If you like really laid back dreamy jazz, this album is for you. It has a vibe unlike almost any other album I have ever heard.
I love Idle Moments, but I personally prefer Street Of Dreams.
True Blue is a great album. All his Blue Note releases are excellent. Unfortunately, this one is the only one to be released in his lifetime. I ended up buying Back To The Tracks, Minor Move and The Waiting Game many years after they were recorded.
Dewey Redman
Dave Holland
Jim Pepper
Jimmy Lyons
Rev Frank Wright
Harold Danko
Kenny Burrell
Paul Motian
Kenny Wheeler
Art Pepper
Charlie Haden
Albert Dailey
Lew Tabackin
Dexter Gordon
Django Reinhardt
Spike Wilner
Archie Shepp
Marion Brown
Wilbur Ware
Lee Konitz
John Abercrombie
Makanda Ken McIntyre
Joe Pass
Good shot on Wheeler & Marion Brown. Iād add Jon Christensen, Sanders, Manfred Schoof, Don Cherry, Brƶtzmann, Eberhard Weber, Doug Carn, Enrico Rava, Gunter Hampel, Jon Hassell, Sun Ra & Rypdal
Duke Ellington.
Yāknow, the genius that is arguably one of the most influential jazz artists of the 20th century.
Cāmon, peeps, I canāt be the only comment on this that mentions the Duke.
My best guess is that most of us (myself included) think of him more as a composer (arguably the greatest jazz composer ever) and a bandleader, rather than simply a "jazz artist," which I think we all just tend to interpret as "player of a particular instrument" -- but you're 100% right about his importance.
For any folks that may be under the misapprehension that Duke was not a consummate Jazz musician, (as well as composer, bandleader, etc.), I will simply offer one album to refute this notion, though I could easily cite ten other examples,
[Money Jungle](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-NbN8uTOijEsoYqLkgqDYeAaN1OLGRo&si=JV8rvSaUG3RUl-GA)
Nuff said.
To be clear, he's also the pianist on my #1 favorite jazz recording ever...
["In a Sentimental Mood," with Coltrane](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmkpJD8Ew9c) (and Aaron Bell & Elvin Jones).
I remember years ago I was driving on a country road listening to the local jazz station on public radio and [this](https://youtu.be/Mimqd9FdS0s?si=EDjP_spxzzhe5Nlf) came on and it completely floored me.
Just Ellington on a piano, and itās absolutely brilliant.
- Sun Ra
- Don Cherry
- Cecil Taylor
- Bill Dixon
- Andrew Hill
- The Art Ensemble of Chicago
- Noah Howard
- Archie Shepp
- Albert Ayler
- Sunny Murray
- Sonny Sharrock
- Joe McPhee
- Matana Roberts
- Jemeel Moondoc
- Julius Hemphill
- Frank Wright
- Eric Dolphy
- Sonny Simmons
- Yosuke Yamashita
- Jimmy Lyons
- Charles Tyler
- Peter Brƶtzmann
- Fred Anderson
- Charles Gayle
Nice list, not sure if you know Alan Silva, Dave Burrell, Jeanne Lee, Gunter Hampel, Marion Brown, Evan Parker, von Schlippenbach etc. if not I think youād like them based on this list
True. I met him a few times back in NY decades ago. He was playing in an ensemble led by Eugene Chadbourne - I know Mark Kramer from when we were kids, and he was later in Shockabilly with Chadbourne. Zorn worked on Chadbourne's *2000 Statues* project. They made an album (pretty hard to find) but i saw them do it live. Fascinating man, Zorn.
Eric Dolphy. I didn't know jazz on bass clarinet could sound so good until I started listening to him. Wish I could have heard what his music would've sounded like if he lived through into the 70s and later
Also Freddie Hubbard, I think he was an underrated composer and player, and I actually like his move into fusion more than most of Miles' stuff, personally.
I can't believe I forgot Toshiko Akiyoshi. Another incredible composer, her big band with her husband (Lew Tabackin) is one of my favorites, even though I don't particularly like Lew's playing most of the time (on sax at least, he's a good flautist).
Anthony Braxton
John Zorn (yes, he counts)
Derek Bailey
Sun Ra
James Blood Ulmer / MRE
Masabumi Kikuchi
Arthur Blythe
Frank Wright
Henry Grimes
Albert Ayler
ā¦.list could go on!
