Since I'm planning on returning to school to study jazz, I've been growing a list of artists that I like. Most of the artists I'm finding are contemporary and I have a feeling I'm getting a fairly biased view because of my sources and the influence they have on what I can find, but nonetheless I'm posting a list here and updating it as I go of artists I've found and enjoy.
In no particular order:
- Albert Ayler
- Gatemouth Moore
- Max Roach
- John Lewis
- Sun Ra
- Thelonious Monk
- Art Taylor
- George Duvivier
- Django Reinhardt
- Bud Powel
- Joe Williams
- Count Basie
- Art Tatum
- Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton
- McCoy Tyner
Also, as I find sources on the internet, I'll post them as well. For now you could go look at http://www.espdisk.com/.