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Top smooth jazz artists

The top-rated smooth jazz artist on Riffiter is Basia, rated 4.2/5 by 11 listeners.

43 smooth jazz artists ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 9 of 1,230 smooth jazz albums, averaging 4.3/5, spanning 1962 to 2026.

  1. Basia01Basia11 ratings
  2. George Benson

    02 George Benson

    1 rating

  3. Spyro Gyra

    03 Spyro Gyra

    1 rating

  4. Bobby Caldwell

    04 Bobby Caldwell

    1 rating

  5. Shakatak

    05 Shakatak

    1 rating

  6. Boney James

    06 Boney James

  7. Slim Man

    07 Slim Man

  8. Kenny G

    08 Kenny G

  9. Dave Stewart

    09 Dave Stewart

  10. Grover Washington, Jr.

    10 Grover Washington, Jr.

  11. Dave Koz

    11 Dave Koz

  12. Kirk Whalum

    12 Kirk Whalum

  13. Chris Botti

    13 Chris Botti

  14. Michael Franks

    14 Michael Franks

  15. Richard Elliot

    15 Richard Elliot

  16. Bob James

    16 Bob James

  17. Jonathan Butler

    17 Jonathan Butler

  18. Norman Brown

    18 Norman Brown

  19. Peter White

    19 Peter White

  20. Euge Groove

    20 Euge Groove

  21. Will Downing

    21 Will Downing

  22. Dave Grusin

    22 Dave Grusin

  23. Rick Braun

    23 Rick Braun

  24. Brian Simpson

    24 Brian Simpson

  25. Keiko Matsui

    25 Keiko Matsui

  26. Acoustic Alchemy

    26 Acoustic Alchemy

  27. Najee

    27 Najee

  28. Chris Standring

    28 Chris Standring

  29. Marion Meadows

    29 Marion Meadows

  30. Kim Waters

    30 Kim Waters

  31. Marc Jordan

    31 Marc Jordan

  32. Brian Hughes

    32 Brian Hughes

  33. Mark Maxwell

    33 Mark Maxwell

  34. Jay Beckenstein

    34 Jay Beckenstein

  35. Nicholas Cole

    35 Nicholas Cole

  36. David Davis

    36 David Davis

  37. Michael Ross

    37 Michael Ross

  38. Greg Mathieson

    38 Greg Mathieson

  39. Mark Portmann

    39 Mark Portmann

  40. Brian Smith

    40 Brian Smith

  41. 41 Bill House

  42. 42 David Spinozza

  43. 43 Chris Allison

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