List of Christian instrumental/jazz/swing artists
List of notable instrumental, jazz, and swing Contemporary Christian Music artists.
The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (2002) defines CCM as "music that appeals to self-identified fans of contemporary Christian music on account of a perceived connection to what they regard as Christianity". Based on this definition, this list includes artists that work in the Christian music industry as well as artists in the general market.
Note: Because classifying music by genre can be arbitrary, these groupings are generalized and many artists Appear on multiple lists.
- Philip Bailey
- Ralph Carmichael
- Dino Kartsonakis - eight time Gospel Music Association Award winner
- Father Stan Fortuna
- Phil Driscoll
- Glad
- Tom Howard
- Take 6
- John Tesh
- The W's
- Mary Lou Williams - Primarily mainstream jazz. However after converting to Catholicism she did the first "jazz mass" and ran a Catholic charity.1
See also
- Christian pop music
- List of Christian pop artists, alphabetical
- List of Christian bands and artists by genre
- List of Christian pop artists by decade