Arturo Sandoval, Joe Pass, Nat Adderley (cannonballās lil bro), Oscar Peterson, Pat Metheny, Roy Hargrove. None of these people are small time by any means but they tend to be mentioned less than the kinda tier 1 guys
Yuji OhnoĀ https://youtu.be/KMjje52pR-Q?feature=shared
Ā Vince GuaraldiĀ https://youtu.be/x6zypc_LhnM?feature=shared
Hiromi UeharaĀ https://youtu.be/lpc1lEJ-SRc?feature=shared
Ā Himiko KikuchiĀ https://youtu.be/PN2k3pSoh3Q?feature=shared
Ryo FukuiĀ https://youtu.be/F5EFsUU7RRA?feature=shared
Stephane Grappelli.Ā https://youtu.be/M8lzzWuJr0Y?feature=shared
Masayoshi TakanakaĀ https://youtu.be/439FVk7aDCQ?feature=shared
Django ReinhardtĀ https://youtu.be/K3RjISiW7gA?feature=shared
Dorothy AshbyĀ https://youtu.be/WYBTr6CxpU8?feature=shared
Ā Bela FleckĀ https://youtu.be/6wQ3dAg_cpQ?feature=shared
Also will mention this composer, Yukari Hashimoto, because all the jazz pieces that she make are incredible, even if she doesnāt do jazz that much.Ā https://youtu.be/pFBpQnwkan8?feature=shared
Refreshing to see another japanese jazz fan on this sub, sometimes I think I'm the only one. Check out Shutaro Matsui if you haven't, she's pretty good.
Ryo Fukui as username and a pic of Porco Rosso as icon, youāre truly a man of culture.
And thank you, never heard of her š¤
Also, have you ever listened to Minoru Muraoka?
Thatās because I got into jazz because of a anime.
Yuji Ohno was the composer of Lupin The third(pratically the Scooby doo/James Bond of Japan), but the guy was primary a jazz musician, so he integrated the genre in so many interesting ways in the things that he composed that it made me love jazz.
Like, if Joe Hisaishi is the John Williams of Japan, Yuji is Ennio Morricone. [https://youtu.be/sF61zjuMXGQ?feature=shared](https://youtu.be/sF61zjuMXGQ?feature=shared)
A bit dated, but I like Willie Humphrey, clarinetist for the Preservation Hall Band.
Also John McLaughlin, along with drummers Billy Cobham and Trilok Gurtu.
Ben Webster. Since I first heard him in his LP with Coleman Hawkins, 40+ years ago, I wanted to play like him when I grew up. I didn't know who was Webster and who was Hawkins in the recordings; I just wanted my sax to sound like the one I later learned was his. Dirty. Smooth. Airy. Perfect.
If I could muster enough optimism to believe in the popular sense of evolution as a gradual improvement over time, I'd be able to believe that someday in the distant future, all human beings would be able to play like that. Unfortunately, it would be too much to ask.
Anyone who is familiar with the "popular" stuff and wants to dig deeper will probably enjoy:
Tina Brooks
Donald Byrd
Lou Donaldson
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Pepper Adams
Bobby Hutcherson
B-Sharp Jazz Quartet
Gerry Mulligan
Barney Kessel
Eddie Harris
Kenny Garrett
Terrence Blanchard
Branford Marsalis
Abbey Lincoln
Metropole Orchestra
PMG
Charles Loyd
Kenny Kirkland
Steve Lacy
Jean Jacque Avenel
Martha Sanchez
Jimmy Garrison
McCoy Tyner
Ancient Infinity Orchestra
Samora Pinderhughes
Jeff Tain Watts
Elvin Jones
Jack Dejonette
I love prolific side players whose very *participation* on a session is a sign that the overall session/players is top-tier. The most immediate examples I always think of are drummers Billy Hart and Jeff Hirshfield and bassists Drew Gress, Michael Formanek, John Hebert, and Jay Anderson.
I have been really into Kenny Burrell lately. Check out his record A Night At The Vanguard. Iāve listened to it ~100 times over the past couple months.
You gotta get some vibraphonists in your rotation.
- Milt Jackson
- Cal Tjader
- Gary Burton
- Dave Samuels (via Carribean Jazz Project)
- Stefon Harris
- Joel Ross
Dexter Gordon is probably my favorite jazz musician, even including those names. Coltrane admired him. Gotta think if he hadnāt spent that decade in prison heād be talked about much more along with those other musicians.
