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Artist
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Active |
Genre & Styles |
| David Bowie
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1960s - 2010s |
Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Art Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Experimental Rock, Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Proto-Punk, Blue-Eyed Soul, Dance-Rock |
| Tony Bennett
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1930s - 2020s |
Vocal, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop, Cast Recordings, Show Tunes |
| Duke Ellington
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1910s - 1970s |
Jazz, Classical, Big Band, Early Jazz, Swing, Modern Big Band, Progressive Jazz, Standards, Orchestral |
| Grover Washington, Jr.
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1960s - 1990s |
Jazz, R&B, Alternative R&B, Crossover Jazz, Soul Jazz, Fusion, Contemporary Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Jazz-Pop, Saxophone Jazz, Contemporary R&B, Pop |
| John Lennon
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1950s - 1980s |
Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll, Singer/Songwriter, AM Pop |
| Louis Armstrong
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1910s - 1970s |
Jazz, Vocal, Dixieland, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Swing, Traditional Pop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz |
| Benny Goodman
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1920s - 1980s |
Jazz, Big Band, Dance Bands, Sweet Bands, Swing |
| Billie Holiday
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1930s - 1950s |
Vocal, Jazz, Blues, Swing, Torch Songs, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz, Classic Female Blues, Standards, Vocal Music |
| Woody Guthrie
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1930s - 1950s |
Folk, Political Folk, Traditional Folk, Field Recordings, Protest Songs |
| Paul Desmond
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1940s - 1970s |
Jazz, Cool, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Piano Jazz, Saxophone Jazz |
| Charlie Parker
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1930s - 1950s |
Jazz, Classical, Bop, Big Band, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Chamber Music |
| Art Blakey
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1940s - 1990s |
Jazz, Hard Bop, Bop |
| John Cage
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1930s - 1990s |
Classical, Avant-Garde, Avant-Garde Music, Experimental Electronic, Minimalism, Modern Composition, Process-Generated, Radio Works, Chamber Music, Conceptual Art, Keyboard, Vocal Music |
| Lee Morgan
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1950s - 1970s |
Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Progressive Jazz, Trumpet Jazz |
| Antônio Carlos Jobim
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1950s - 1990s |
Latin, International, Jazz, Stage & Screen, Bossa Nova, Brazilian Jazz, Latin Jazz, MPB, Brazilian Traditions, Global Jazz, Latin Folk |
| Bill Evans
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1950s - 1980s |
Jazz, Cool, Jazz Instrument, Modal Music, Piano Jazz, Post-Bop |
| Coleman Hawkins
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1920s - 1960s |
Jazz, Bop, Early Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Swing, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Big Band |
| Pete Seeger
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1930s - 2010s |
Folk, Children's, Pop/Rock, Children's Folk, Folk Revival, Folksongs, Political Folk, Protest Songs, Traditional Folk |
| Lester Young
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1930s - 1950s |
Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Swing, Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Cool |
| Ornette Coleman
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1950s - 2010s |
Jazz, Classical, Free Funk, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative, Saxophone Jazz, Fusion, Chamber Music, Show/Musical |
| Max Roach
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1940s - 2000s |
Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Modern Creative, Film Score |
| Roy Ayers
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1960s - 2020s |
Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Instrumental Pop, Soul Jazz, Fusion, Jazz-Pop, Vibraphone/Marimba Jazz |
| Milt Jackson
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1940s - 1990s |
Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Modern Big Band, Post-Bop, Standards, Chamber Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Third Stream, Vibraphone/Marimba Jazz |
| Lionel Hampton
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1920s - 2000s |
Jazz, Blues, R&B, Big Band, Swing, Early R&B, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Vibraphone/Marimba Jazz, Early Jazz |
| Stanley Turrentine
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1950s - 2000s |
