Set: Jazz

Jazz, including fusion, excluding vocals.

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Consumer Guide Artists

Major (A-list) artists (count in set: 77; in parentheses: A-list album count/total album count, release dates); red indicates 3+ A-list albums:

• Air (1/1, 1979)
• Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt (1/1, 2000)
• Louis Armstrong (4/4, 1994-2004)
• Louis Armstrong & Friends (1/1, 1997)
• Gilad Atzmon (1/1, 2003)
• Chet Baker (1/2, 2004)
• Gato Barbieri (1/1, 1973)
• Count Basie (1/2, 1996-2003)
• Art Blakey (1/1, 2000)
• Carla Bley (1/3, 1977-79)
• Paul Bley (1/1, 1976)
• Arthur Blythe (1/2, 1979-86)
• Ruby Braff (1/1, 1982)
• Ruby Braff and Ellis Larkins (1/1, 1995)
• Dollar Brand (1/2, 1977-80)
• Burnt Sugar (1/4, 2002-17)
• Burnt Sugar/The Arkestra Chamber (2/3, 2001-21)
• Brun Campbell (1/1, 2001)
• James Carter (5/5, 1995-2000)
• Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton (1/1, 1997)
• Ornette Coleman (7/10, 1977-2017)
• Ornette Coleman/Joachim Kühn (1/1, 1997)
• Ornette Coleman and Prime Time (2/2, 1986-88)
• Steve Coleman and Five Elements (1/3, 1988-95)
• John Coltrane (7/8, 1964-2014)
• Miles Davis (12/23, 1970-2007)
• Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition (1/1, 1984)
• Eric Dolphy (2/2, 1978-2004)
• Harry Edison (1/1, 1976)
• Duke Ellington and Ray Brown (1/1, 1972)
• Duke Ellington (2/2, 1962-96)
• Bill Frisell (1/3, 1989-2003)
• Stephane Grappelli (1/1, 1978)
• Charlie Haden (1/2, 1970-83)
• Herbie Hancock (1/7, 1974-2007)
• Coleman Hawkins (1/1, 2000)
• Graham Haynes (1/3, 1996-2000)
• The Dave Holland Quartet (1/1, 1972)
• Abdullah Ibrahim (2/2, 1986-2000)
• Ronald Shannon Jackson (1/5, 1985-90)
• Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society (3/4, 1981-83)
• Keith Jarrett (2/4, 1973-78)
• The Jazz Passengers Featuring Deborah Harry (1/2, 1997-98)
• Pete Johnson (1/1, 1992)
• Last Exit (1/3, 1987-2015)
• The Leaders (1/1, 1986)
• The Lounge Lizards (2/7, 1981-98)
• Evan Lurie (1/1, 1990)
• Mahavishnu Orchestra/John McLaughlin (1/1, 1971)
• Mahavishnu Orchestra (1/4, 1973-75)
• Michael Mantler (1/1, 1978)
• Jimmy McGriff (1/2, 1996-97)
• Ken McIntyre (1/1, 1976)
• John McLaughlin (1/1, 1970)
• Jackie McLean (1/1, 1979)
• Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman (2/2, 1986-2005)
• Charles Mingus (1/2, 1977-78)
• Nils Petter Molvaer (6/7, 2001-11)
• Thelonious Monk (6/7, 2000-20)
• David Murray (6/10, 1978-98)
• Music Revelation Ensemble (1/2, 1980-95)
• The Don Pullen-George Adams Quartet (1/1, 1986)
• Marc Ribot (2/4, 1990-2018)
• Pharoah Sanders (1/3, 1996-2006)
• Sonny Sharrock (1/3, 1986-94)
• The Sonny Sharrock Band (2/2, 1987-91)
• Archie Shepp (1/3, 1975-86)
• Matthew Shipp (1/1, 2004)
• Swingrass '83 (1/1, 1983)
• Jamaaladeen Tacuma (1/2, 1983-87)
• Art Tatum (1/1, 2003)
• Henry Threadgill Sextett (1/1, 1987)
• James Blood Ulmer (4/12, 1981-2007)
• David S. Ware (1/3, 1993-2000)
• Ben Webster (1/1, 1993)
• The Tony Williams Lifetime (1/2, 1969-70)
• World Saxophone Quartet (1/1, 1986)

