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| victorwootenfan |
Posted - 04/18/2003 : 9:00:28 PM
I searched for this, but i still couldn't find a topic on this...
Fav. singer: Bobby McFerrin(sp?)
Fav. Sax: Coltrane/Parker
Fav. Trumpet: Davis/Gillespie/Arturo Sandovol
Fav. Bass: Mingus/Jaco/Wooten/Stanley Clarke/Oteil/Brian Bromberg
Fav. Drummer: Elvin Jones
Fav. Pianist: Bill Evans/Thelonius Monk/Chick Corea
Fav. Flutist: Eric Dolphy/Kofi Burbridge
Fav. Guitarist: Pat Methany/Al DiMeola/John Mclaughlin
i can't think of any more "standard" jazz instruments, but those are some of my fav. jazz musicians. what's yours? |
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| Bustoff |
Posted - 04/21/2003 : 1:40:48 PM
Drums: BUDDY RICH
Trumpet: Don Ellis
Sax: Don Menza / Pat Lebarbara
Guitar: Russ Freeman
Piano: Count Basie
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| Arthen |
Posted - 04/21/2003 : 01:47:08 AM
So many good musicians in the Jazz genre. Definitely hard to pick favorites for all the categories. |
| flacosuave |
Posted - 04/21/2003 : 01:44:35 AM
Emmet Ray  |
| Poparad |
Posted - 04/21/2003 : 12:11:52 AM
Benson is an awesome guitar player with great chops and great ideas. He mostly does pop music nowadays out of his own choice, which leaves a lot of jazz fans and jazz guitarists in lament due to his great command in the realm of jazz.
As for Wes, he's a straight-forward kind of player that is a little bit before most of the other big names in jazz. You can hear a lot of Wes's influence in Benson's playing, and, like Benson, also did a lot of the pop music thing. Wes himself takes after an even older cat named Charlie Christianson who played a major part in the invention of the electric guitar.
(I'm a jazz guitar major in college if I haven't made it obvious enough yet ) |
| thomasode |
Posted - 04/20/2003 : 10:48:03 PM
Ok, Kewl |
| victorwootenfan |
Posted - 04/20/2003 : 7:41:45 PM
Kofi is oteil's brother that is just as good as him, and they end up playing together some. Kofi is his older brother and according to oteil, the more talented one. oteil has also said that kofi has perfect pitch, from misreading an assignment in a school band class(something along the lines of memorizing the circle of fifths, and kofi thought the teacher meant the pitches...)
I have heard some george benson, but not enough to really label him one of my fav. he def. has a smooth sound tho. I haven't heard wes montegomery yet too. |
| thomasode |
Posted - 04/20/2003 : 6:40:51 PM
quote:
Originally posted by victorwootenfan
Fav. Flutist:Kofi Burbridge
Is he related to Oteil Burbridge? |
| thomasode |
Posted - 04/20/2003 : 6:37:10 PM
I like Benson and Montgomery alot too. |
| Arthen |
Posted - 04/20/2003 : 01:46:06 AM
I definitely second Chick Corea for pianist.
I like Wes Montgomery for guitarist myself. |
| Poparad |
Posted - 04/19/2003 : 6:27:28 PM
I haven't read that about Bela but I can see it. Martino's style is a constant sixteenth note/double time feel. He has a tremendous feel for time with his picking hand that's like no other. "El Hombre" is Martino's first cd as a leader back in the 70's I think (maybe earlier) and it's a great disc to pick up. |
| victorwootenfan |
Posted - 04/19/2003 : 5:51:14 PM
other good guitarists: Charlie christian and django
vibraphonists: Milt Jackson and lionel hampton
I haven't heard pat martino yet, but i've heard he's one of bela fleck's biggest influences. I like billie holiday a lot as one of the "older" jazzers. Louis, of course, started it all... |
| Poparad |
Posted - 04/19/2003 : 5:42:51 PM
In addition to those above, I really dig Sonny Stit and Hank Mobley on sax, they both have some great ideas when soloing. For trumpet Clifford Brown is awesome, and for guitar I love listening to Grant Green, Joe Pass, Pat Martino, and George Benson when he's doing jazz. JJ Johnson is a great trombonist to check too. |
| thomasode |
Posted - 04/18/2003 : 10:23:45 PM
quote:
Originally posted by victorwootenfan
Fav. Guitarist: Pat Methany/Al DiMeola/John Mclaughlin
I'll second that one.
I'm also really into the classics: Billie Holiday, Louie Armstrong |