Jazz, Fusion, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Smooth Jazz |
| Tito Puente
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1940s - 2000s |
Latin, Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Cuban Jazz, Cuban Traditions, Global Jazz, Latin Big Band, Latin Jazz, Mambo, Salsa, Latin Pop, Son |
| George Shearing
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1930s - 2010s |
Jazz, Vocal, Classical, Bop, Cool, Global Jazz, Latin Jazz, Swing, West Coast Jazz, American Popular Song, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Vocal Pop, Mainstream Jazz, Choral, Keyboard |
| Grant Green
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1950s - 1970s |
Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Jazz-Funk |
| Leonard Bernstein
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1940s - 1990s |
Classical, Stage & Screen, Vocal, Avant-Garde, Latin, Pop/Rock, Musicals, Cast Recordings, Classical Crossover, Show Tunes, Modern Composition, Orchestral, Show/Musical, Standards, Symphony, Vocal Music |
| Vladimir Horowitz
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1930s - 1980s |
Classical, Keyboard, Concerto |
| Igor Stravinsky
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1900s - 1960s |
Classical, New Age, Avant-Garde, Ballet, Neo-Classical, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Modern Composition, Orchestral |
| André Previn
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1940s - 2010s |
Classical, Jazz, Stage & Screen, Vocal, Orchestral, Bop, Cool, West Coast Jazz, Ballet, Concerto, Cast Recordings, Chamber Music, Choral, Jazz Instrument, Jazz-Pop, Mainstream Jazz, Musical Theater, Piano Jazz, Show Tunes, Standards, Swing, Symphony |
| Bud Powell
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1940s - 1960s |
Jazz, Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz |
| Brook Benton
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1940s - 1980s |
R&B, Early R&B, Soul |
| Irving Berlin
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1900s - 1970s |
Stage & Screen, American Popular Song, Cast Recordings, Show Tunes, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Traditional Pop, Film Music, Show/Musical, Standards |
| The Andrews Sisters
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1930s - 1960s |
Vocal, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop, Harmony Vocal Group |
| Gil Scott-Heron
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1960s - 2010s |
R&B, Poetry, Spoken Word, Soul Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Soul |
| Woody Shaw
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1960s - 1980s |
Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Straight-Ahead Jazz, Neo-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Progressive Jazz, Trumpet Jazz |
| Béla Bartók
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1900s - 1940s |
Classical, Avant-Garde, Concerto, Keyboard, Modern Composition, Orchestral |
| Kurt Weill
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1910s - 1950s |
Classical, Stage & Screen, Vocal, Avant-Garde, Cabaret, Cast Recordings, Musicals, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal Music, Modern Composition, Show/Musical |
| Fletcher Henderson
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1920s - 1950s |
Jazz, Big Band, Early Jazz, Swing |
| Lead Belly
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1900s - 1940s |
Folk, Blues, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Field Recordings, Folk Revival, Folk-Blues, Folksongs, Songster |
| Bix Beiderbecke
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1920s - 1930s |
Jazz, Early Jazz, Big Band, Swing |
| Kenny Dorham
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1940s - 1970s |
Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz |
| Jimmy Dorsey
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1920s - 1950s |
Jazz, Big Band, Swing, Dixieland |
| Harold Arlen
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1930s - 1960s |
Stage & Screen, Vocal, Classical, Pop/Rock, Jazz, Traditional Pop, Cast Recordings, Show Tunes, Standards, Swing, Vocal Jazz, Film Score |
| Jerome Kern
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1890s - 1940s |
Stage & Screen, Vocal, Classical, American Popular Song, Cast Recordings, Show Tunes, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Traditional Pop, Vocal Music, Show/Musical |
| Jimmy Rushing
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1920s - 1970s |
Jazz, Blues, R&B, Jazz Blues, Jump Blues, Swing, East Coast Blues, Early R&B, Regional Blues, Vocal Jazz |
| Richard Rodgers
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1910s - 1970s |
Stage & Screen, Vocal, Classical, Cast Recordings, Show Tunes, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Traditional Pop, Vocal Music, Soundtracks, TV Soundtracks |
| Willie "The Lion" Smith
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1920s - 1970s |
Jazz, Blues, Stride, Swing |