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100 Greatest Jazz Flutists

Criteria: - This list of jazz flutists is based on their improvisation, influence, originallity, versatillity,
and impact on modern jazz music. It's mostly classic jazz, but a little bit of smooth jazz too.


Last Updated 2-6-05	Newly added names are in RED	Edited By: Alvin

  1. Eric Dolphy
  2. Herbie Mann
  3. Rahsaan Roland Kirk
  4. Jerome Richardson
  5. Hubert Laws
  6. James Moody
  7. David "Fathead" Newman
  8. Frank Wess
  9. Jim Newsom
10. Yusef Lateef
11. Ali Ryerson
12. Sam Most
13. Charles Lloyd
14. Bud Shank
15. Jim Walker
16. Nestor Torres
17. Alexander Zonjic
18. Tim Weisberg
19. Robert Dick
20. James Galway
21. Gigi Gryce
22. Gilberto Valdez
23. Sam Marowitz
24. Jerry Dodgion
25. Severino Gazzellioni

26. Jeremy Steig
27. Kent Jordan
28. Dave Valentin
29. Joe Farrell
30. Jeremy Clay
31. Roger Glenn
32. Dan Trimboli
33. Albert Socarras
34. Nathan Davis
35. Paul Horn
36. Wayman Carver
37. Ian Anderson
38. Bobby Jaspar
39. Buddy Collette
40. Harry Klee
41. Holly Hoffman
42. Steve Kujala
43. Sam Rivers
44. Ira Sullivan
45. Prince Lasha
46. Lloyd McNeil
47. Byard Lancaster
48. James Newton
49. Joe Henderson
50. Bob Downes

51. Lew Tabackin
52. Moe Koffman
53. Bobbi Humphrey
54. Ronald Snijders
55. Phillip Bent
56. Doug Harris
57. Jane Bunnett
58. Bennie Maupin
59. Magic Malik
60. Hermeto Pascoal
61. Micheal Edelin
62. Jorge Pardo
63. Thijs Van Leer
64. Julien Monti
65. Deepak Ram
66. Jamie Baum
67. Thomas Chapin
68. Mathias Ziegler
69. Mathieu Schneider
70. Andrea Brachfeld
71. Bill McBirnie
72. Stefan Keller
73. Urban Hansson
74. Paul Cheneour
75. Sherry Winston

76. Kenny Stahl
77. Derrick Davis
78. Bettine Clemen
79. Jan Leder
80. Zig Noda
81. Eddie Perales
82. Robert Goldman
83. George Colovus
84. Simeon Shtrev
85. Sahib Shihab
86. Nora Nausbuam
87. Peter Guidi
88. Mark Weinstein
89. Mark Alban Lotz
90. Danilo Lozano
91. Leo Wright
92. Raghunath Seth
93. Nicola Stilo
94. Harold McNair
95. George Adams
96. Pannalal Ghosh
97. Hariprasad Chaurasia
98. Sonny Fortune
99. Viviana Guzman
100. Howard Rumsey

Some listening recommendations:

"Out to Lunch!" - Eric Dolphy
"The Best of Herbie Mann" - Herbie Mann
"Midnight Oil" - Jerome Richardson
"Rip, Rig, and Panic" - Rahsaan Roland Kirk
"Now Please Don't You Cry Beautiful Edith" - Rahsaan Roland Kirk
"The Laws of Jazz" - Hubert Laws
"At the Tallinn Jazz Festival in the Soviet Union" - Charles Lloyd
"Eastern Sounds" - Yusef Lateef
"Flute n' Oboe" - Bud Shank
"Young at Heart" - James Moody
"The Sound of Wide Open Spaces" - James Clay/David "Fathead" Newman

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stated criteria, and revised considering the competent suggestions of visitors to this website only.

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