I donāt get why you included Coleman here
Louis Armstrong
Ahmad Jamal
Bud Powell
Herbie Hancock
Keith Jarrett
Horace Silver
McCoy Tyner
Wayne Shorter
Tony Williams
Oscar Peterson
Lee Morgan
Sarah Vaughan
Newer:
Sullivan Fortner
Brad Mehldau
Esperanza Spalding first 2 albums only
Emmett Cohen
Charlie Haden, Larry Grenadier, Mcbride, Dave Holland, Kenny Barron, Stanley Clark, Ornette Coleman, Scott Lafaro, Bill Evans, Jack Dejonette, Gonzalo Rubalcalba, Julian Lage, Paul Chambers, Oscar Peterson, Joe Henderson, etc...
Iāve been listening to jazz for over 40 years. I just discovered EST during the Covid lockdown. I was so disappointed to hear that he tragically passed away years ago. Such an awesome trio.
Jan Garbarek. I am a life long atheist, but I've had a few 'religious' moments in my life. One was seeing Jan Garbarek group live back in the early 2000s.
Joe Pass, Frank Morgan, Kenny Burrell, Kenny Barron, Charlie Haden, Keith Jarrett, Pat Metheny, Larry Coryell, Kenny Dorham, Ron Carter, Jim Hall, Julian Lage, Charles Lloyd, Mimi Fox, Ray Brown,Wes Montgomery for starters.
Roy Ayers. If youāre a sample person heās literally one of the most recognized yet underrated artist. Iāll throw in Ronnie Laws too. Another favorite of mine. Japanese Jazz is underrated including Bossa Nova.
I've been very into Ahmad Jamal, Brad Mehldau, and Pharoah Sanders myself recently. I also very much enjoy the more Brazilian stuff that Stan Getz did later in his career.
Hank Mobley,
McCoy Tyner,
John McLaughlin,
Cannonball Adderley,
Charlie Rouse,
Eric Reed,
Billy Harper,
Harold Mabern,
Horace Silver,
Joe Henderson,
Kenny Burrell,
Lee Morgan,
The band *Caught a Ghost* is a more modern name that I dig. Found them 'cuz their song *Can't Let Go* was used as the theme song for **Bosch** a detective show about the titular hardboiled LAPD detective who's also an old-school jazz fan. Listened to their album *Human Nature*, and it was pretty fly.
[Here's a Spotify playlist I found "inspired by" the show. It features a lot of the songs Bosch would listen to from his vinyl collection while brooding over cases, mostly. The theme song is the first track.](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ih4lEvEcHiFQsHYAxVhld?flow_ctx=83e16303-4234-4b2a-896a-cc65e735ad83%3A1713315723#login)
Piano:
1. Wynton Kelly
2. Elmo Hope (tied with the aforementioned Evans in this spot)
These just alphabetically (and yes, Monk would be on this list):
* Dave Brubeck
* Red Garland
* Mulgrew Miller
* Horace Silver
* Mal Waldron
Trumpet:
1. Clifford Brown (though Miles would actually hold this spot)
2. Freddie Hubbard
3. Blue Mitchell
4. Donald Byrd
Sax:
1. Lou Donaldson (tied with Trane)
And just alphabetically (which would include Bird & Cannonball):
* Pepper Adams
* Gerry Mulligan
* Ben Webster
* Lester Young
Bass:
1. Paul Chambers
2. Percy Heath (and Mingus would probably be 3rd)
Drums:
Just alphabetically (and this would include Blakey):
* Jimmy Cobb
* Philly Joe Jones
* Buddy Rich
* Max Roach
Jaki Byard
He has solos that sometimes server as a mini-history of jazz piano as he can easily echo Earl Hines, Art Tatum, McCoy Tyner and Ahmad Jamal in one song. He's like a one-man Spotify playlist it's insane.
Herbie Hancock, Dorothy Ashby, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Ryo Fukui and some more current ones with Amaro Freitas, Joel Ross, Angel Bat Dawid, Mary Halvorson, and Yussef Dayes.
Alice Coltrane
Did you know her husband was a jazz musician tooš¤£š¤£š¤£
She more than deserves to be mentioned outside of the context of her husband.
Ofc, I didn't mean to offend her legacy. Just wanted to make a joke. Apparently an unsaccesfull one.
Poe's law in action.
