Jazz artists on the Suede Cosmos map

Artists in the Jazz cluster

Ordered by how many connections each artist has on the map. Names link to the artist's MusicBrainz page, the source of the genre tags listed here.

1. Wayne ShorterUnited States · 8 connections

   jazz, hard bop, jazz fusion, modal jazz, post-bop, avant-garde jazz

2. Charles MingusUnited States · 7 connections

   jazz, avant-garde jazz, hard bop, post-bop, bebop, third stream

3. Miles DavisUnited States · 7 connections

   jazz, jazz fusion, modal jazz, cool jazz, hard bop, post-bop

4. John ColtraneUnited States · 6 connections

   jazz, free jazz, hard bop, avant-garde jazz, modal jazz, post-bop

5. Snarky PuppyUnited States · 6 connections

   jazz, funk, jazz fusion, contemporary jazz

6. Thelonious MonkUnited States · 6 connections

   jazz, bebop, big band, hard bop, post-bop, stride

7. Bill EvansUnited States · 5 connections

   jazz, cool jazz, modal jazz, hard bop, post-bop, third stream

8. Billie HolidayUnited States · 5 connections

   jazz, blues, vocal jazz, swing, traditional pop

9. Charlie ParkerUnited States · 5 connections

   jazz, bebop, cool jazz

10. Chet BakerUnited States · 5 connections

    jazz

11. Esperanza SpaldingUnited States · 5 connections

    jazz, contemporary jazz, experimental, jazz fusion, soul, vocal jazz

12. Kamasi WashingtonUnited States · 5 connections

    jazz, bebop, contemporary jazz, jazz fusion, spiritual jazz

13. Louis ArmstrongUnited States · 5 connections

    jazz, dixieland, swing, vocal jazz, gospel, traditional pop

14. Sonny RollinsUnited States · 5 connections

    jazz, hard bop, post-bop, avant-garde jazz, bebop, latin jazz

15. Brad MehldauUnited States · 4 connections

    jazz, post-bop, third stream

16. Duke EllingtonUnited States · 4 connections

    jazz, big band, swing

17. Ella FitzgeraldUnited States · 4 connections

    jazz, vocal jazz, swing, big band, blues, pop

18. GoGo PenguinUnited Kingdom · 4 connections

    jazz, electronica, jazz fusion, nu jazz, post-rock

19. Jacob CollierUnited Kingdom · 4 connections

    jazz, contemporary r&b, classical, crossover jazz, electronic, funk

20. Ray CharlesUnited States · 4 connections

    jazz, soul, blues, r&b, jazz blues

21. Robert GlasperUnited States · 4 connections

    jazz, neo soul, contemporary jazz, hip hop, instrumental jazz, post-bop

22. SadeUnited Kingdom · 4 connections

    smooth jazz, contemporary r&b, jazz pop, smooth soul, sophisti-pop, soul

23. Tigran HamasyanArmenia · 4 connections

    jazz, jazz fusion, avant-garde jazz, contemporary jazz, progressive rock, avant-prog

Strongest connections inside Jazz

The score is the overlap between two artists' MusicBrainz genre and tag sets: shared labels divided by all distinct labels across both. The shared tags listed come from the genre tags shown for each artist above. The 10 highest of the cluster's 51 connections:

1. Sonny Rollins and Charles Mingus63%

   Shared tags: jazz, hard bop, post-bop, avant-garde jazz, bebop

2. Wayne Shorter and John Coltrane63%

   Shared tags: jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, post-bop, avant-garde jazz

3. Wayne Shorter and Miles Davis63%

   Shared tags: jazz, hard bop, jazz fusion, modal jazz, post-bop

4. John Coltrane and Charles Mingus50%

   Shared tags: jazz, hard bop, avant-garde jazz, post-bop

5. Miles Davis and Bill Evans50%

   Shared tags: jazz, modal jazz, cool jazz, hard bop, post-bop

6. Miles Davis and John Coltrane50%

   Shared tags: jazz, modal jazz, hard bop, post-bop

7. Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus50%

   Shared tags: jazz, bebop, hard bop, post-bop

8. Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday45%

   Shared tags: jazz, vocal jazz, swing, blues

9. Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane44%

   Shared tags: jazz, hard bop, post-bop, avant-garde jazz

10. Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk44%

    Shared tags: jazz, hard bop, post-bop, bebop

Where Jazz meets other genres

14 connections cross out of the cluster, 10 of them into R&B and Soul. These are the artists whose tags reach across genre lines.

Most common tags in Jazz

How many of the 23 artists carry each label among the top MusicBrainz genre tags stored for them on the map.

• jazz 22
• post-bop 9
• hard bop 7
• jazz fusion 7
• avant-garde jazz 5
• bebop 5
• contemporary jazz 5
• modal jazz 4
• swing 4
• vocal jazz 4
• big band 3
• blues 3

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