Top 50 Jazz Influencers in 2026

1. Norah Jones

Bio New podcast episodes out now on iHeartPodcasts! @playingalongpod *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @norahjones Instagram Followers 752.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact Request upto top 1,000 Jazz Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Robert Glasper

Bio Turn the Black Radio UP *****@bluenote.net Instagram Handle @robertglasper Instagram Followers 682.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

3. Samara Joy

Bio PORTRAIT out now 🎨 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @samarajoysings Instagram Followers 644.5K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

4. Herbie Hancock

Bio *****@herbiehancock.com Instagram Handle @herbiehancock Instagram Followers 640.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

5. Jens Larsen

Bio 🎶 Learn Jazz - Make Music!
🎸 Tabs and PDF on Patreon Instagram Handle @jenslarsenjazz Instagram Followers 265.9K Type Macro Gender Male jenslarsen.nl/blog-en + Follow Get Email Contact

6. kamasi washington

Bio Manager: *****@amlakmusic.comBooking:*****@unitedtalent.com (International)*****@apa-agency.com (North America)MORE Instagram Handle @kamasiwashington Instagram Followers 253.3K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

7. Aimee Nolte

Bio LA Jazz pianist & singer
🔹YouTube (300k subs) 🔹Mgmt: *****@nebula.tv Instagram Handle @aimeenoltemusic Instagram Followers 249.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +13% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Gregory Porter

Bio Pre-order Take Me To The Alley - Anniversary Edition *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @gregoryportermusic Instagram Followers 241K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

9. Terrace Martin

Bio *****@soundsofcrenshaw.com Instagram Handle @terracemartin Instagram Followers 235.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

10. Pat Metheny

Bio 20 x Grammy Award Winning Guitarist and Composer
Side-Eye III+ Album & Tour 2026
🔈New Music 🎟️ ⬇️ *****@thekurlandagency.com Instagram Handle @patmetheny Instagram Followers 187.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

11. Christian McBride

Bio Social media is like SportsCenter. It’s a highlight reel! *****@christianmcbride.com Instagram Handle @chrmcbride Instagram Followers 184.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

12. Emmet Cohen

Bio 🎹 Jazz Pianist & Composer
📺 Live From Emmet’s Place
Upcoming Gigs and More Below
👇Click Here 👇 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @heyemmet Instagram Followers 170.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

13. Chad LB

Bio “Sax Phenom” NY Daily News
@nexussaxophones
@jazzlessonvideos
@globaljazzworkshop
Links: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @chadlbsax Instagram Followers 145.8K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

14. Dave Koz

Bio Platinum-selling artist, humanitarian, radio host and instrumental music advocate. 🏳️‍🌈@buddyboykoz *****@davekoz.com Instagram Handle @davidstephenkoz Instagram Followers 119K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

15. Shabaka Hutchings

Bio ‘Of The Earth’ Out Now! *****@solarmanagement.co.uk Instagram Handle @shabakahutchings Instagram Followers 102.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

16. Boney James

Bio Official Boney James page. 4-time GRAMMY nominated R&B/Jazz saxophonist, songwriter and producer. New album Slow Burn is out now! *****@primarywave.com Instagram Handle @boneyjames01 Instagram Followers 83.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

17. Yucco Miller

Bio サックス奏者🎷2016年メジャーデビュー
YouTubeチャンネル登録者数22万人🌏
🏆「JAZZ JAPAN AWARD 2018」ニュースター賞、
「楽器店大賞2021」サックス部門大賞
💿10th Anniversary Album「Bloomin'」
📕楽譜集「SONGS」 *****@yux-official.com Instagram Handle @yucco_sax Instagram Followers 74.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Nubya Garcia

Bio 🇹🇹🇬🇾 *****@nubyagarcia.com Instagram Handle @nubya_garcia Instagram Followers 74.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Marcus Gilmore

Bio For all business: *****@drummerslams.com
Journey to the New: Live at the Village Vanguard
“A Drummerslams Production”
Listen Below👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 Instagram Handle @drummerslams Instagram Followers 65.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

20. Brian Culbertson

Bio Jazz/Funk/R&B Artist/Producer/Songwriter, new album DAY TRIP out now! Get Tix: Napa Valley and Hawaii @JazzGetaway Festivals *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @brianculbertsonmusic Instagram Followers 60.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

21. Wayne Shorter

Bio “Celebration, Volume 1” out on @bluenoterecords Instagram Handle @wayneshorterofficial Instagram Followers 56.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

22. Najee Saxophonist

Bio Grammy Nominated & Award-Winning musician
Booking: *****@gmail.com
1 (800) 816 -5020 PR Dahlia Sizer
*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @najeeofficial Instagram Followers 48.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

23. Immanuel Wilkins

Bio *****@me.com Instagram Handle @immanuel.wilkins Instagram Followers 48.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +14% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

24. Johnathan Blake

Bio @bluenoterecords artist//
*****@are-group.net-Mgmt//
@yamahadrumsofficial artist//
@istanbulagop artist//
@vaterdrumsticks artist//
@sesac artist Instagram Handle @johnathanblakedrums Instagram Followers 43K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

25. Makaya McCraven

Bio New EPs Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop out now on @intlanthem / @nonesuchrecords / @xlrecordings *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @makayamccraven Instagram Followers 42.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

26. Mindi Abair

Bio 2X GRAMMY Nominated Jazz/Blues/Rock Saxophonist & Vocalist - NEW ALBUM 💿 Based On A True Story - Available Now *****@chapmanmanagement.com Instagram Handle @mindiabair Instagram Followers 42.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Terri Lyne Carrington

