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The 50 most-read avant-garde jazz artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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200 artists are ranked in avant-garde jazz. The biggest move was Kit Downes, up 39 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Pharoah SandersLittle Rock · United States | 9,895 | 0 |
02 | Ornette ColemanFort Worth · United States | 8,499 | +1 |
03 | Don CherryOklahoma City · United States | 8,412 | -1 |
04 | Eric DolphyLos Angeles · United States | 6,412 | +1 |
05 | Elvin JonesPontiac · United States | 6,295 | -1 |
06 | Dave HollandWolverhampton · United Kingdom | 5,882 | +3 |
07 | Marc RibotNewark · United States | 5,310 | +1 |
08 | Hermeto PascoalArapiraca · Brazil | 3,942 | -2 |
09 | Trevor DunnEureka · United States | 3,715 | +1 |
10 | Albert AylerCleveland Heights · United States | 3,675 | -3 |
11 | Gary BurtonIndiana · United States | 3,435 | 0 |
12 | Carla BleyOakland · United States | 3,375 | +3 |
13 | Jan GarbarekMysen · Norway | 3,208 | 0 |
14 | David TornAmityville · United States | 3,107 | +8 |
15 | Medeski, Martin & WoodBrooklyn · United States | 3,065 | +5 |
16 | Cecil TaylorCorona · United States | 2,808 | +1 |
17 | Archie SheppFort Lauderdale · United States | 2,625 | -1 |
18 | Marshall AllenLouisville · United States | 2,404 | -6 |
19 | Eli KeszlerBrookline · United States | 2,378 | -1 |
20 | The Lounge LizardsUnited States | 2,349 | +1 |
21 | Woody ShawLaurinburg · United States | 2,243 | -2 |
22 | John MedeskiLouisville · United States | 2,198 | +10 |
23 | Gary PeacockBurley · United States | 2,170 | 0 |
24 | The Sun Ra ArkestraChicago · United States | 1,969 | -10 |
25 | Niels‐Henning Ørsted PedersenLejre · Denmark | 1,963 | -1 |
26 | Paul BleyMontréal · Canada | 1,734 | +2 |
27 | Krzysztof KomedaPoznań · Poland | 1,730 | +7 |
28 | Annette PeacockBrooklyn · United States | 1,722 | +3 |
29 | Art Ensemble of ChicagoUnited States | 1,630 | +1 |
30 | Dewey RedmanFort Worth · United States | 1,487 | +3 |
31 | Reggie WorkmanPhiladelphia · United States | 1,475 | -6 |
32 | Jimmy GiuffreDallas · United States | 1,459 | +5 |
33 | Kit DownesNorwich · United Kingdom | 1,427 | +39 |
34 | Henry ThreadgillChicago · United States | 1,322 | -5 |
35 | Cecil McBeeTulsa · United States | 1,318 | +6 |
36 | Billy HartWashington, D.C. · United States | 1,317 | +3 |
37 | Ambrose AkinmusireOakland · United States | 1,282 | -10 |
38 | Mary HalvorsonBoston · United States | 1,281 | -2 |
39 | John GilmoreMississippi · United States | 1,140 | -4 |
40 | Andrew HillChicago · United States | 1,132 | +2 |
41 | Bob MosesBrooklyn · United States | 1,130 | -3 |
42 | George LewisChicago · United States | 1,041 | +3 |
43 | John SurmanTavistock · United Kingdom | 1,029 | -3 |
44 | Ben MonderNew York · United States | 1,024 | +9 |
45 | David LiebmanBrooklyn · United States | 1,008 | -19 |
46 | James Brandon LewisBuffalo · United States | 1,003 | +11 |
47 | David FiuczynskiNewark · United States | 964 | +22 |
48 | Evan ParkerBristol · United Kingdom | 925 | -4 |
49 | MasadaNew York · United States | 903 | -2 |
50 | William ParkerThe Bronx · United States | 902 | -7 |
79 | Georg RiedelKarlovy Vary · Czechia | 520 | +59 |
184 | Audun KleiveSkien · Norway | 150 | +45 |
141 | Tony MalabyTucson · United States | 240 | +41 |
177 | Petter EldhGothenburg · Sweden | 162 | +40 |
99 | Ray AndersonChicago · United States | 396 | +35 |
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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.