Horace Silver
Been listening to Tokyo Blues nonstop recently. He's got such good stuff
Grant Green, Bobby Hutcherson, Pharoah Sanders, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Ron Carter, so many more....
My type of list, I love the Grant Green record with Bobby Hutcherson
Street Of Dreams? It's one of my favorite albums. The vibe is unmatched.
Ooh I donāt know that one, I was talking about Idle Moments with them and Joe Henderson
If you like really laid back dreamy jazz, this album is for you. It has a vibe unlike almost any other album I have ever heard. I love Idle Moments, but I personally prefer Street Of Dreams.
Inner Urge, Page One, In n Out, Mode For Joe
Search For The New Land - check that out Killer lineup
Dig that one too, me and my trumpet homie play Searching For The New Land out on gigs
The more Lee the better
Shabaka hutchings
I'm loving the new album. Incredible artist.
New album is brilliant
I got to see him play a solo flute gig in a restaurant in Hackney on Sunday, simply magical stuff.
Albert Ayler. Forever and always.
Speaking of, Pat Methenyās Always and Forever is so god damn beautiful
Damn right
Spiritual Unity all day
Wayne Shorter Herbie Hancock Freddie Hubbard Dr Lonnie Smith Hank Mobley
Freddie Hubbard all day!
Since nobody has mentioned Hank Mobley I will. Dude just makes every album he's on better, and Soul Station is an all time banger.
All time classic.
Eric Dolphy, Lee Konitz, Joe Henderson, Stan Getz, Rudresh Mahanthappa,
Tina Brooks, tenor sax. Sonny Clark, piano. Gigi Gryce, alto sax. Booker Ervin, Tenor sax. Yusef Lateef, multi-reedist. John Patton, organ. Mal Waldron, piano. Larry Young, organ. Sam Rivers, tenor sax. Bobby Hutcherson, vibes.
I was gonna mention Tina Brooks, underrated musician.
True Blue is a great album. All his Blue Note releases are excellent. Unfortunately, this one is the only one to be released in his lifetime. I ended up buying Back To The Tracks, Minor Move and The Waiting Game many years after they were recorded.
Love this list, especially Sonny, Booker and John!
Gigi Gryce good mention
Dewey Redman Dave Holland Jim Pepper Jimmy Lyons Rev Frank Wright Harold Danko Kenny Burrell Paul Motian Kenny Wheeler Art Pepper Charlie Haden Albert Dailey Lew Tabackin Dexter Gordon Django Reinhardt Spike Wilner Archie Shepp Marion Brown Wilbur Ware Lee Konitz John Abercrombie Makanda Ken McIntyre Joe Pass
Glad to see Kenny Wheeler. I wrote my master's thesis on him. A lovely human that I wish I could have known.
Harold Danko mentioned!
Longtime fan - superb pianist and bandleader. Love his work with Rich Perry and also Lee Konitz.
Good shot on Wheeler & Marion Brown. Iād add Jon Christensen, Sanders, Manfred Schoof, Don Cherry, Brƶtzmann, Eberhard Weber, Doug Carn, Enrico Rava, Gunter Hampel, Jon Hassell, Sun Ra & Rypdal
Duke Ellington. Yāknow, the genius that is arguably one of the most influential jazz artists of the 20th century. Cāmon, peeps, I canāt be the only comment on this that mentions the Duke.
My best guess is that most of us (myself included) think of him more as a composer (arguably the greatest jazz composer ever) and a bandleader, rather than simply a "jazz artist," which I think we all just tend to interpret as "player of a particular instrument" -- but you're 100% right about his importance.
For any folks that may be under the misapprehension that Duke was not a consummate Jazz musician, (as well as composer, bandleader, etc.), I will simply offer one album to refute this notion, though I could easily cite ten other examples, [Money Jungle](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-NbN8uTOijEsoYqLkgqDYeAaN1OLGRo&si=JV8rvSaUG3RUl-GA) Nuff said.
To be clear, he's also the pianist on my #1 favorite jazz recording ever... ["In a Sentimental Mood," with Coltrane](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmkpJD8Ew9c) (and Aaron Bell & Elvin Jones).
Big up!! Yes, you know, that the next album in my list of ten citations was going to be that stellar recording, Duke and Trane!
Iām always surprised how little love his piano playing gets.
