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The greatest jazz artists of all time

123 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Miles Davis

United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1926–1991 · jazz
94.813
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The full board
2 John Coltrane United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1926–1967 · jazz 20.240
3 Norah Jones United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1979– · jazz 9.241
4 Pink Floyd United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1965–2014 · progressive rock 8.940
5 Charles Mingus United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1922–1979 · jazz 7.120
6 Keith Jarrett United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1945– · jazz 7.120
7 The Dave Brubeck Quartet United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1951–1967 · jazz 6.400
8 Herbie Hancock United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1940– · jazz 5.920
9 Björk Iceland flagIceland · 1965– · electronic 5.733
10 Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar Iceland flagIceland · jazz 5.733
11 Tom Waits United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1949– · rock 5.407
12 John McLaughlin United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1942– · jazz 4.595