Jazz Music

[chop-chop]

Since I couldn't find a thread on Jazz, I thought that I'd start one. We'll let the Classical thread grow on it's own. Heck, we can even throw some Dixieland in here! Ol' "Pops" would like that!

Louis Armstrong
Clifford Brown
Glenn Miller
Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey
Duke Ellington
Count Basie
Charlie Barnett
Stan Kenton
Benny Goodman
Woody Herman
Maynard Ferguson
Buddy Rich
Miles Davis
Wynton Marsalis
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis

That's a start... :biggrin:

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[rikrdo]

Alrighty Then....
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Wynton Marsalis
Clifford Brown
Lee Morgan
Fats Navarro
Harry Connick Jr...
Frank..
Tony.
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....thats a start from me. :wink:

[PalmettoB]

Preservation Hall Jazz bands
Thelonious Monk
If you want to go back to more swing and big band, Ella Fitzgerald
Dixieland...Al Hirt

[htownmmm]

Sadao Watanabe
Joe Sample
Incognito
George Benson
Al Jarreau
Sade
Marcus Miller
Spyro Gyra


Marty

[grb]

1 John Coltrane--Blue Trane
2 Miles Davis--Kind of Blue
3 Bill Evans--Live in New York
4 Chet Baker--Chet
5 Thelonious Monk-Straight No Chaser

My top 5 favorites. Have many others; Johnny Hartman, Cannonball Adderly, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins... would have to take the top 5 above on the proverbial desert island.

[jazzman]

Dexter Gordon
Art Blakey
Wayne Shorter
Anita O'Day
Art Pepper
Clifford Brown
J.J. Johnson
Jimmy Smith
Django Reinhart
Charles Mingus
Hank Mobley
Bill Evans
Artie Shaw
Bennie Goodman
Sarah Vaughan
Lester Young

and these are just the giants (in addition to those named in earlier posts)

[moviemaniac]

I'm into nearly every kind of music except for the stuff modern kids "dance" to (Rap, Techno, Metal, you name it).
I love classical music, country, classic rock, blues, R&B, "oldies" and amongst other things, Jazz of course.

I can't write down a list of singers/groups, but I'm more into the more subtle, tender subgenres of Jazz. I frequently listen to Radio Swiss Jazz's webstream and I have all two discs of the Upper Austrian Jazzband "triotonic (http://www.triotonic.com/cds_sounds.php)" - classy stuff.

[Doc4]

Oh I do love the jazz. Lena Horne "I concentrate on you", Ella "The lady is a tramp" ... on and on.

But my favourite has got to be late Coltrane, from Ascention onwards. Top of the list? Interstellar Space! Oooh yeah!!

[mrob]

Sadao Watanabe
Joe Sample
Incognito
George Benson
Al Jarreau
Sade
Marcus Miller
Spyro Gyra


Marty

Great taste!

I grew up in Buffalo when Spyro Gyra was just making it. They were a Buffalo-based band when they started, and I played a gig or 2 with one of the guys in the band when I was in college.

Very mellow--always brings me back to the 80s!

[180gVinyl]

Miles - Kind Of Blue
Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section
Wes Montgomery - Full House
Lou Donaldson - The Righteous Reed

[norman931]

I used to watch Buddy Rich on the Tonight Show. I've been playing drums for thirty years. I usually get nasty looks from the other musicians when I throw in the jazz licks, but I do it anyway. And then, some eighty year old man will come up to me and say "That's the best drumming I've heard in years!" (It's happened several times!) :biggrin: Where are the chicks?:001_huh:

[netsurfr]

Have quite a bit of jazz in my collection but I think that some of the oldies are my favorite. Have an album of Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald that is one of my favorites.

[_JP_]

There is some newer stuff well worth getting hold of. There is of course, Bob James and Chuck Mangione, along with Boney James, Al Stewart and Herb Alpert. Then there is Shadowfax and Jean-Luc Ponty both of whom have New Age overtones in their music. Another artist that I like is Pat Methany. And how about Earl Klugh?

A few titles that I have:

Shadowfax
Watercourse Way
Shadowdance
Chuck Mangione
Feels So Good
Fun and Games
Jean-Luc Ponty
Cosmic Messenger
Imaginary Voyage
Pat Metheny
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
AirstreamThere are a bunch of others that I have, these were the ones that came to mind.

[JBHoren]

Gary Burton: Times Like These and with the Berklee All-Stars
Brad Mehldau: Introducing Brad Mehldau, The Art of the Trio (Vols 1-4)
James Carter: The Real Quietstorm
Michel Petrucciani: too many to list!
Oscar Peterson: so many!
Pat Metheny: Bright Size Life and American Garage
Vince Guaraldi: Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus and more
Ben Webster: where to begin?

and so many more...