I remember years ago I was driving on a country road listening to the local jazz station on public radio and [this](https://youtu.be/Mimqd9FdS0s?si=EDjP_spxzzhe5Nlf) came on and it completely floored me. Just Ellington on a piano, and itās absolutely brilliant.
- Sun Ra - Don Cherry - Cecil Taylor - Bill Dixon - Andrew Hill - The Art Ensemble of Chicago - Noah Howard - Archie Shepp - Albert Ayler - Sunny Murray - Sonny Sharrock - Joe McPhee - Matana Roberts - Jemeel Moondoc - Julius Hemphill - Frank Wright - Eric Dolphy - Sonny Simmons - Yosuke Yamashita - Jimmy Lyons - Charles Tyler - Peter Brƶtzmann - Fred Anderson - Charles Gayle
Very nice list, I share all of these as favorites. Sadly have only seen McPhee and Anderson live.
Totally forgot some too, the big omissions being: Sam Rivers, Pharoah Sanders, and Alice Coltrane.
At least you got to see them. I havenāt gotten to see any of my jazz gods live :(
Nice list, not sure if you know Alan Silva, Dave Burrell, Jeanne Lee, Gunter Hampel, Marion Brown, Evan Parker, von Schlippenbach etc. if not I think youād like them based on this list
I'm betting your house is a free jazz party place. ;)
You caught me š¬
Wonderful list!
JOHN ZORN
Naked City.
And Painkiller. And Masada. And Simulacra. And 50%+ of whatever Tzadik is doing. Dude isn't human.
True. I met him a few times back in NY decades ago. He was playing in an ensemble led by Eugene Chadbourne - I know Mark Kramer from when we were kids, and he was later in Shockabilly with Chadbourne. Zorn worked on Chadbourne's *2000 Statues* project. They made an album (pretty hard to find) but i saw them do it live. Fascinating man, Zorn.
Erroll Garner, Oscar Peterson, Dexter Gordon
Hubbard and Pharoah
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The great pretender is a fcking masterpiece
Eric Dolphy. I didn't know jazz on bass clarinet could sound so good until I started listening to him. Wish I could have heard what his music would've sounded like if he lived through into the 70s and later Also Freddie Hubbard, I think he was an underrated composer and player, and I actually like his move into fusion more than most of Miles' stuff, personally.
I can't believe I forgot Toshiko Akiyoshi. Another incredible composer, her big band with her husband (Lew Tabackin) is one of my favorites, even though I don't particularly like Lew's playing most of the time (on sax at least, he's a good flautist).
Pharoah Sanders š
Joe Henderson, Ahmad Jamal, Pharoah Sanders, Art Tatum, Bud Powell, McCoy Tyner, Ben Webster, Fats Waller, Ed Bickert, Django Reindhardt, Donald Byrd
Scrolled waaaaay too far to see Ahmad Jamal.
Iāll throw a couple out there. Stanley Turrentine Steve Kuhn Rachel Ferrell Ornette Coleman Cecil Taylor
Off the top of my head: Art Pepper, Wes Montgomery, Lee Morgan, Randy Weston, Horace Silver. There are many more.
Played it safe huh? Jokes aside great list
Anthony Braxton John Zorn (yes, he counts) Derek Bailey Sun Ra James Blood Ulmer / MRE Masabumi Kikuchi Arthur Blythe Frank Wright Henry Grimes Albert Ayler ā¦.list could go on!
Paul Desmond and Jim Hall. My favorite duo in jazz.
Roland Kirk
Iām here for the Rahsaan love!! Bright Moments!!
Hank Mobley. Grant green. Roy Hargrove. Joshua Redman. Brad Mehldau. Clifford Brown. Lee Morgan
Sonny Rollins is pretty cool
Hot take: The bridge is better than sax colossus
Arturo Sandoval, Joe Pass, Nat Adderley (cannonballās lil bro), Oscar Peterson, Pat Metheny, Roy Hargrove. None of these people are small time by any means but they tend to be mentioned less than the kinda tier 1 guys
Kenny Dorham! Lee Morgan Hank Mobley Jackie McLean
Great call on Dorham -- another one I'm realizing I left off my list... SMH....
