You forgot Sun Ra, Carol Kaye. Oh, and Georgie Fame.
Nice.
Sorry - I couldn't resist.
Katrina "back again and still rambling" Dixon
> Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 13:24:10 PDT
> From: "William Luther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE:Jazz greats
>
> What no Big John Patton?
>
> Bill "Jazz In Jeans" Luther
> Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 13:35:41 PDT
> From: "Tyra /ta*rah/" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Jazz Greats
>
> Don't forget Ramsey Lewis
>
> Tyra
>
>
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >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)
> >?
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