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Greg Howe
All the old songbook stuff
Wes
Jarrett
Scott Joplin if that’s not too early
Bill Evans
Getz
Oscar Peterson
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
I was listening to a Best Of Thelonius Monk this afternoon. What an incredible writer and player.
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Weather Report, The Brecker Brothers, Hiromi, Steps Ahead, Pat Metheny are favourites of mine too.
Old school I like early Miles Davis, Wes, Ed Bickert, Dextor Gordon, Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck and Bill Evans.
All these greats are.very relaxd players which I love. less = more.
Paul Desmond who played saxophone for Brubeck was just sublime.
Wayne Shorter - solo albums from 'Juju', 'Speak no Evil' up to date. Maybe the finest living jazz composer.
Herbie - with or without Headhunters
McCoy Tyner - always for me the high point of Coltrane records (I too don't care too much for Coltrane). His 70's solo albums are really nice.
Sonny Rollins. Obvs.
McLaughlin. If there's a 'best guitarist', he is likely it. Fantastic composer, singular voice. Revolutionary. And excels in more than one field. One of the greatest jazz improvisors of all time.
Leni Stern - but only when not singing. She's written some great tunes. Her book on composition is worth acquiring just for the lead sheets.
Wayne Krantz - for when I want that singular Krantz thing.
90's US stuff like Will Bernard, Charlie Hunter, TJ Kirk, Peter Apfelbaum, Wayne Horvitz
Mike Stern. Does on occasion revert to licks but fabulous musician and composer.
Metheny
Sco - pref 80's fusion Sco.
Brecker Bros/Steps Ahead/,Jackets for more 70's / 80's fusion. Brecker sadly missed.
Chick. Mostly Elektric Band but everything, really.
Steve Khan
Cassandra Wilson. 'New Moon Daughter' era. Brandon Ross and Kevin Breit created amazing stringed instrument accompaniment.
David Gilmore - not 'Gilmour. ' Really liked 'Ritialism' and 'Numerology'.
In small doses - Snarky Puppy, Cory Henry
Does Bossa Nova count? Lots of that. Especially João Gilberto.
Quite a lot of stuff that gets filed under jazz but maybe isn't - Egberto Gismonti, Eivind Aarset, Steve Tibbetts....
This is a partial list....
Have only recently discovered the loveliness of Paul Desmond's playing.
The only time I've ever found the mood for trad jazz was in new Orleans.
I like melodic jazz, love pianos and saxophone.
Some people that I like some their music include
Miles Davies
John Coltrane
Oscar petersen
Keith jarratt
Charlie byrd
Stan gets
Don't know much about modern jazz
Coltrane - I think Giant Steps gets a bit of a bad rap actually. The rest of the album seems to get a little overlooked due to the title track. I love Bluetrane though, Lee Morgan and Curtis Fuller steal the show for me.
Chet Baker - see Miles and Bill.
Jim Hall
Kenny Dorham - much underrated. His playing with Jimmy Heath on his quartet album is sublime.
Grant Green - Idle Moments
Emily Remler - East to Wes, Firefly. Such a sad end to a brilliant musician.
Jimmy Raney
George Benson - @smigeon totally with you on that era Benson! I can just about stomach his smooth jazz phase thanks to his playing (and singing)
Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life still hasn’t been beaten.
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage, Headhunters
Scott Henderson - Tribal Tech for the fusion stuff, Face First is brilliant. Early days with Chick Corea.
Brian Blade Fellowship
Jonathan Kreisberg
Brecker - Pilgrimage is some final album
Impossible Gentlemen - the self titled album is brill, from one of our own, Mike Walker
Gretchen Parlato - Weak, The Lost and Found. Brilliant playing on Live in New York
Ntjam Rosie - Elle was on heavy rotation a while back.
Brad Meldhau - great album with Pat Metheny
Gary Bartz - The Song of Loving Kindness from The Blues Chronicles is beautiful and fierce in equal measure.
No doubt there are loads I’ve forgot so I’ll probably add to this list
#Wiz for Snarky Puppy
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Guitar:
Mike Walker
Chris Montague
Ant Law
Alex Munk
Piano:
Kit Downes
Gwilym Simcock
Django Bates
Robert Mitchell
Tom Crawley
Liam Noble
Nikki Illes
Jason Rebello
Sax:
Julian Arguilles
Mark Lockhart
Jason Yarde
Tim Garland
Ian Ballamy
James Allsopp
Mike Chillingworth
Shabaka Hutchings
George Crowley
Trumpet:
Henry Lowther
James Copus
Laura Jurd
Singers:
Lauren Kinsella
Emilia Martensson
Norma Winstone
Liane Carroll
Gary Husband
Mark Sanders
On the piano I like Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans a lot.
Traditional jazz guitar always seems to miss something for me, even though I do like a lot of players, I just can’t listen to them for extended periods.
I prefer those who mix it up with more guitaristic rock vocabulary like Guthrie Govan and Matteo Mancuso, this plays more to the strength of the instrument IMO.