[Stauff]

Chet Baker - There's a lull in my life

[SmoovD]

John Scofield
Terge Rypdal
Lars Danielson
Abdullah Ibrahim
Tord Gustufson
Grant Green
Tal Farlow
Wayne Shorter
Allan Holdsworth
Ornette Coleman
Cassandra Washington
Regina Carter
Phil Woods
too many to name but these are in heavy rotation at the moment

[Namdnas]

I'd like to add some safe bets;

Chick Corea
Jelly Roll Morton
Django Reinhardt

and let me go out on a limb...
Steely Dan

[jazzman]

I'd like to add some safe bets;

Chick Corea
Jelly Roll Morton
Django Reinhardt

and let me go out on a limb...
Steely Dan

They certainly knew about Horace Silver (Rikki Don't Lose That Number):biggrin:

I was impressed by B&B before this thread, but now I know that I am in the company of gentlemen and scholars.

[Dennis]

I got hooked on jazz when I took an appreciation course in college. Here is what is currently in my rotation.

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia
Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard/Waltz For Debby
Courtney Pine - Modern Day Jazz Stories
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
Horace Silver - Song for My Father/The Jody Grind/..& the Jazz Messengers
Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool/Kind of Blue/Bitches Brew
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners/Complete Blue Note
Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes from the Underground/In This House On This Morning/Majesty of the Blues/Live at Blues Alley

That Black Codes Wynton pick just blows me away - I love that CD. I have a ton more but not currently loaded up. I am not a big fan of Coltrane though no matter how I try. I also have alot of the classics and cover most of the bases from 1930s to about Bitches Brew. I check out a bit on jazz except for a bit here in there (like Wynton) after that period.

Dennis

[jbc]

Ex-girl friend got me into the stuff years ago now I simply can't get enough of the stuff.

[jazzman]

I got hooked on jazz when I took an appreciation course in college. Here is what is currently in my rotation.

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia
Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard/Waltz For Debby
Courtney Pine - Modern Day Jazz Stories
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
Horace Silver - Song for My Father/The Jody Grind/..& the Jazz Messengers
Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool/Kind of Blue/Bitches Brew
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners/Complete Blue Note
Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes from the Underground/In This House On This Morning/Majesty of the Blues/Live at Blues Alley

That Black Codes Wynton pick just blows me away - I love that CD. I have a ton more but not currently loaded up. I am not a big fan of Coltrane though no matter how I try. I also have alot of the classics and cover most of the bases from 1930s to about Bitches Brew. I check out a bit on jazz except for a bit here in there (like Wynton) after that period.

Dennis

It's hard for me to imagine life without all of the above. I was at Blues Alley when some of that album was recorded. Wow.

[Dennis]

It's hard for me to imagine life without all of the above. I was at Blues Alley when some of that album was recorded. Wow.

No kidding? Too cool - great recording. In fact, off goes Beethoven's 5th and onto Wynton... :biggrin:

Dennis

[murchmb]

A few saxophonists:

Tom Scott
David Sanborn
Gerald Albright
Kenny G whoops :biggrin:
Najee

Lesser known, current big band:

Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Some of the best studio musicians. In the same vein as Severinson's Tonight Show Band.

[redbike]

McCoy Tyner. Still playing hard. Still among the best. Word.

jim

[_JP_]

Saxophonists? I had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Yakkety Sax - Boots Randolf - perform live one night.

[ScottS]

I saw a Ray Brown show at some concert hall in Zurich about a year before he died. Watching jazz with the Swiss was interesting. The hall was like a morgue, with the reserved Swiss sitting with their hands folded in their lap. I played along, until the hot second set, and I started bopping in my seat. The guy next to me caught it, and he started gently tapping his open hand against his knee. His wife stopped him.

I love the Swiss, but they sure are reserved in public.

For what its worth, my impression was that they generally did not understand the concept of improvisational jazz. When I told my Swiss colleagues later that night that much, if not most, of what they saw was improv, they could barely believe it.

When I was in college, I had the lovely experience of being a roadie for a one night gig for Chick Corea's Electric Band. I got to eat on the bus with the band.

[ScottS]

I'd second the McCoy Tyner nod. What a percussive piano! He does one incredible piece that clearly comes out of gospel that's a favorite of mine. Big Gary Burton fan. He has an "artist's choice" show on Sirius that always impresses. For Sax, I'm all over the map, but Dexter Gordon is right up there. Micheal Brecker is at the other side of this range. I saw him on EWI with Herbie Hancock, and it was incredible.

