who is your favorite jazz musician?

gord

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most of my favorites are from the 40s and 50s. wild bill davison, jack teagarden, thelonious monk, dave brubeck, junior mance, keith jarrett, illinois jacquet, cannonball adderley, don menza and duke ellington. gord
 

teddy

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A hard question, but probably Jack Teagarden. Great musician. good vocals and the man that introduced me to the world of jazz.

teddy
 

escher

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sun ra, wayne shorter, andrew hill, albert ayler, booker little. If i have to choose just one it would be sun ra.


If i have to say a guitarist (my instrument) i would say Lenny Breau, though no one of his album is a masterpiece.

But i love many other musicians, Monk, Ellington, Horace Silver, Max Roach, Mary Lou Williams, Mingus, Booker Ervin etc
 

Catrina

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In no particular order:
Guitars: John McLaughlin/Pat Metheny/John Abercrombie/Joe Pass/Bireli Lagrene/Ralph Towner/Egberto Gismonti/John Scofield.
Piano: Oscar Peterson/Keith Jarrett/Chick Corea/Kenny Drew/Thomas Clausen/Bill Evans/Gonzalo Rubalcaba.
Double bass: N.H.Ø.P./Dave Holland/Miroslav Vitous/John Patitucci/Ron Carter/Ray Brown/Eddie Gomez/Charlie Haden.
Electric bass: Jaco Pastorius/John Patitucci/Stanley Clarke/Jeff Andrews/Eberhard Weber.
Drums: Alex Riel/Steve Gadd/Dave Weckl/Paul Motian/Dennis Chambers/Narada Michael Walden/Jack DeJohnette/Terri Lyne Carrington/Marilyn Mazur/Peter Erskine/Omar Hakim.
Keyboards and Synthezisers: Joe Zawinul/Chick Corea/Koono/Larry Goldings/Larry Young/Joe Sample.
Trumpet and flugelhorn: Kenny Wheeler/Miles Davis/Enrico Rava/Palle Mikkelborg/Freddie Hubbard/Woody Shaw/Chet Baker.
Saxophones: John Coltrane/Steve Coleman/Dewey Redman/Kenny Garrett/Michael Brecker/Jan Garbarek/Wayne Shorter/Stan Getz/Ben Webster.
Vocalists: Cassandra Wilson/Ella Fitzgerald/Dinah Washington/Flora Purim/Trine-Lise Væring.
Vibraphone/Marimba: Gary Burton/Mike Mainieri

Many overlaps for me.
I would add Bill Evans and Jarrett for piano, also Lyle Mays (ECM era)
 

White Knight

Spectral Warrior con passion
favorite jazz musicians


  1. In no particular order,they would be: Paul Desmond-- Alto Sax; Julian "Cannonball" Adderly and John Coltrane-- Soprano Sax; Dave Brubeck, Bobby Timmons, Horace Silver-- Piano. These are among my favorites, but of course there are so many more as well!:eek: If one only had the time to list them all.:banghead: Ciao for now, White Knight:wave:p.s. it would probably take a lifetime.:rolleyes:
 

gord

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in dixieland jazz my favorites are jack teagarden,wild bill davison and bud freeman. in swing illinois jacquet, coleman hawkins and duke ellington. in bop etc dexter gordon, dave brubeck and gerry mulligan. gord
 

OLDUDE

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I've got a feeling I'm repeating myself. (The wife syndrome). but these are my recent thoughts.
Trumpet - Randy Sandke, Warren Vaché
Clarinet - Allan Vaché
Drums - Eddie Metz jr.
 

White Knight

Spectral Warrior con passion
How I could have forgotten him in my previous list is beyond me,:eek: but Wayne Shorter on tenor sax is simply awesome!:tiphat::clap:
 

garethbarnes

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Joe Zawinul - keyboards and composer of the best bass lines ever!
Jaco Pastorius - bass player who played all the music whatever the genre.

put them together and you get Weather Report!
 

White Knight

Spectral Warrior con passion
Spot on! Weather Report is probably one of the greatest jazz/fusion :confused: groups ever put together. I'm just not sure if that is the "correct" term to use in describing them. However, whatever term may be used, they were simply awesome. :clap::tiphat: Wayne Shorter and Josef Zawinul are sheer geniuses. :cheers: I'm very tempted to use the term "progressive jazz" in this context, yes?
 
