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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:29 PM
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Grandslam jazz thread: Favorite player, by instrument
I'll reply with the assorted instruments below. Reply under each of these, please. Feel free to add other instruments.
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:31 PM
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1. Tenor
Generally I go with Ralph Moore, just in hopes that somebody will finally say, "Who?"
This time, uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Wayne Sho-- Sonny Roll-- Wayne Sh--

Antonio Hart
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:44 PM
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9. Coltrane
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wakfs Donating Member (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:47 PM
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16. 'Trane
Simply the best.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:49 PM
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21. 'Trane
Followed by Lester Young
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:53 PM
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27. Trane
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:59 PM
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35. Trane
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Emboldened Chimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:05 PM
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44. I concur-Trane it is
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:08 PM
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53. Stan Getz
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phiddle Donating Member (749 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:13 PM
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58. Coltrane
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bhunt70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 09:01 PM
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77. Ornette Coleman is my fave.
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monchie Donating Member (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 09:13 PM
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83. Coltrane for me...
With Sonny Rollins and Stan Getz close behind.

Some other faves include David Murray, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Booker Ervin.
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 03:00 AM
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90. 'Trane <nt>
Hands down.
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:32 PM
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2. Bass
Paul Chambers, even with the frickin' bow. But much love for Mingus, too.
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wakfs Donating Member (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:49 PM
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20. Mingus Ah Um
Awesome player and arranger and composer.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:50 PM
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22. Chambers
Mingus too
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:54 PM
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28. Mingus
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:00 PM
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36. Ron Carter
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 05:38 PM
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65. Mingus
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 09:01 PM
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76. Mingus
With Ray Brown a very close second.
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bhunt70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 09:07 PM
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80. Charlie Haden, but Im biased since I also like his sons band.
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monchie Donating Member (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 09:19 PM
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85. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
Check out the bass-alto sax "conversation" between Mingus and Eric Dolphy on "What Love" from the "Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus" album.

IMHO, Mingus is even more important as a bandleader and composer than he is as a bass player.
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 03:02 AM
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91. Pastorius
..what can I say, just mesmerised by his playing from the first time I heard him.
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:32 PM
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3. Trumpet
Since everybody else is going to say Miles, I go with Blue Mitchell.:)
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:45 PM
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Louie Armstrong
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:45 PM
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12. Diz
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:45 PM
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14. Dizzy Gillespie.
Edited on Mon May-17-04 02:53 PM by Spider Jerusalem
But Miles is a close second.

Drums: Buddy Rich, Art Blakey

Piano: Bill Evans, Ellington, Monk

Saxophones:

Tenor - Coltrane, Lester Young

Soprano - Coltrane

Alto - Bird

Baritone - Pepper Adams

Bass: Mingus

Guitar: Django Reinhardt

Organ: Jimmy Smith

And I probably left out a few instruments, but...oh well...
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wakfs Donating Member (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:48 PM
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18. Miles
Screw it, somebody had to say it.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:51 PM
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23. Clifford Brown
Miles, Pops and Diz get their props all the time, but let's remember Brownie.....
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 10:32 AM
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103. I like what Lester Bowie (AAC) said about Clifford Brown
"If he was still alive, I'd be working at the Post Office and Miles Davis would be my supervisor." ;-)
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:54 PM
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29. Diz
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:02 PM
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38. Lee Morgan
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Emboldened Chimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:05 PM
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Clifford Brown
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:17 PM
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61. Arturo Sanchez
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 05:39 PM
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66. have to go with Dizzy
Edited on Mon May-17-04 05:40 PM by tigereye
then Lester Bowie


oops must have been thinking about dizzy rascal.. shame on me
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 03:04 AM
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92. Chet Baker <nt>
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non sociopath skin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 10:33 AM
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105. Satch
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:34 PM
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4. Drums
I go with Blakey as a sort of Lifetime Achievement award. Lots of guys were probably better, but I stick with Art.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:45 PM
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13. Buddy Rich
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:51 PM
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24. Gene Krupa
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:54 PM
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30. Rashied Ali
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:03 PM
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40. Lewis Nash
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Emboldened Chimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:06 PM
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47. Elvin Jones
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:17 PM
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60. Art Blakey
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:29 PM
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62. Art Blakey
He deserves the honor.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 05:42 PM
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67. Blakey is my favorite
but there are plenty more really good jazz drummers

