Which Jazz Artist’s Influenced your Musical Taste?

And lets not forget combinations of some of the above mentioned players:

Oscar Peterson Trio - with a long list of additional guest performers.

Thelonious Monk quartet - with John Coltrane etc.

Ella & Louis with the Oscar Peterson Trio

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Oscar Peterson School of Music at the The Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto.

Richie Cole

Joey Defrancesco 

Bela Fleck

MJQ

Gordon Goodwin

Great idea Lalitk!

Bassists: Ray Brown, Christian McBride, Edgar Meyer, Stanley Clark, Ron Carter

Pianists: Keith Jarrett, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jessica Williams

Guitarists: Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny

Drummers: Jack DeJohnette, Art Blakey

Some of favorites not mentioned...Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Andrew Hill, Woody Shaw, Billy Harper, John McLaughlin, Bobby Hutcherson, Jackie McClean, Elvin Jones, Art Pepper, Scott LaFaro, Kenny Garrett, Pat Martino, Larry Coryell, Tal Farlow, Ralph Towner, NHOP, Sarah Vaughan, JoAnne Brackeen, Johnny Griffin, Dave Holland, Larry Young, Charles Tolliver, George Cables, Stanley Cowell, Charlie Haden, Mal Waldron, Vincent Herring, Booker Ervin, Joe Lovano, Clifford Jordan, Tina May, Helen Merrill, John Scofield, Chico Freeman, Grant Green, Jimmy Heath, Jackie Ryan, Miroslav Vitous, Lew Tabackin, Kenny Wheeler....