Jazz & Blues Artists
Rankings are recomputed on the monthly poll cycle.
AI Consensus Ranking
- #1Louis Armstrong145.7
- #2Duke Ellington132.7
- #3Miles Davis128.0
- #4Ella Fitzgerald85.2
- #5John Coltrane75.4
- #6Charlie Parker66.0
- #7Muddy Waters63.5
- #8B.B. King63.5
- #9Robert Johnson56.2
- #10Billie Holiday55.9
- #11Herbie Hancock47.6
- #12Dave Brubeck46.3
- #13Thelonious Monk46.1
- #14Charles Mingus42.1
- #15Bill Evans37.7
- #16Dizzy Gillespie37.5
- #17Howlin’ Wolf34.5
- #18Charley Patton31.6
- #19Ma Rainey31.2
- #20John Lee Hooker30.0
- #21Samara Joy29.7
- #22Bessie Smith29.4
- #23Blind Lemon Jefferson27.1
- #24Count Basie22.0
- #25Son House21.6
- #26TikTok19.2
- #27W. C. Handy18.7
- #28NPR16.9
- #29T-Bone Walker15.9
- #30The Tonight Show15.6
- #31Chet Baker15.0
- #32The Late Show14.7
- #33Benny Goodman14.7
- #34Oscar Peterson14.4
- #35Emma Hedrick14.1
- #36Wayne Shorter13.8
- #37João Gilberto12.5
- #38Stan Getz12.5
- #39Kind of Blue10.0
- #40Willie Dixon9.8
- #41Mary Lou Williams9.6
- #42Little Walter9.6
- #43Stevie Ray Vaughan9.5
- #44Time Out7.7
- #45Sonny Rollins7.2
- #46Sidney Bechet6.9
- #47Wynton Marsalis6.8
- #48Sunday at the Village Vanguard6.8
- #49Esperanza Spalding6.7
- #50Satchmo at Symphony Hall6.2