Who Are Some Of The Greatest Jazz Players Of All Time?

saxophones: charlie parker, john coltrane, sonny rollins, wayne shorter

trumpet: dizzy gillespie, miles davis, freddie hubbard, louis armstrong

piano: herbie hancock, mccoy tyner, bill evans, oscar peterson, art tatum

drums: max roach, elvin jones, philly joe jones, jack deJohnette

bass: charles mingus, jimmy garrison, paul chambers, ron carter

guitar: wes montgomery, john mcLaughlin, django reinhardt

Louis Armstrong is among the many. But, he is my fave.

duke elligton

Miles Davis for me. Kind of Blue...

Edit: I had to come back for seconds when I saw nobody mentioned Thelonius Monk.

Dave Bruebeck
Miles Davis
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
Nina Simone
Louis Armstrong

John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington , Herbie Hancock

Louis Armstrong
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Dexter Gordon
Dizzy Gillespie
Charlie Parker
Clifford Brown
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Cannonball Adderley
Herbie Hancock
Ron Carter
Jaco Pastorius
Woody Shaw
Pat Methany
Michael Brecker
Wynton Marsalis
Branford Marsalis

Those are just a few off the top of my head.

Louie Armstrong, Duke Ellington is what popped up in my mind...

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For me, the "greatest players" are the ones I enjoy listening to the most. Therefore, my answer is not based on technique. That said, here are my favorite...

Eric Dolphy
Sam Rivers
Bobby Hutcherson
Jaki Byard
Booker Ervin
Tony Williams
Richard Davis
Charles Mingus
Charles Tolliver
McCoy Tyner

Thats my little opinion.

THANKS for asking.

Kenny Banks in Atlanta
khalid Moss in Dayton
Mulgrew Miller

jazz is NOT fer me sorry'

Wes Montgomery

Antonio Carlos Jobin

Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong. I'm partial to the trumpet.

Don't forget Les Paul, possibly the single greatest contributor to all of modern music. Not only was he an incredible arranger and inventor (he invented the electric guitar and multitrack recording among other things), but he was (and still is) an unbelievable musician.