[chop-chop]

I used to watch Buddy Rich on the Tonight Show. I've been playing drums for thirty years. I usually get nasty looks from the other musicians when I throw in the jazz licks, but I do it anyway. And then, some eighty year old man will come up to me and say "That's the best drumming I've heard in years!" (It's happened several times!) :biggrin: Where are the chicks?:001_huh:

Where are the chicks?

DUH! They're with the TRUMPET players! :lol: :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Just kiddin'! :wink:

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[jazzbass]

Here's a few of many favorites.

Bass
Ray Brown
George Mraz
Scott LoFaro
Red Mitchell
Gary Peacock
Rufus Reid
Eddie Gomez
Oscar Pettiford
Charles Mingus
Doug Watkins

Piano

Oscar Peterson
Bill Evans
Ahmad Jamal
Tommy Flanagan
Kenny Barron
Duke Ellington
Herbie Hancock
Chick Corea
Hal Galper
Gene Harris
Hampton Hawes



Drums

Art Blakey
Roy Haynes
Ed Thigpen
Harold Jones
Victor Lewis
Yoron Israel
Marty Morell
Paul Motian
Bob Moses
Shelly Mann
Charlie Persip
Roy Haynes
Jack DeJohnette


Sax

Stan Getz
Art Pepper
Dick Johnson
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Stitt
Johnny Hodges
Eric Alexander
Chris Potter
Charlie Parker
Phil Woods
Cannonball Adderly
Dexter Gordon

Trumpet

Dizzy
Donald Byrd
Herb Pomeroy
Roy Hargrove
Wynton Marsalis
Chet Baker

[khari]

Dizzy Gillespie
Illinois Jacquet
Lionel Hampton
Maynard Ferguson
Arturo Sandoval
Jimmy Smith (This guy did things on the Hammond that blew my mind)

[mrob]

I got hooked on jazz when I took an appreciation course in college. Here is what is currently in my rotation.

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia
Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard/Waltz For Debby
Courtney Pine - Modern Day Jazz Stories
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
Horace Silver - Song for My Father/The Jody Grind/..& the Jazz Messengers
Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool/Kind of Blue/Bitches Brew
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners/Complete Blue Note
Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes from the Underground/In This House On This Morning/Majesty of the Blues/Live at Blues Alley

That Black Codes Wynton pick just blows me away - I love that CD. I have a ton more but not currently loaded up. I am not a big fan of Coltrane though no matter how I try. I also have alot of the classics and cover most of the bases from 1930s to about Bitches Brew. I check out a bit on jazz except for a bit here in there (like Wynton) after that period.

Dennis

Great selections--especially the heavy reliance on trumpet players!

[PalmettoB]

I posted this a while back in the memorial thread, but I got to see Maynard Ferguson when he came though this area a couple of years ago. He was playing at the Handlebar in Greenville, SC and came to do a workshop for my daughter's band class. We ended up having a (well-attended) band booster benefit concert by Ferguson and his band. Even better--I got to MC the show and introduce him!

[murchmb]

I posted this a while back in the memorial thread, but I got to see Maynard Ferguson when he came though this area a couple of years ago. He was playing at the Handlebar in Greenville, SC and came to do a workshop for my daughter's band class. We ended up having a (well-attended) band booster benefit concert by Ferguson and his band. Even better--I got to MC the show and introduce him!

I saw him too, two years ago at a local high school here in Alabama. He played a bit here and there, but didn't have much of his chops left. His band was oustanding, though. Pretty young guys mostly. I understand he spent quite a bit of time afterwards with the band students and was very helpful and personable. A nice way to wind down a long, storied career if you ask me. There will never be another like him.

[rtaylor61]

I posted this a while back in the memorial thread, but I got to see Maynard Ferguson when he came though this area a couple of years ago. He was playing at the Handlebar in Greenville, SC and came to do a workshop for my daughter's band class. We ended up having a (well-attended) band booster benefit concert by Ferguson and his band. Even better--I got to MC the show and introduce him!

Maynard is great. Well, was great. Got to meet Chuck Mangione, and also got to meet Stan Kenton a year before he died.

Randy

[chop-chop]

How about some of the Crooners/Singers?

Frank Sinatra - "Chairman of the Board"
Bing Crosby
Ray Charles - the last one that he did with the Basie Band :thumbup:
Mel Torme

Ella Fitzgerald
Sarah Vaughan
Dinah Shore

Newcomers:

Harry Connick Jr.
Michael Buble
Sara Gazarek - Very new... very good!
Amber Manning - New and good, too!
Dianna Krall

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[SmoovD]

Another crooning contemporary.

Kurt Elling.

[khari]

Billie Holliday!

By the way, has anyone ever heard of a singer named Roberta Gambarini? She's pretty new, but she's really good. She's more of a traditional jazz singer. And wow can she scat! Ella Fitzgerald she isn't, but she definitely holds her own.