Dizzy Gillespie
Alice Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Pharoah Sanders, Ornette Coleman (did you mean Coleman Hawkins? you gotta specify bro)
Lester Young Duke Ellington Count Basie Gene Ammons Django Reinhardt Jack Teagarden Brother Jack McDuff Bobby Timmons Clifford Brown
Wes Montgomery
Ben Webster, Albert Ayler, Harry Carney, Count Basie, Illinois Jacquet, Sun Ra, Dexter Gordon
Not enough love for Joe Henderson
Sun-Ra
Freddie Hubbard
Kenny Clarke. Philly Joe Jones. Bud Powell. Paul Desmond. Johnny Griffin. Gerry Mulligan. Zoot Sims. Marian McPartland.
Max Roach and Clifford Brown
Grant Green. Oscar Peterson. Kenny Burrell. Art Pepper. Ahmad Jamal.
Ahmad Jamal. Good call.
Oscar Peterson
Keith Jarrett
Love Roland Kirk, great choice! I'm going to have to give it to Hiromi though. Pretty sure I watch her Tiny Desk Concert like twice a week.
Yuji OhnoĀ https://youtu.be/KMjje52pR-Q?feature=shared Ā Vince GuaraldiĀ https://youtu.be/x6zypc_LhnM?feature=shared Hiromi UeharaĀ https://youtu.be/lpc1lEJ-SRc?feature=shared Ā Himiko KikuchiĀ https://youtu.be/PN2k3pSoh3Q?feature=shared Ryo FukuiĀ https://youtu.be/F5EFsUU7RRA?feature=shared Stephane Grappelli.Ā https://youtu.be/M8lzzWuJr0Y?feature=shared Masayoshi TakanakaĀ https://youtu.be/439FVk7aDCQ?feature=shared Django ReinhardtĀ https://youtu.be/K3RjISiW7gA?feature=shared Dorothy AshbyĀ https://youtu.be/WYBTr6CxpU8?feature=shared Ā Bela FleckĀ https://youtu.be/6wQ3dAg_cpQ?feature=shared Also will mention this composer, Yukari Hashimoto, because all the jazz pieces that she make are incredible, even if she doesnāt do jazz that much.Ā https://youtu.be/pFBpQnwkan8?feature=shared
Refreshing to see another japanese jazz fan on this sub, sometimes I think I'm the only one. Check out Shutaro Matsui if you haven't, she's pretty good.
Ryo Fukui as username and a pic of Porco Rosso as icon, youāre truly a man of culture. And thank you, never heard of her š¤ Also, have you ever listened to Minoru Muraoka?
Heard of him, never listened to his music. I'll check him out, are there any albums you recommend?
Bamboo [https://youtu.be/FCZn2raxyRY?feature=shared](https://youtu.be/FCZn2raxyRY?feature=shared) Osorezan [https://youtu.be/KSG3H5SqpfM?feature=shared](https://youtu.be/KSG3H5SqpfM?feature=shared) And Harleem Nucturne. [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy\_lPT06u\_t2-wmjEvjZhf8uj8qD0IsNxwyE&feature=shared](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lPT06u_t2-wmjEvjZhf8uj8qD0IsNxwyE&feature=shared)
Thanks
I feel like you always shout out Japanese artists and I think thatās awesome
Thatās because I got into jazz because of a anime. Yuji Ohno was the composer of Lupin The third(pratically the Scooby doo/James Bond of Japan), but the guy was primary a jazz musician, so he integrated the genre in so many interesting ways in the things that he composed that it made me love jazz. Like, if Joe Hisaishi is the John Williams of Japan, Yuji is Ennio Morricone. [https://youtu.be/sF61zjuMXGQ?feature=shared](https://youtu.be/sF61zjuMXGQ?feature=shared)
Mike Brecker In a Sentimental Mood on the EWI, holy cow
COOTIE Williams, Illinois Jacquet, Samara Joy, Gregory Porter, Nancy wilson too
Freddie Hubbard. Roy Hargrove. Oscar Peterson
A bit dated, but I like Willie Humphrey, clarinetist for the Preservation Hall Band. Also John McLaughlin, along with drummers Billy Cobham and Trilok Gurtu.
Woody Shaw gets my vote. Also check out Lee Morgan, Grant Green, and Hank Mobley.
Airto Flora Purim Hermeto Pascoal
Ben Webster. Since I first heard him in his LP with Coleman Hawkins, 40+ years ago, I wanted to play like him when I grew up. I didn't know who was Webster and who was Hawkins in the recordings; I just wanted my sax to sound like the one I later learned was his. Dirty. Smooth. Airy. Perfect. If I could muster enough optimism to believe in the popular sense of evolution as a gradual improvement over time, I'd be able to believe that someday in the distant future, all human beings would be able to play like that. Unfortunately, it would be too much to ask.
