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Cool Jazz genre — history, bands and artists
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Geography of Cool Jazz
Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio
Landmark albums of Cool Jazz
Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre
1959Kind of BlueMiles Davis
1961Time Further OutThe Dave Brubeck Quartet
1964
Getz / GilbertoStan Getz / João Gilberto featuring Antônio Carlos Jobim
1963Duke Ellington & John ColtraneDuke Ellington & John Coltrane
1958John Coltrane with the Red Garland TrioJohn Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio
1970Music From West Side StoryThe Dave Brubeck Quartet
1966
Basie's Beatle BagCount Basie & His Orchestra
1957Miles AheadMiles Davis
Stan Getz and the Cool SoundsStan Getz
New in Cool Jazz
Albums and singles of the genre released in the last four months
2026JAZZ RESORT vol. 3GENTLE LOVE
2026101: An Audio OdysseyMarshall Allen & Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Cool Jazz by year
How many studio albums of the genre came out each year
Cool Jazz by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade
By country
By decade
Best albums by decade
Artists of Cool Jazz
The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners
- Adam Dunning
- Art Pepper
- Bill Evans
- Bill Holman
- Bill Perkins
- Bob Brookmeyer
- Bob Cooper
- Bobby Jaspar
- Buddy Collette
- Carl Fontana
- Chuck Wayne
- Claude Williamson
- Conte Candoli
- Curtis Amy
- Curtis Counce
- Cyril Touff
- Dave Pell
- Don Fagerquist
- Frank Wess
- Gerald Wiggins
- Harry Babasin
- Herbie Steward
- Howard Roberts
- Jack Sheldon
- Jim Hall
- Jimmy Giuffre
- Jimmy Knepper
Johnny Smith- Jutta Hipp
- Lawrence Marable
- Lennie Niehaus
- Leroy Vinnegar
Marshall Allen- Marty Paich
- Mel Lewis
- Miles Davis Sextet
- Mundell Lowe
- Paul Desmond
- Paul Horn
Ray Brown- Red Mitchell
- Red Norvo
- Richie Kamuca
- Roy Eldridge
- Scott Hamilton
- Shorty Rogers
- Spike Robinson
- Stan Levey
- Stu Williamson
- Tal Farlow
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet
- Tom Braxton
- Tommy Down
- Urbie Green
- Victor Feldman
- Walt Dickerson
- Warne Marsh
- Zoot Sims
- 福居良
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