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garethbarnes

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I think Zawinul and WR's music defies description. He once said he invented World Music before it became a fashionable term. I suppose it's jazz at the end of the day! But there are a lot of classical elements as he was classically trained. The best music needs no labelling...
 

White Knight

Spectral Warrior con passion
Gareth, excellent point, which I whole heartedly agree with. Either the music "has it" or it doesn't. End of story, I should think, yes?
 

harlequin

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Polish pop singer/ jazz singer/soul singer Andrew (Andrzej) Zaucha R.I.P. (1949-1991) . Who was killed brutally at the parking lot by jealous agressive Frenchman. Motive of murder : jealousy. Zaucha was widower and he orphaned daughter. Murderer shot dead both (9 bullets) . Murderer shoot at face and trunk. Woman(friend of singer) shield singer his own body from bullets. Frenchman sent him out before firing squad. Andrzej Zaucha showed hist tapes Stevie Wander. He adored Ray Charles. He wanted be a world-class musician and live in USA. He had magic voice. He played magician /wizard Mr Twardowski. Zaucha as wizard from Krakow who flew away to/on the moon on the giant bird (rooster). He sang C'est la vie, Byłaś serca biciem(You was a heartbeat), Wilczy bilet (bad reference), Budzi się strach (birth of fear),Nietakie/nie takie mnie już kochały, Wolniej (Slowly), Poza mną już tamten czas (time is byond me), Magia to ja (Magic is me), Jesienna piosenka (Autumn song), Naucz mnie uśmiechu (Teach me a smile), łańcuszek szczęścia (Chain letter), Narodziny uczucia (Birth of love), Cudowna bezsenność (a wondrful sleeplessness), Na jedno życie (for only life), Sny rockokowe (Roccoco dreams),Ballad kino objazdowe (Ballad) , Kochaj człowieka(Just love human),Póki masz nadzieję( untill you have hope), Zaufaj sobie (Trust yourself), Linoskoczek or Tańcząc w powietrzu ( Dance in air or Tightrope walker), W złotych kroplach deszczu (In the golden drops of rain),Tumbleweed, Love shining through, Cest la wie Just a pipe dream, Beware of the music man,The second time around, New York, New York, Aquarius, Boogie down, Georgia, My funny valentine, Lady love, Lady be good, A kind of magic, I miss your love, My cherrie amour, Superstition, Stwardnieje ci łza (Your teardrop will harden), Ta wiara (This faith), Abyś czuł (You must feel), Wołanie o słońce ponad śwatem (Call the sun above the world), Na dwa kroki w chmurach (two steps into the clouds), Zanim zastukam do niebieskiej bramy (Before I will knock on the heaven door), Spróbój mnie dogonić (Try to catch me), Wieczór nad rzeką zdarzeń (Evening above the river of evenings),Księżniczka (Princess). Zeby inaczej pięknie raczej, Ministrowie i pory roku (four seasons), Gummibears (gumisie),Kantate,Jak na lotni, Mr blues,I feel like on high-glider), Miła ma or Siódmy rok (My heart), Bądź moim natchnieniem or Bądż moją muzą (Be my muse),Jakie są szanse naszych marzeń, Jak ładnie tu, Zgłębić prawdę (uncover/discover the mystery of eternity), Licho wie (God knows), Co nagle to podiable (Keep the devil from the door), Ghost (Blady strach),
 