Max Roach for one
Gene Krupa
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 10:21 AM
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100. I agree
I'm not sure (I'm kind of new to jazz) that he's the best drummer out there, but I just love his work. The Jazz Messengers have sound that I just adore.
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 09:03 PM
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78. Krupa
Buddy Rich a close #2.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 09:08 PM
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81. Krupa
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 03:07 AM
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93. Krupa
Kick ass sticks!
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:34 PM
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5. Tenor, alto and soprano - Coltrane
Trumpet - I'd like to sound original but I love Miles
Bass - Mingus
Drums - Tony Williams
Piano - Monk
Vibes - Lionel Hampton


That's my short list
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:35 PM
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6. Alto
I always heard that Bird's best performances weren't recorded. While I certainly enjoy Branford's playing, I'll still go the safe route and stick with Parker.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:47 PM
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17. Bird
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:52 PM
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25. Bird in a Landslide
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:54 PM
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31. Bird
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Emboldened Chimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:06 PM
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48. Cannonball
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:06 PM
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50. I'd have to go with Paul Desmond
His dry "meadowlark tone" is what I've always tried to attain.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:11 PM
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Play us a little "Blue Rondo ala Turk", Radicalliberal...
:D
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 05:43 PM
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68. there should probably be separate categories for some
instruments

all of the above are very good. Hard to pick just one.
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monchie Donating Member (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 09:24 PM
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86. Bird fer sure
And runners-up are Johnny Hodges, Paul Desmond and Eric Dolphy.
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 03:10 AM
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95. Bird <nt>
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:37 PM
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7. Piano
I know, I know, I'm supposed to say Monk or Bud Powell or you know, that other guy. But I'm going with Red Garland. Sue me.
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:44 PM
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10. Monk
You'll be served with papers in the near future. :P
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:46 PM
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15. Oscar Peterson
But then there's Monk...
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:48 PM
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19. Bill Evans
Not very hip maybe, but I like the guy.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:53 PM
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26. Duke Ellington
Nat "King" Cole is a suprisingly good jazz pianist as well.
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:55 PM
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32. Monk
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:03 PM
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41. Bill Evans
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Emboldened Chimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:06 PM
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51. Monk
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 05:45 PM
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70. Monk - most adventurous?
Bill Evans
Oscar Peterson



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noiretextatique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 06:10 PM
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72. Monk
'round midnight
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bhunt70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 09:10 PM
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82. Nina Simone.
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 10:08 AM
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98. Her, too n/t
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monchie Donating Member (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 09:34 PM
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87. Monk
I could listen to his solo recordings all night, both his own compositions and his delightfully twisted takes on pop standards. Monk's style reminds me of a Tom Waits song: "The Piano's Been Drinking, Not Me."

I'm also fond of Fats Waller, Bill Evans and an underrated pianist who died much too young a few years ago, Don Pullen. Check out the recordings he did as a Mingus sideman, "Changes One" and "Changes Two," as well as those by the band he co-led with fellow Mingus alumni George Adams and by his own Afro-Brazilian Connection.
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 03:12 AM
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96. Brubeck

Oscar Peterson a close second.
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non sociopath skin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 10:30 AM
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101. Brubeck
with Nat Cole second.
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:43 PM
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8. I'll Proffer a List
Quite close to the list of ChavezSpeaks. . . But, i'm going to give 2 for each, since the decision is hard.

Trumpet - Freddie Hubbert & Maynard Ferguson
Bass - Ron Carter & Steve Swallow
Drums - Tony Williams & Max Roach
Piano - Monk & Cecil Taylor
Sax - Coltrane & Wayne Shorter
Guitar - Tal Farlow & Pat Metheny

The Professor
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:45 PM
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11. Here we go:
Edited on Mon May-17-04 02:51 PM by Blue-Jay
Clarinet: Sidney Bechet or Eddie Daniels
Soprano Sax: John Coltrane
Alto Sax: Charlie Parker
Tenor Sax: John Coltrane
Bari Sax: Gerry Mulligan
Trumpet: Miles Davis or Dizzy Gillespie
Guitar: Wes Montgomery
Trombone: Bill Waltrus
Bass: Charles Mingus
Piano: Thelonius Monk or Bud Powell or Fats Waller
Drums: Art Blakey or Max Roach
Vibes: Lionel Hampton
Male Singer: Billy Eckstine or Jimmy Rushing
Female Singer: Sarah Vaughn or Nancy Wilson
Harmonica: Toots Thielemans

I could go on....

