Alguns grupos de jazz famosos incluem:
- Quinteto Miles Davis (Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones)
- Duke Ellington e sua orquestra (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Ray Brown, Jimmy Blanton, Cootie Williams, Johnny Hodges)
- Count Basie e sua orquestra (Count Basie, Lester Young, Buck Clayton, Freddie Green, Jimmy Rushing, Joe Williams, Frank Wess, Sonny Payne)
- Quarteto Thelonious Monk (Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Wilbur Ware, Philly Joe Jones)
- Art Blakey e os Mensageiros do Jazz (Art Blakey, Kenny Dorham, Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt, Wayne Shorter)
- Quinteto All-Star de Dizzy Gillespie (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, John Lewis, Ray Brown, Kenny Clarke)
- Oscar Peterson Trio (Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen)
- Quarteto Dave Brubeck (Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Joe Morello, Eugene Wright)
- O Quarteto de Jazz Moderno (John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, Connie Kay)
- Sexteto Herbie Hancock (Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, Bennie Maupin)