harlequin

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Już koniec (In is the end), Dzień doby Mr Blues(Good mornig Mr Blues), Nasze story (Our story will end) , Sześć godzin z życia bluesmana (seven hours in/of/from the life of bluesman), Blues powracającego (Blues of comming voyager), Bluea nostalgiczny (nostalgic Blues) , Ballada kino objazdowe (winer ballad ) , Przybywajcie diabły (Devils , come to me), christmas songs namely: Oj maliśki (small Jesus), Renifer (Reindeer) , Po to byś nie był sam (Don't be alone in/at Christmas) , Może ktoś wpadnie tu (Maybe somebody com on to me in/at Christmans) , Koniec dnia (The end of the day),Zielono me (I feel like on seaven heaven), Sen o państwie faraonów (dreams about country of pharaoh), Swingin the blues, Od do nieróbstwa (Anther for/on/about lazyness), Po prostu leżę (I just laying),Piosenka z klawesynem(Song for awakeness), Rocznicowa piosenka dla Elżbiety i smoka (Song for Elizabeth and Dragon),Historia tla dla małych jest dzieci (History/fairytale for naive peoples), Nie przerywajcie zabawy (let's /let the childrens to play), Dobrze/Warto mieć wroga (It is good to have the lethal/killing/deadly enemy), Dlaczego przegrałem, Sen o państwi faraonów, Zdecydowal los (It was my destiny/fate). Emergency room of doctor Q (izba przyjęć doktora Q), Za to mi płacą (Just pay me for this), That 's how I feel (Tak się czuję) ,Dlaczego przegrałem (Why I loose/lost,Why I became looser), Spróboj mnie dogonić (Try to catch me), Blues o rannym wstawaniu(Morning blues), krokodyle blues (Blues for crocodile)
 

harlequin

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Zaucha was polish soul singer, pop singer, jazz singer from/of Krakow, He sang using scat singing and he adored swing .Magic vocal/voice. He was self made man. Zaucha played the sax and drums. He was widower and orphaned daughter. He was fan of Ray Charles/Freddie Mercury/Michael Jackson/Stevie Wonder. He showed (to) Stevie Wonder hist tapes/music in recording studio, in 1989. He tried to spread his wings, despite living in communist country (PRL) behind the Iron Cortain. He planned to live in Germany, France or USa. He wanted to be world-class singer. Frenchmand promised him death. Murderer waited for armless Zaucha and his friend (woman) at the parking lot. It was execution/brutal murder at night. Woman tried to shield singer from bullets. Both was shot dead. Murderer shot at face and trung.Andrew (Andrzej) Zaucha was 42 year old whed he was killed, woman Zuzanna was 26 year old when she died. Murder was 33 year old year, when he killed both.He promised him death. He had illegal gun and told singer about it(gun)
 

harlequin

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Jak ładnie tu (How it's beautiful place), Jakie są szanse naszych marzeń (How many chances we both had ), C'est la vie (That is life), Magia to ja( Magic is me) Bądź moim natchnieniem or Badź moją muzą (Be my muse, Be muse to me) , Byłaś serca biciem (You was like heartbeat) Kantata (Anthem), Zielono mi (I fell like on seaven heaven), Ballada kino objazdowe (winter ballad), Prawdopodobnie (Probably), Historia ta dla małych jest dzieci, Co nagle to po diable (Keep devil from the door).Elizabeth was wife of Andrew (Andrzej) Zaucha, but she died from/of the stroke in 1989. Zaucha became widower. Relation with Zuzanna was bad decision ( songs: Dom złej dziewczyny (Hause of the evil girl), Jeszcze czuję sen (I am sill drowsy ), Hooligan (King of bar figting/biting- (Król bójek w dyskotece),Jeszcze w sercu radość (Heapiness in still in my heart) , Spróbój mnie dogonic (Try to catch me), Zanim zastukam do niebieskiej bramy(Before I knock on the heaven door).Może ktoś wpadnie tu (Maybe somebody come on here ( to )me at/on Christmas) , Oj maluski(small Jesus), Zaucha was 42 years old when he died,Naucz mnie uśmiechu (teach me a smile) , Magia to ja (Magis (it) is me),Oda do nieróbstwa (Anthem for lazyness/laziness)
 

Joe Barnett

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I am familiar with many Jazz musicians and Jazz groups.


Personally, I like Count Basie with their really solid and strong swing feel and the musicians are truly amazing.


Also, I like Don Ellis and his albums "Don Ellis at Fillmore" and "Tears of Joy." He liked to compose Jazz integrating modern music aspects into his Jazz and fantastic Jazz drumming. He composed really interesting time signatures.


He was a jazz trumpeter, drummer and composer. I saw a live performance of Don Ellis and his Jazz Group in Los Angeles, California in the late 1970's.


Joe Barnett
Jazz musician
Crystal Magic Orchestra
https://CrystalMagicOrchestra.com
 
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