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For the provisional round, rank your top 5 artists from 1-5. The top 8 artists will advance to the next round. Here are the 32 artists in the next genre.... Jazz. Enjoy!

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Billie Holiday
Branford Marsalis
Cannonball Adderly
Charles Mingus
Chicago
Chick Corea
Dean Martin
Duke Ellington
Etta James
Frank Sinatra
Harry Connick Jr.
Herbie Hancock
Jamie Cullum
John Coltrane
Louis Armstrong
Miles Davis
Morphine
Nina Simone
Norah Jones
Ornette Coleman
Pat Metheney
Santana
Sonny Rollins
Soul Coughing
Stan Getz
Steely Dan
Sting
Sun Ra
Thelonious Monk
Tony Bennett

1. Miles
2. Sinatra
3. Sting
4. Coltrane
5. Steely Dan

1- Santana
2- John Coltrane (aka The Shit)
3- Steely Dan (???)
4- Chicago
5- Etta James (Rest in Peace)

This group seems to extend a wider net than just jazz. Also jazz influenced pop and jazz-related genres from the 40s and 50s. And Latin rock.

1. Miles Davis
2. John Coltrane
3. Charles Mingus
4. Nina Simone
5. Santana

1. Miles Davis
2. John Coltrane
3. Steely Dan
4. Frank Sinatra
5. Charles Mingus

1. Steely Dan
2. Santana
3. Chicago
4. Miles Davis
5. John Coltrane

1.Steely Dan
2.Chicago
3.Santana
4.Miles Davis
5.John Coltrane

1. Steely Dan
2. Frank Sinatra
3. Miles Davis
4. Duke Ellington
5. Pat Metheny

1. Steely Dan
2. Nina Simone
3. Frank Sinatra
4. Billie Holiday
5. Duke Ellington

1. Soul Coughing
2. John Coltrane
3. Miles Davis
4. Cannonball Adderly
5. Charles Mingus

1.Billie Holiday
2.Louis Armstrong
3.Duke Ellington
4.Miles Davis
5.John Coltrane

1. Miles Davis
2. Charles Mingus
3. Cannonball Adderly
4. Thelonious Monk
5. Stan Getz

It's a pity Keith Jarrett isn't in here.

1 Miles Davis
2 Nina Simone
3 Duke Ellington
4 Billie Holiday
5 Louis Armstrong

Seriously, three games for Country music and only one for all these incredible artists, something is wrong here

1. Miles Davis
2. Nina Simone
3. Thelonious Monk
4. John Coltrane
5. Billie Holliday

Good lord, nearly impossible.

1. John Coltrane
2. Nina Simone
3. Charles Mingus
4. Duke Ellington
5. Ornette Coleman

6. Miles Davis
7. Thelonious Monk
8. Billie Holiday
9. Louis Armstrong
10. Sun Ra
11. Herbie Hancock
12. Sonny Rollins

1. Thelonious Monk
2. John Coltrane
3. Miles Davis
4. Charles Mingus
5. Duke Ellington

Thanks!

1. John Coltrane
2. Miles Davis
3. Charles Mingus
4. Nina Simone
5. Ornette Coleman

This category is too stacked and should have been split up. Also, no Pharoah Sanders?

1. Charles Mingus
2. Nina Simone
3. John Coltrane
4. Miles Davis
5. Billie Holiday

1.Miles Davis
2.John Coltrane
3.Thelonious Monk
4.Duke Ellington
5.Charles Mingus

Peculiar decision on groupings here. I can't remember how Slick chose the larger pool of artists to go into these preliminary rounds so I'll reserve judgment on the decisions leading to this group... but I'm most upset about no Ella Fitzgerald. And that I didn't get to vote for Morphine and Soul Coughing in the 90's alt rock genre.

1. Louis Armstrong
2. Duke Ellington
3. John Coltrane
4. Thelonious Monk
5. Billie Holiday

Slick - I think that you are doing a marvelous job.

I suggest that every time someone takes a poke at your genre selections you remember the very ironic expression: "No good deed goes unpunished"

Keep up the great work!!!

RESULTS... (33) voters...

76 - Miles Davis
60 - John Coltrane
41 - Frank Sinatra
35 - Steely Dan
32 - Louis Armstrong
31 - Duke Ellington
29 - Thelonious Monk
27 - Santana
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26 - Billie Holiday
23 - Chicago
22 - Nina Simone
20 - Charles Mingus
12 - Morphine
11 - Soul Coughing
10 - Sting
9 - Pat Metheney
7 - Norah Jones
5 - Cannonball Adderly, Dean Martin
4 - Harry Connick Jr., Ornette Coleman
3 - Herbie Hancock
2 - Etta James, Tony Bennett
1 - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Chick Corea, Stan Getz
0 - Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Branford Marsalis, Jamie Cullum, Sonny Rollins, Sun Ra

Others...

Santana Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Chicago Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Chicago Miles Davis Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington John Coltrane
My apologies to the Chairman of the Board. pretty sure he won't need my help to advance to the next round...1. Coltrane 2. Billie Holiday 3. Sting 4. Morphine 5. Soul Coughing
1. Thelonious Monk 2. Miles Davis 3. Herbie Hancock 4. John Coltrane 5. Chick Corea
Sinatra, Ellington, Santana, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane
1. Morphine 2. Thelonious Monk 3. Miles Davis 4. Louis Armstrong 5. John Coltrane
Morphine, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sinatra
1. Santana 2. Steely Dan. 3. Pat Metheny. 4. Miles Davis. 5. Chicago
Pat Metheny, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Steely Dan, Frank Sinatra
Frank, Miles, Duke, Coltrane, Armstrong
Chicago, harry, louis, frank, tony
Miles Davis, Billie Holliday, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin....this was a hard one Etta and Tony awesome also
Sinatra ,Armstrong ,holiday,coltrane,Bennett
1. Thelonious 2. Duke 3. Sinatra 4. Miles 5. Coltrane
-Soul Coughing -Sting -Norah Jones -Etta James -Deano
1.) Steely Dan 2.) Norah Jones 3.) Billie Holiday 4.) Santana 5.) Chicago

Henry wrote:Slick - I think that you are doing a marvelous job.

I suggest that every time someone takes a poke at your genre selections you remember the very ironic expression: "No good deed goes unpunished"

Keep up the great work!!!

Henry, you're absolutely right... Looking back at my comments, I realize they were unnecessarily churlish (READ: dickish). Slick, you've been doing a great job, and many thanks for putting this all together.

Thanks. I expected a few comments, ultimately there is no way to line these genres up to please everyone. I would be disappointed if I did not catch a little flac. I am just glad people are enjoying this.

slick wrote: I am just glad people are enjoying this.

I certainly am.