Overall it'd be Alan Silva, but on a somewhat more mainstream level I could also live nicely with choosing Charles Mingus.
Mr. Pink ♫Lance Uppercut♫
2008-08-05 05:24:37 UTC
I am a very old-school jazz fan. These are my favorites.
Duke Ellington
Count Basie
Cab Calloway
Artie Shaw
Ray Charles
Glenn Miller
Miles Davis
Robert Johnson
Chick Webb
Jimmy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
Mildred Bailey
Gene Krupa
Sammy Davis Jr.
John Coltrane
Ella Fitzgerald
Enjoy
anonymous
2008-08-06 16:53:40 UTC
Charlie Parker, Maynard Ferguson, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Chet Baker, Bobby Shew, and Dizzy Gillespie.
Just another Y!A liar.
2008-08-06 17:55:49 UTC
without a doubt, Charles Mingus. that's probably why I have 40 plus titles of his in my cd library. some runners-up would be Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Yusef Lateef (up through the mid 70s), Miles Davis (primarily the electric period of 1968-1975), Ornette Coleman and his acolytes, i.e., Don Cherry and Charlie Haden, John Coltrane, Keith Jarrett (not the past quarter century of trio stuff, however), Sam Rivers, Henry Threadgill and Jackie McLean, among others...
cantilena91
2008-08-04 19:26:09 UTC
The wonderful jazz guitarist Martin Taylor of course!
Juice
2008-08-04 23:00:19 UTC
This may sound cliche but I'd have to say:
Miles Davis
His catalog is so deep and spans so many different eras of the genre. He has so many classics that you can just throw on and enjoy no matter what your mood.
My second favorite is probably Thelonious Monk. The man was so unique and truly an innovator.
anonymous
2008-08-04 19:28:43 UTC
Louis Armstrong
eman4794
2008-08-05 00:31:22 UTC
John Coltrane.
LPnk
2008-08-04 19:58:00 UTC
some modern contemporary artists that i like are: Gerald Albright, Chris Botti and Brian Culbertson
anonymous
2008-08-04 19:35:15 UTC
Fred Anderson
(sunra, ornette coleman, mingus, art ensymble of chicago, monk, joe henderson, john zorn, ect... i just feel like saying fred anderson for right now because i feel he is underrated.)
hubbawubbub
2008-08-05 01:36:41 UTC
Donald Byrd - trumpeter.
honey
2008-08-05 02:37:27 UTC
chet baker-vocals and guitar
david benoit-piano
ella fitzgerald-vocals
kenny G-sax
earl klugh-guitar
sergio mendez-latin jazz
jobim-bosa nova
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