Bio Drummer-Producer
New album Trip the Night Fantastic out now! Instagram Handle @terrilynecarrington Instagram Followers 41.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Joel M. Ross

Bio follower of Jesus //
husband of @laurabtrumpet
*****@gmail.com
@bluenoterecords
@msm.nyc || @newschooljazz
@bigshouldersartistservices Instagram Handle @imjoelmross Instagram Followers 41K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

29. Michael Lington

Bio OFFICIAL INSTAGRAM for MICHAEL LINGTON. #1 Billboard charting Saxophonist and Recording Artist. "GOODBYE" New Single and Music Video OUT NOW ⬇️ *****@michaellington.com Instagram Handle @lingtonsax Instagram Followers 32.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +7% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

30. Moses Boyd

Bio EXODUS. *****@ko-ol.co.uk Instagram Handle @mosesboydexodus Instagram Followers 29.8K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

31. Saori Yano

Bio Japan.Saxophone Player / Composer / Lyricist /@houseofjaxx.jpn
Check my link.↓ *****@yanosaori.com Instagram Handle @yanosaori_jazz Instagram Followers 24.8K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

32. Max Restaino

Bio Pop/Jazz Singer, Songwriter & Multi-instrumentalist
http://www.maxrestaino.com
Streaming on Spotify 🎧 *****@maxrestaino.com Instagram Handle @max_restaino Instagram Followers 24.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -4% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

33. Leo Geno

Instagram Handle @leogenovesepiano Instagram Followers 23.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

34. Vincent Ingala

Bio *****@vincentingala.com Instagram Handle @vincentingala Instagram Followers 20.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

35. Theon Cross

Bio Award winning album 'Affirmations: Live at Blue Note New York' Out Now!
'Tuba Luminary'- Rolling Stone Magazine *****@newsoilmusic.com Instagram Handle @theon_cross Instagram Followers 16.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

36. Thana Alexa

Bio 🇭🇷Croatian American🇺🇸
⭐️GRAMMY® Nominated
🎤 Vocalist/Composer/Producer
🎶 Co-Fndr/Artistic Dir @pontalopud Jazz Fest
🏅2025 Creative Capital Grantee *****@thanalexa.com Instagram Handle @thana_alexa Instagram Followers 15.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

37. Peter White

Bio International guitarist, songwriter and producer. *****@peterwhite.com Instagram Handle @peterwhitemusic Instagram Followers 12.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

38. Kenny G

Bio My memoir, ‘Life in the Key of G,’ is out now! *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kennyg Instagram Followers 759.1K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

39. Esperanza Spalding

Bio learning how to serve and embody actualized love through honor for and receptivity to, fellow humans, teachers, and practitioners of regenerative arts *****@wmeentertainment.coom Instagram Handle @esperanzaspalding Instagram Followers 450.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

40. Wynton Marsalis

Bio Internationally acclaimed musician, composer, educator and a leading advocate of American culture. Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center *****@wyntonmarsalis.org Instagram Handle @wyntonmarsalis Instagram Followers 354K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

41. Antonio Sanchez

Bio Drummer/composer/producer. 4 time Grammy winner. Golden Globe/Emmy nom. 🥁 Birdman, The Studio, Get Shorty. New album SHIFT Bad Hombre Vol. II out now. *****@antoniosanchez.net Instagram Handle @antoniodrums1 Instagram Followers 113.5K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

42. Balawan

Bio Endorsement CP : 0821-4765-5887 Business @bmtc.school
JOB
■CP +62 878-7561-9719 +6281290337933 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @balawanguitar Instagram Followers 112.7K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

43. George Benson

Bio 10 Time Grammy Winner and NEA Jazz Master. *****@aproposmanagement.com Instagram Handle @georgebensonguitar Instagram Followers 100.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

44. Jazzmeia Horn

Bio New Album “Messages”
AVAILABLE NOW -ALL PLATFORMS
CEO @empresslegacyrecords
BLESS THE MOST HIGH,YHWH
3x Grammy Nominated
NAACP Image Award *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @artistryofjazzhorn Instagram Followers 47.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

45. Brandee Younger

Bio Grammy® Nominated Harpist x Composer | NAACP Image Awardee ✨ Gadabout Season out now! 🤸🏾‍♀️🤸✨ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @harpista Instagram Followers 44.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

46. Kurt Elling

Bio @hadestown on Broadway.
New Album ‘In The Brass Palace’ w/ WDR Big Band out now on @bigshouldersrecords. *****@multi-channel-inc.com Instagram Handle @kurtelling Instagram Followers 43.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

47. Dave Holland

Bio Official page for Bassist, Composer and Bandleader. ‘United’ the new album with @lionelloueke LP, CD & DN - out on 8th Nov on @editionrecords *****@visionartsmgmt.com Instagram Handle @davehollandjazz Instagram Followers 32.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

48. Stanley Jordan

Bio Guitarist and composer, played in 70 countries on 6 continents, had the no. 1 jazz album for 51 weeks and earned 4 Grammy nominations. *****@stanleyjordan.com Instagram Handle @officialstanleyjordan Instagram Followers 31.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +45% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

49. Earl Klugh

Bio GRAMMY winning guitarist, songwriter and producer, Host of Weekend of Jazz! Earl Klugh sharing his life in photos! *****@earlklugh.com Instagram Handle @earlklugh Instagram Followers 22.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

50. Norman Brown

Bio Grammy-winning #SmoothJazz guitarist Innovative style, dozen albums, collabs w/ jazz greats. New album It Hits Different out now. Dates & music👇🏾 *****@axismanagement.com Instagram Handle @normanticmusic Instagram Followers 19.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact