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The 50 most-read avant-garde jazz artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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201 artists are ranked in avant-garde jazz. The biggest move was Ambrose Akinmusire, up 23 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Don CherryOklahoma City · United States | 10,276 | 0 |
02 | Pharoah SandersLittle Rock · United States | 8,734 | 0 |
03 | Ornette ColemanFort Worth · United States | 8,665 | 0 |
04 | Trevor DunnEureka · United States | 7,128 | 0 |
05 | Eric DolphyLos Angeles · United States | 6,471 | 0 |
06 | Elvin JonesPontiac · United States | 6,356 | 0 |
07 | Ambrose AkinmusireOakland · United States | 4,994 | +23 |
08 | Hermeto PascoalArapiraca · Brazil | 4,220 | -1 |
09 | Marc RibotNewark · United States | 4,171 | 0 |
10 | Albert AylerCleveland Heights · United States | 3,835 | -2 |
11 | Gary BurtonIndiana · United States | 3,750 | 0 |
12 | Dave HollandWolverhampton · United Kingdom | 3,693 | +1 |
13 | Marshall AllenLouisville · United States | 3,691 | +1 |
14 | Jan GarbarekMysen · Norway | 3,445 | +1 |
15 | Carla BleyOakland · United States | 3,202 | +1 |
16 | The Sun Ra ArkestraChicago · United States | 3,069 | -6 |
17 | Cecil TaylorCorona · United States | 2,759 | +1 |
18 | David TornAmityville · United States | 2,691 | -1 |
19 | The Lounge LizardsUnited States | 2,676 | -7 |
20 | Archie SheppFort Lauderdale · United States | 2,582 | -1 |
21 | Medeski, Martin & WoodBrooklyn · United States | 2,342 | -1 |
22 | Gary PeacockBurley · United States | 2,151 | +2 |
23 | Woody ShawLaurinburg · United States | 2,143 | -2 |
24 | Niels‐Henning Ørsted PedersenLejre · Denmark | 2,105 | -2 |
25 | Eli KeszlerBrookline · United States | 1,974 | +2 |
26 | Henry ThreadgillChicago · United States | 1,852 | +13 |
27 | Mary HalvorsonBoston · United States | 1,806 | -1 |
28 | Annette PeacockBrooklyn · United States | 1,801 | -3 |
29 | Paul BleyMontréal · Canada | 1,688 | -6 |
30 | Art Ensemble of ChicagoUnited States | 1,613 | -2 |
31 | Billy HartWashington, D.C. · United States | 1,533 | +11 |
32 | Bob MosesBrooklyn · United States | 1,486 | 0 |
33 | Krzysztof KomedaPoznań · Poland | 1,424 | -1 |
34 | Reggie WorkmanPhiladelphia · United States | 1,412 | +2 |
35 | Dewey RedmanFort Worth · United States | 1,373 | +2 |
36 | Jimmy GiuffreDallas · United States | 1,350 | -7 |
37 | John MedeskiLouisville · United States | 1,310 | -6 |
38 | John GilmoreMississippi · United States | 1,202 | -3 |
39 | Andrew HillChicago · United States | 1,175 | -5 |
40 | John SurmanTavistock · United Kingdom | 1,136 | +1 |
41 | David LiebmanBrooklyn · United States | 1,101 | -3 |
42 | Andrew CyrilleBrooklyn · United States | 1,073 | +23 |
43 | Cecil McBeeTulsa · United States | 1,067 | 0 |
44 | Evan ParkerBristol · United Kingdom | 1,034 | +3 |
45 | MasadaNew York · United States | 979 | +3 |
46 | Mark NauseefCortland · United States | 947 | +6 |
47 | Ben MonderNew York · United States | 874 | -3 |
48 | David FiuczynskiNewark · United States | 824 | +13 |
49 | Joey BaronRichmond · United States | 819 | +2 |
50 | Tomasz StańkoRzeszów · Poland | 816 | -4 |
57 | Kit DownesNorwich · United Kingdom | 729 | +86 |
107 | Stian WesterhusSteinkjer · Norway | 374 | +84 |
200 | Avram FeferSan Francisco · United States | 120 | +55 |
180 | Kent KesslerCrawfordsville · United States | 154 | +50 |
157 | Francis WongUnited States | 199 | +44 |
How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.