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Contemporary jazz artists from United States

The 14 most-read contemporary jazz artists based in United States, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

14 artists are tagged contemporary jazz in United States. The biggest move was Wayne Krantz, up 1 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	The Rippingtonssmooth jazz, contemporary jazz	2,704	0
02	The Brecker Brotherscontemporary jazz, jazz	1,929	0
03	Wayne Krantzcontemporary jazz, jazz	979	+1
04	Billy Mohlercontemporary jazz, jazz	884	+1
05	Nir Felderjazz, contemporary jazz	733	-2
06	Chieli Minuccicontemporary jazz, acid jazz	732	0
07	Flim & the BB’scontemporary jazz, jazz	482	0
08	Ray Obiedocontemporary jazz, smooth jazz	294	+1
09	Odean Popecontemporary jazz, avant-garde jazz	228	+1
10	Doug Cameroncontemporary jazz, jazz fusion	216	+1
11	Isaiah J. Thompsoncontemporary jazz, jazz	201	-3
12	Wayne Johnsoncontemporary jazz, jazz	122	0
13	F. Gregory Hollandcontemporary jazz, smooth jazz	67	+1
14	Charles Blenzigcontemporary jazz, jazz	57	-1

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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.