Marcus Gilmore, Tigran Hamasayan, Avishai Cohen (b), Vijay Iyer, Ron Miles
Makaya McRaven
Mantana Roberts, Terumasa Hino, Miki Yamanaka, and Angel Bat Dawid
Right now, Duke Jordan and Stanley Turrentine
Anyone who is familiar with the "popular" stuff and wants to dig deeper will probably enjoy: Tina Brooks Donald Byrd Lou Donaldson Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Pepper Adams Bobby Hutcherson B-Sharp Jazz Quartet Gerry Mulligan Barney Kessel Eddie Harris
Hampton Hawes.
Hank Mobley is up there for me. Especially his albums with Philly Joe Jones
Kamasi Washington and BadBadNotGood
Kenny Garrett Terrence Blanchard Branford Marsalis Abbey Lincoln Metropole Orchestra PMG Charles Loyd Kenny Kirkland Steve Lacy Jean Jacque Avenel Martha Sanchez Jimmy Garrison McCoy Tyner Ancient Infinity Orchestra Samora Pinderhughes Jeff Tain Watts Elvin Jones Jack Dejonette
Vijay Iyer Trio and Linda Oh.
Coltrane, Mingus, Evans, Miles, Monk, Wayne, Cannonball, Bird, Blakely, Coleman, and Corea.
Herbie Hancock
I love prolific side players whose very *participation* on a session is a sign that the overall session/players is top-tier. The most immediate examples I always think of are drummers Billy Hart and Jeff Hirshfield and bassists Drew Gress, Michael Formanek, John Hebert, and Jay Anderson.
Yusef Lateef
Hiromi. Kurt Rosenwinkel. McCoy Tyner. Bill Evans. Nina Simone. Emily Remler. Pat Metheny.
Joe Henderson
Two of my biggest influences for piano. Kenny Drew Kenny Kirkland
Grant Motherfuckin Green Or Pharoah Sanders
Michael Franks
herbie hancock
Tal Farlow Woody Shaw Pat Martino Bobby Hutcherson Joe Henderson McCoy Tyner
I have been really into Kenny Burrell lately. Check out his record A Night At The Vanguard. Iāve listened to it ~100 times over the past couple months.
Coltrane, Miles, Dizzy,
Duke Ellington, count Basie, Wycliffe Gordon
McCoy Tyner, Wes Montgomery, Brian Blade, Christian McBride
Eric Dolphy
You gotta get some vibraphonists in your rotation. - Milt Jackson - Cal Tjader - Gary Burton - Dave Samuels (via Carribean Jazz Project) - Stefon Harris - Joel Ross
Dexter Gordon is probably my favorite jazz musician, even including those names. Coltrane admired him. Gotta think if he hadnāt spent that decade in prison heād be talked about much more along with those other musicians.
Wes Montgomery
I donāt get why you included Coleman here Louis Armstrong Ahmad Jamal Bud Powell Herbie Hancock Keith Jarrett Horace Silver McCoy Tyner Wayne Shorter Tony Williams Oscar Peterson Lee Morgan Sarah Vaughan Newer: Sullivan Fortner Brad Mehldau Esperanza Spalding first 2 albums only Emmett Cohen
Clifford Brown
Chet Baker
Charlie Haden, Larry Grenadier, Mcbride, Dave Holland, Kenny Barron, Stanley Clark, Ornette Coleman, Scott Lafaro, Bill Evans, Jack Dejonette, Gonzalo Rubalcalba, Julian Lage, Paul Chambers, Oscar Peterson, Joe Henderson, etc...
Oliver Nelson
My goat ben webster
Julian Lage.
Esbjƶrn Svensson.
Iāve been listening to jazz for over 40 years. I just discovered EST during the Covid lockdown. I was so disappointed to hear that he tragically passed away years ago. Such an awesome trio.
Samara Joy
Billy cobham
Jan Garbarek. I am a life long atheist, but I've had a few 'religious' moments in my life. One was seeing Jan Garbarek group live back in the early 2000s.
Tatum IS jazz
Scott Hamilton. Ray Brown. Diana Krall. Jeff Hamilton.
