Don't forget Ramsey Lewis
Tyra
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>Subject: Re: Jazz Greats
>Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 15:43:33 EDT
>
> > Jimmy Smith - Organ
> > Wes Montgomery - Guitar
> > Sonny Rollins - Tenor Sax
> > John Coltrane - Tenor, Alto, Soprano Saxes
> > Miles Davis - Trumet
> > Joe Pass - Guitar
> > John Abercrombie - Guitar
> > J.J. Johnson - Trombone
> > Art Blakey - Drums
> > Kenny Burrell - Guitar
> > Thelonius Monk - Piano
> > Hank Marr - Organ
> > Rufus Reid - Bass
> > Pat Metheny - Guitar
> > John Scofield - Guitar
> > Donald Byrd - Tenor Sax
> > Louis Armstrong -Trumpet
> > McCoy Tyner - Piano
> > Charles Mingus - Bass
> > Steve Turre - Trombone, Conch Shell
> > Russel Malone - Guitar
> > Pharoah Sanders - Tenor, Alto, Soprano Saxes
>
> > And of course I could go on forever, but these are
> > the few that stand out in my mind as true greats.
>
>excellent list, but what about...
>duke ellington
>eric dolphy (for flute work on *euro impressons* alone, the first peice of
>music ever to bring tears to my eyes!)
>chet baker
>gerry mulligan
>jim hall
>coleman hawkins
>paul desmond
>clifford brown
>bill evans
>stan getz
>max roach
>milt jackson
>stanley turentine
>(i'm sure i've left out a few)
>?
>
>i haven't been following the list lately, so i've sadly missed all the
>jazz-talk. let me guess, it's become a big fight? uhhhh... i'm no expert,
>but
>i love it, have a decent vinyl collection and grew up with it in the house
>my
>whole life (dad = jazz fanatic. ugh, the people he saw live would kill ya).
>
>i especially dig jazz vocalists...
>
>lee sound views
>---
>"make strong old dreams
>lest our world lose heart."
>
>
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