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Best crossover jazz artists of the 1990s

Hip-hop moved to the center and has not left. Grunge cleared out the arena rock standing in front of it. Dance music grew an audience that listened at home rather than in a club, while sample clearance got expensive enough that producers had to get sharper about what they took.

Everyone who released a crossover jazz album in the 1990s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

Patrice Rushen№ 1Patrice Rushen1 album here3.7Weighted score3.5 avg · 6 ratings
  1. 2Spyro GyraSpyro Gyra1 album here1 rating
  2. 3Kenny GKenny G1 album here
  3. 4Brian CulbertsonBrian Culbertson2 albums here
  4. 5Lalah HathawayLalah Hathaway1 album here
  5. 6Rick BraunRick Braun1 album here
  6. 7Jeff LorberJeff Lorber2 albums here
  7. 8Acoustic AlchemyAcoustic Alchemy2 albums here
  8. 9NajeeNajee1 album here
  9. 10Airto MoreiraAirto Moreira1 album here
  10. 11HiroshimaHiroshima3 albums here
  11. 12ChromaChroma1 album here

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