EDIT: Whoops. Looks like I didn't pay attention to the format of the replies. Oh well...
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:55 PM
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33. Soprano:
Pharoah Sanders
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:07 PM
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52. I think Joe Ford, but that's probably just 'cause I haven't heard Pharoah
Sanders.

Anyway, I bet either will make you forget Kenny G
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 02:58 PM
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34. The rest
Band Leader - Count Basie - my favorite, but Ellington is probably the "greatest"
Singer - Billie Holiday
Bari sax - Gerry Mulligan
Guitar - Django Reinhardt
Fiddle - Stephane Grapelli
Arranger - Bill Evans
Soprano Sax - St. John Coltrane
Cornetist - Louis Armstrong
Composer - Gotta go with Duke
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:01 PM
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37. Trombone
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:02 PM
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39. Bill Watrous
thanks, Blue-jay :thumbsup:
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:05 PM
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42. Curtis Fuller, baby! n/t
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:05 PM
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43. Guitar
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:05 PM
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46. Django Reinhardt
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Emboldened Chimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:06 PM
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49. Wes Montgomery
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:08 PM
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54. Wes or Charlie Christian n/t
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:09 PM
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55. Herb Ellis
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:10 PM
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56. Also, Barney Kessel just passed away
Edited on Mon May-17-04 04:05 PM by Richardo
Can't forget him...
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:11 PM
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57. Django
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:15 PM
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59. Gotta include Joe Pass in the list
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:32 PM
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64. Grant Green
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noiretextatique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 06:11 PM
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73. second that...ahh, the memories
we keep bumping into each other :hi:
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 09:06 PM
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79. Lenny Breaux
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toddzilla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 09:38 PM
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88. John schofield
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 03:16 AM
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97. Tommy Crook

You'd probably have to be from Tulsa or have spent some time here to know who he is, but if you ever hear him play............
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non sociopath skin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 10:31 AM
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102. Django
with Eddie Lang second
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Les BOOGIE Donating Member (236 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:05 PM
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45. Bass = Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 03:31 PM
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63. Keyboards (non-piano)
Edited on Mon May-17-04 03:31 PM by sangh0
A tie between Shirley Scott and "Groove" Holmes
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 05:44 PM
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69. Jimmy Smith
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 06:09 PM
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71. Roy Ayres....vibes
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noiretextatique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 06:13 PM
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74. have to go with Milt Jackson
on vibes
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 08:57 PM
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75. Let's add percussion (includes vibes-- not a keyboard instrument, y'all)
I gotta go with Lionel Hampton, a stone magician, though I love Milt Jackson as well.

For percussion more generally, Harvey Mason, as immortalized at the end of George Benson's "On Broadway": HARVEY MASON! AND RALPH MCDONALD!

Also serves as a kick for late-evening DUers...
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Shananigans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 09:15 PM
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84. That one guy...um...
he is cool...Nat King Cole? No, it's not him... um...I don't remember...I'll let you know if I do. But he's cool.
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 01:58 AM
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89. Clarinet
I go with Benny Goodman. Won't argue with the earlier nomination of Sidney Bechet either, though.
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non sociopath skin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 10:32 AM
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104. Tough one. But Bechet trumps Goodman...
... just!

The Skin
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 03:07 AM
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94. Billy Cobham - Drums.
I really don't need to say anymore.
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Newsman Matt Drudge Donating Member (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 10:10 AM
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99. What does John Tesh play?
Cause he's the best at whatever it is that he plays!

Same with Kenny G. He is also the best at whatever it is that he plays.

I like Slash a lot too.

Warm Regards,
Matt
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 11:39 PM
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106. You're just trying to prove you're really Drudge, aren't you? n/t
Edited on Tue May-18-04 11:39 PM by undisclosedlocation
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