[chop-chop]

I've been asked by "Jazzman" to post my Top 10 Trumpet Players...
I know that I can't limit it to just 10, so here goes:

Maynard Ferguson
Allen Vizzutti
Vince DiMartino
Jeff Tyzik
Chuck Mangione - close enough on Flugel :wink:
Tom Harrell
Doc Severinson
Wayne Bergeron
Bill Chase
Dave Douglas

Wynton Marsalis
Al Hirt
Louis Armstrong
Dizzy Gillespie
Arturo Sandoval
Clifford Brown
Bobby Shew
Carl Saunders
Miles Davis
Harry James

That's just 20... and, there are more! :thumbup1:

Even though these guys aren't jazz-oriented, I have to include Maurice Andre and Raphael Mendez as a couple of guys who were very inspirational to me.

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[jazzman]

Thanks, Bruce. That's quite a broad range of styles and tones. Having played trumpet as a kid, I'm always thrilled and amazed to hear great players who seem to make the horn an extension of themselves, like a voice.

[mrob]

I played a gig with Al Vizzutti many years ago, and missed more than one cue because we were all caught watching and listening to Vizzutti play in awe. He can do things on the trumpet that I thought were impossible, and a pretty tone to boot.

Maybe the most technically gifted trumpet player ever--just an amazing talent.

[Edcculus]

I'm a huge fan of jazz music, having played trumpet, and learning jazz piano. I have WAY too many favorites to list right now.

I am going to see a band called Soulive (http://www.soulive.com/concord/site.php) tonight in Athens, GA. They are a jazz/funk group that would have you dancing in the aisles (which I plan to do).

[wcbaker]

I'm going to split this up between Jazz and Nu Jazz. I know everyone here may not be into the Nu Jazz stuff.

Jazz:
Art Tatum
Bill Evans
Count Basie
Dave Brubeck
Dizzy Gillepsie
Django Reinhardt
Duke Ellington
Fletcher Henderson
Henri Salvador (bit more modern..)
Herbie Hancock
Louis Armstrong
Miles Davis
Thelonious Monk
Wynton Marsalis

Nu Jazz:
The Bamboos
Casbah 73
Greyboy
Nostalgia 77

Then I guess if you consider Bossa Nova the jazz of Brazil I'd have a whole bunch of other artists for you...but I guess that's another post...:biggrin1:

[chop-chop]

I played a gig with Al Vizzutti many years ago, and missed more than one cue because we were all caught watching and listening to Vizzutti play in awe. He can do things on the trumpet that I thought were impossible, and a pretty tone to boot.

Maybe the most technically gifted trumpet player ever--just an amazing talent.

The best thing about Allen, in addition to his unquestionable talent, is what a beautiful human being he is. I was fortunate to have gone to school with Allen, and he's one friend that I'm always happy to see! Ditto for Vince DiMartino and Jeff Tyzik. Chuck Mangione was one of my teachers, too. Lots of fond memories! :biggrin:

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[switters]

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
Grant Green

[Edcculus]

[QUOTE=wcbaker;171090]I'm going to split this up between Jazz and Nu Jazz. I know everyone here may not be into the Nu Jazz stuff.

I see a lot of live shows, so I've seen a good bit of the "Nu Jazz" including:

Karl Denson's Tiny Unverse
Greyboy Allstars
Medeski Martin and Wood (w/John Scolfield)
Soulive
Dirty Dozen Brass Band (not really that new, but not usually listed among the jazz greats)

[oldschoolmario]

I dig those Old School JAZZ cats!!!!!!:biggrin:


My Faves:
Lou Donaldson
Sonny Clark
Horace Silver
Sonny Rollins
Cannonball Adderley
John Coltrane
Benny Golson
Dexter Gordon
:biggrin:

[fret]

I'm surprised Sidney Bechet (soprano sax) hasn't been mentioned, or Valerie Ponomarov (trumpet)...

[mrob]

The best thing about Allen, in addition to his unquestionable talent, is what a beautiful human being he is. I was fortunate to have gone to school with Allen, and he's one friend that I'm always happy to see! Ditto for Vince DiMartino and Jeff Tyzik. Chuck Mangione was one of my teachers, too. Lots of fond memories! :biggrin:

chop-chop

Did you go to Eastman? Me, too.

You must have been in school with Curtis Olson, too? Manny Alvarez?

[chop-chop]

Stayin' on track with jazz music:

Gordon Goodwin's "Big PHAT Band" - This is a group made up of the "Top Call" LA Studio musicians. They will blow you away!

*On a personal note... As it turns out, Mitch (mrob) and I actually played in a band together... 25 years ago! SMALL WORLD!!! :biggrin:

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