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Post-bop artists from Los Angeles

The 16 most-read post-bop artists based in Los Angeles, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

16 artists are tagged post-bop in Los Angeles. The biggest move was Tom Rainey, up 3 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Putter Smithjazz, post-bop	2,452	0
02	Bobby Hutchersonhard bop, jazz	2,302	0
03	Pete Christliebhard bop, jazz	1,168	0
04	Jimmy Knepperjazz, cool jazz	839	+1
05	Warne Marshjazz, cool jazz	775	-1
06	Peter Washingtonhard bop, jazz	632	0
07	Arthur Blythejazz, avant-garde jazz	587	0
08	Scott Colleyjazz, post-bop	336	+2
09	Willie Jones IIIjazz, jazz fusion	324	0
10	Bill Goodwinjazz, post-bop	310	-2
11	Jeff Claytonhard bop, jazz	187	+2
12	Tom Raineyavant-garde jazz, jazz	162	+3
13	Steve Slaglejazz, post-bop	159	+1
14	Danny Grissettjazz, post-bop	144	-3
15	Vernell Brown, Jr.contemporary jazz, jazz	143	-3
16	Tim Armacosthard bop, jazz	72	0

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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.