Minor (not A-List) artists (count: 77; in parentheses: album count, release dates):

• Art Ensemble of Chicago (1, 1973)
• Art Blakey & Thelonious Monk (1, 1999)
• Hamiet Bluiett/D.D. Jackson/Mor Thiam (1, 1999)
• Jean-Paul Bourelly (2, 1987-1998)
• Jean-Paul Bourelly & the BluWave Bandits (2, 1996-1997)
• Joanne Brackeen (1, 1982)
• Anthony Braxton (1, 1975)
• Don Byron (2, 1998-2006)
• John Carter (1, 1986)
• Doc Cheatham (1, 1993)
• Don Cherry (1, 1976)
• Arnett Cobb (1, 1994)
• Billy Cobham (1, 1973)
• Chick Corea (1, 1977)
• Larry Coryell (9, 1969-1979)
• Stanley Cowell (1, 1978)
• Ted Curson (1, 1976)
• Miles Davis/Various DJs (1, 1999)
• Jack DeJohnette (1, 1978)
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (6, 1984-2012)
• Doran, Studer, Minton, Bates, Ali (1, 1995)
• Marty Ehrlich (1, 1990)
• The Eleventh House Featuring Larry Coryell (1, 1974)
• Bill Evans with Jeremy Steig (1, 1969)
• Tommy Flanagan (1, 1978)
• Dizzy Gillespie (1, 1973)
• Dexter Gordon (1, 1977)
• Peter Gordon (2, 1986-1987)
• Hagans/Belden (1, 1999)
• Hannibal (1, 1975)
• Joe Henderson (1, 1975)
• Mark Isham (1, 1999)
• D.D. Jackson (1, 2000)
• Ronald Shannon Jackson With Twins Seven Seven (1, 1986)
• Bob James (1, 1977)
• Boney James (1, 1997)
• The Jazz Passengers (1, 1994)
• Charles Lloyd (1, 1972)
• John Lurie (1, 2000)
• Mahavishnu Orchestra/John McLaughlin (1, 1976)
• Mahavishnu Orchestra (1, 1999)
• Herbie Mann (1, 1975)
• Karen Mantler (1, 1989)
• Branford Marsalis (1, 1986)
• Wynton Marsalis (1, 1985)
• Hugh Masekela (1, 1984)
• Jimmy McGriff and Junior Parker (1, 1970)
• Mahavishnu John McLaughlin (1, 1971)
• John McLaughlin (2, 1978-2003)
• John McLaughlin, Dave Holland, John Surman, Stu Martin, Karl Berger (1, 1971)
• John McLaughlin with the One Truth Band (1, 1979)
• Jay McShann (1, 1979)
• Medeski, Martin and Wood (1, 1995)
• Pat Metheny (1, 1994)
• Joe Morris (1, 1990)
• Joe Morris/Ken Vandermark/Hans Poppel (1, 1998)
• Roy Nathanson (3, 2000-2009)
• Roy Nathanson & Anthony Coleman (1, 1992)
• Roy Nathanson, Curtis Fowlkes and the Jazz Passengers (1, 1987)
• William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra (1, 1997)
• Return to Forever (1, 1976)
• Return to Forever Featuring Chick Corea (1, 1973)
• Gunther Schuller (1, 1976)
• Sonny Sharrock/Ricky Skopelitis (1, 1991)
• Jimmy Smith (1, 2000)
• Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes (1, 1974)
• Craig Taborn (1, 2004)
• Cecil Taylor (1, 1974)
• Henry Threadgill (2, 1993-1997)
• Stanley Turrentine (1, 1975)
• McCoy Tyner (2, 1974-1992)
• The James "Blood" Ulmer Blues Experience (2, 1994-1996)
• Grover Washington Jr. (1, 1975)
• Randy Weston (1, 1974)
• Dr. Michael White (1, 1992)
• Tony Williams (1, 1979)
• World Saxophone Quartet and African Drums (1, 1991)