercury / Impulse!

L

Tenor Saxophone · Flute · Oboe Post-Bop · World · 1981 1 Album Reviewed Jazz Essentials

M

Wynton Marsalis

Trumpet Hard Bop · Post-Bop · 1982–1988 10 Albums Reviewed Columbia

Piano Soul Jazz · 1960–1972 8 Albums Reviewed Pacific Jazz · Limelight · Atlantic

Baritone Saxophone · Electronics · Composer Cool Jazz · Electronic Jazz · Film Score · 1953–2019 10 Albums Reviewed Blue Note / Prestige / Verve / Nocturne / Kapp / La-La Land

Guitar Jazz Fusion · Post-Bop · 1976–2005 10 Albums Reviewed ECM / Geffen / Nonesuch

Tenor & Soprano Saxophone Japanese Jazz · 1970–2019 16 Albums Reviewed Philips · Three Blind Mice · East Wind · Verve

Bass · Composer Hard Bop · Avant-Garde · 1953–1964 10 Albums Reviewed Debut / Atlantic / Impulse!

Tenor Saxophone Hard Bop · 1955–1960 12 Albums Reviewed Blue Note · Prestige · Savoy

Thelonious Monk

Piano Bebop · Hard Bop · 1951–1971 34 Albums Reviewed Blue Note / Prestige / Riverside / Columbia / Black Lion

Guitar Hard Bop · Soul Jazz · 1958–1968 27 Albums Reviewed Pacific Jazz / Riverside / Verve / A&M

Trumpet Hard Bop · 1956–1971 20 Albums Reviewed Blue Note / Savoy / Vee-Jay

N

Piano Japanese Jazz · 1979 1 Album Reviewed Japanese Jazz

Trumpet · Vocals Dixieland · Traditional Jazz · 1970–1975 5 Albums Reviewed Columbia · Express · Kiva

P

Alto Saxophone Bebop · 1949–1958 18 Albums Reviewed Savoy / Dial / Mercury / Clef / Verve

Alto Saxophone Cool Jazz · Hard Bop · 1956–1981 17 Albums Reviewed Savoy / Contemporary / Galaxy

Drums Hard Bop · Big Band · 1960–2008 5 Albums Reviewed Bethlehem / Stash / Soul Note

Piano Hard Bop · Swing · 1950–2000 53 Albums Reviewed Mercury / Verve / MPS / Pablo / Telarc

Piano Bebop · 1951–1959 8 Albums Reviewed Roost / Blue Note / Debut / Norgran

R

Drums Bebop · Hard Bop · 1953–1958 10 Albums Reviewed Debut / EmArcy / Riverside

Tenor Saxophone Hard Bop · 1953–1957 14 Albums Reviewed Prestige · Blue Note · Contemporary · Riverside

Trombone West Coast Jazz · Hard Bop · 1955–1978 10 Albums Reviewed

S

Drums Japanese Jazz · Hard Bop · 1959–2012 10 Albums Reviewed Toshiba · King · SABA

Tenor Saxophone · Soprano Saxophone Post-Bop · 1959–1985 16 Albums Reviewed Vee-Jay / Blue Note / Columbia

Piano Hard Bop · Soul Jazz · 1954–1972 10 Albums Reviewed Blue Note

Tenor Saxophone Cool Jazz · Mainstream Jazz · 1950–1983 18 Albums Reviewed Discovery / Prestige / Dawn / Riverside / Coral / Bethlehem / Mainstream / Impulse! / Muse / Famous Door / Sonet / Pablo

Vocals Vocal Jazz · 2012–2025 5 Albums Reviewed

Hammond Organ Soul Jazz · 1956–1972 10 Albums Reviewed Blue Note · Verve

Alto & Tenor Saxophone Bebop · Hard Bop · 1949–1982 30 Albums Reviewed Prestige / Verve / Roost / Muse

Hiromasa Suzuki

Piano / Keyboards Japanese Jazz / Fusion · 1976 1 Album Reviewed Nippon Columbia

Trombone Japanese Jazz · 1969–1976 5 Albums Reviewed CBS/Sony · Nippon Columbia

Bass · Cello Japanese Jazz · 1975-1976 2 Albums Reviewed Three Blind Mice

T

Guitar Spanish Jazz · Flamenco Jazz · 1988–1991 4 Albums Reviewed Difusió Mediterrània / Elígeme / Omix

Alto Saxophone Japanese Jazz · 1975 1 Album Reviewed Japanese Jazz

Stanley Turrentine

Tenor Saxophone Soul Jazz · 1960–1973 8 Albums Reviewed Blue Note · CTI

V

Vocals Vocal Jazz · Hard Bop · 1950–1956 7 Albums Reviewed Columbia / EmArcy / Mercury

W

Alto Saxophone · Flute Japanese Jazz · 1984–1985 2 Albums Reviewed Japanese Jazz

Y

Shakuhachi Japanese Jazz · World Music · 1968–2018 9 Albums Reviewed CBS/Sony · Philips · Enja

Tenor Saxophone Cool Jazz · Swing · 1951–1959 9 Albums Reviewed Norgran / Clef / Verve / Pablo