A key component to getting better is listening to other great musicians. Below you will find a list of outstanding musicians who are considered experts of their craft.
Count Basie Band
Charles Mingus Big Band
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Woody Herman
Benny Goodman
Stan Kenton
Terry Gibbs
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis
Bob Florence
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Maynard Ferguson
Diva Jazz Orchestra
Maria Schneider Band
WDR Big Band
Buddy Rich Big Band
Bob Mintzer Big Band
Cannonball Adderley
Wes Anderson
Patrick Bartley
Benny Carter
Hank Crawford
Paul Desmond
Johnny Hodges
Charlie Parker
Art Pepper
Michael Brecker
John Coltrane
Stan Getz
Dexter Gordon
Coleman Hawkins
Joe Henderson
Joshua Redman
Sonny Rollins
Zoot Sims
Ben Webster
Lester Young
Pepper Adams
Harry Carney
Serge Chaloff
Gerry Mulligan
Louis Armstrong
Clifford Brown
Roy Eldridge
Jon Faddis
Maynard Ferguson
Dizzy Gillespie
Roy Hargrove
Marquis Hill
Ingred Jensen
Ryan Kisor
Wynton Marsalis
Nicholas Payton
Arturo Sandoval
Byron Stripling
Clark Terry
Warren Vache
Carl Fontana
John Fedchock
Wycliffe Gordon
Slide Hampton
Bill Harris
J.J. Johnson
Frank Rosolino
Jack Teagarden
Bill Watrous
Art Blakey
Frank Capp
Kenny Clarke
Peter Erskine
Mel Lewis
Roy Haynes
Shelley Manne
Ed Soph
Sonny Payne
Buddy Rich
Max Roach
Tony Williams
Count Basie
Nat "King" Cole
Chick Corea
Duke Ellington
Bill Evans
Benny Green
Herbie Hancock
Hank Jones
Thelonius Monk
Frank Mantooth
Phineas Newborn
Oscar Peterson
Bud Powell
Horace Silver
Bobby Timmons
Teddy Wilson
Jimmy Blanton
Ray Brown
Ron Carter
Stanley Clarke
James Jamerson
Carol Kaye
Charles Mingus
Christian McBride
Jaco Pastorius
Victor Wooten
Charlie Christian
Jim Hall
Joe Pass
Ed Bickert
Pat Metheny
Django Reinhardt
Eddie Lang
Freddie Greene
Barney Kessell
Wes Montgomery