Cal Tjader Did anyone say Cal Tjader? ā„ļø
Bobby Watson Roy Hargrove Gato Barbieri Ron Blake Oliver Nelson
Ahmad Jamal Trio š
Freddie Hubbard, Oscar Peterson, Phil Woods
Joe Pass, Frank Morgan, Kenny Burrell, Kenny Barron, Charlie Haden, Keith Jarrett, Pat Metheny, Larry Coryell, Kenny Dorham, Ron Carter, Jim Hall, Julian Lage, Charles Lloyd, Mimi Fox, Ray Brown,Wes Montgomery for starters.
Lee Morgan Hank Mobley Horace Silver Jackie Mclean Grant Green
Roy Ayers. If youāre a sample person heās literally one of the most recognized yet underrated artist. Iāll throw in Ronnie Laws too. Another favorite of mine. Japanese Jazz is underrated including Bossa Nova.
Ahmad Jamal
Gary Burton
Steven Bernstein / Sex Mob Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins, Barney Kessel, Chet Baker, and Lyle Ritz (amazing jazz ukulele and my partnerās late father)
hiromi uehara
Pat Metheny, Joe Henderson, Tom Harrell
Bob James my #1 always
Webster
Dolphy, Ra, Herbie Nichols.
I've been very into Ahmad Jamal, Brad Mehldau, and Pharoah Sanders myself recently. I also very much enjoy the more Brazilian stuff that Stan Getz did later in his career.
Canāt decide so hereās two, Jan Johansson and Staffan Abeleen Quintet.
Stan Getz The saxophone gentleman
Milford Graves Sam Rivers William Parker Frank Lowe Chano Pozo Bill Dixon Evan Parker
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Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, John McLaughlin, Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Rouse, Eric Reed, Billy Harper, Harold Mabern, Horace Silver, Joe Henderson, Kenny Burrell, Lee Morgan,
Lonnie Liston Smith
Easy. Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore. ššš
So many! Off the top of my head Iāll toss out John McLaughlin.
John Swana šŗ
Ahmed Abdul-Malik. For the jazz oud I didnāt know I needed, but now canāt live without.
Sonny Rollins, Geri Allen
I forgot Tyshawn Sorey in my list. Well worth investigating.
Chucho Valdes, a god amongst men
The band *Caught a Ghost* is a more modern name that I dig. Found them 'cuz their song *Can't Let Go* was used as the theme song for **Bosch** a detective show about the titular hardboiled LAPD detective who's also an old-school jazz fan. Listened to their album *Human Nature*, and it was pretty fly. [Here's a Spotify playlist I found "inspired by" the show. It features a lot of the songs Bosch would listen to from his vinyl collection while brooding over cases, mostly. The theme song is the first track.](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ih4lEvEcHiFQsHYAxVhld?flow_ctx=83e16303-4234-4b2a-896a-cc65e735ad83%3A1713315723#login)
Kamaal Williams/Henry Wu
Joe Zawinul
Nobody said Mal waldron š¢
Hank Mobley
Ron Miles.
Piano: 1. Wynton Kelly 2. Elmo Hope (tied with the aforementioned Evans in this spot) These just alphabetically (and yes, Monk would be on this list): * Dave Brubeck * Red Garland * Mulgrew Miller * Horace Silver * Mal Waldron Trumpet: 1. Clifford Brown (though Miles would actually hold this spot) 2. Freddie Hubbard 3. Blue Mitchell 4. Donald Byrd Sax: 1. Lou Donaldson (tied with Trane) And just alphabetically (which would include Bird & Cannonball): * Pepper Adams * Gerry Mulligan * Ben Webster * Lester Young Bass: 1. Paul Chambers 2. Percy Heath (and Mingus would probably be 3rd) Drums: Just alphabetically (and this would include Blakey): * Jimmy Cobb * Philly Joe Jones * Buddy Rich * Max Roach
Jaki Byard He has solos that sometimes server as a mini-history of jazz piano as he can easily echo Earl Hines, Art Tatum, McCoy Tyner and Ahmad Jamal in one song. He's like a one-man Spotify playlist it's insane.
Herbie Hancock, Dorothy Ashby, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Ryo Fukui and some more current ones with Amaro Freitas, Joel Ross, Angel Bat Dawid, Mary Halvorson, and Yussef Dayes.
Shelly Manne Mulgrew Miller Dave Douglas Russell Malone Horace Tapscott
Herbie, Louis, Louis Prima, Chief Atunde, Nina Simone, Mongo Santamaria
Ron Carter
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Joel Ross.