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Kirk W. Smith, publisher of KWSnet, a subject directory of U.S. national and international news, arts and culture, media, politics, technology and science.

See my “Music Recommendations” at KWSnet website, located at: Recommended Music by Title [A-C] https://www.kwsnet.com/recommend-music-a-c.html • Recommended Music by Title [D-J] https://www.kwsnet.com/recommend-music-d-j.html • Recommended Music by Title [K-R] https://www.kwsnet.com/recommend-music-k-r.html • Recommended Music by Title [S-Z] https://www.kwsnet.com/recommend-music-s-z.html

Favorite Musicians / Bands

Ahmad Jamal

Andrew Hill

Art Blakey

Art Ensemble Of Chicago

Art Pepper

Art Tatum

Benny Green

Bill Evans

Bill Ortiz

Billie Holiday

Billy Harper

Blue Mitchell

Bobby Hutcherson

Bobby Timmons

Brad Mehldau

Bud Powell

Cannonball Adderley

Charles Mingus

Charles Tolliver

Chet Baker

Chick Corea

Chris Potter

Clark Terry

Clifford Brown

Cory Weeds

Courtney Pine

Dave Holland

Denny Zeitlin

Dexter Gordon

Dizzy Gillespie

Donald Byrd

Dr. Lonnie Smith

Duke Ellington

Eddie Harris

Ella Fitzgerald

Erykah Badu

Frank Zappa

Freddie Hubbard

Henry Threadgill

Herbie Hancock

Horace Silver

Houston Person

Hugh Masekela

Jack DeJohnette

Jessica Williams

Joe Henderson

John Coltrane

Joni Mitchell

Joshua Redman

Julius Hemphill

MORE FAVORITES

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Favorite Places to See Jazz

Black Cat

Blue Note Los Angeles

Dizzy's Club

Festival International De Jazz De Montreal

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

Jazz Showcase

Jazzcultural

Keys Jazz Bistro

Lagniappe House

Local Edition

Ornithology Jazz Club

Peggy's Skylight

Preservation Hall

SFJAZZ Center

Smalls Jazz Club

Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro

The Baked Potato

The Royale

The Spotted Cat Music Club

Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill

Vibrato Grill Jazz

Yoshi's Oakland

Favorite Genres

African Jazz

Afrobeat

Beyond Jazz

Blues

Brazilian / Bossa Nova / Samba

Classical / Chamber

Free Improv / Avant-Garde

Funk / Groove / Acid Jazz

Fusion / Progressive Rock

Latin Jazz

Lounge / Exotica

Modern Jazz

Reggae / Ska

Smooth / R&B

Soul

Spiritual / Cosmic Jazz

Straight-ahead (Bop, Hard bop, Cool)

Vocal

Favorite Columns

Album Review

Building a Jazz Library

Extended Analysis

History of Jazz

In the Artist's Own Words

Jazzin' Around Europe

Radio & Podcasts

Record Label Profile

The Jazz Files

The Jazz Life

Top Ten List

Year in Review

Favorite Writers

Alan Bryson

Andrew Schinder

B.D. Lenz

Benjamin Boddie

Bob Osborne

Chris M. Slawecki

Co de Kloet

Dan Bilawsky

Dan McClenaghan

Daniel Peck

David W. Daniels

Doug Collette

Doug Hall

Giuseppe Segala

Glenn Astarita

Hobart Taylor

Hrayr Attarian

Ian Patterson

Joe Dimino

John Chacona

John Ephland

John Sharpe

Jon Greenbaum

Joshua Weiner

Katchie Cartwright

Kevin Poindexter

Kurt Ellenberger

Larry Slater

Lawrence Peryer

Len Davis

Leo Sidran

Ludovico Granvassu

Mark Sullivan

Mary Foster Conklin

Maurice Hogue

Michael Ricci

Mike Jones

Mike Jurkovic

Neil Duggan

Paolo Peviani

Pierre Giroux

Stefano Merighi

Sue Yang

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