Favorite musicians?

jaysonr · Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 4:06 pm Post subject: Favorite musicians?

Not just trumpet or instrumentalists: Who are your top 5 favorite musicians?
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kehaulani · Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 9:25 pm Post subject:

Dexter Gordon
Peter Damm
Miles Davis
Renee Fleming
Art Pepper
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Grits Burgh · Posted: Sat May 27, 2017 4:03 pm Post subject:

It is impossible to limit the list to 5 people. I mean, on my recording artists list there isn't room for Pops? Doc Severinsen? Wynton Marsalis? Wayne Bergeron? Clark Terry? Diana Krall? Marian McPartland? David Benoit? Frank Sinatra? Mel Torme? Sarah Vaughan? Barbara Streisand? So many more...

That said, the 5 people who wrote the best music I have ever heard:
Bach
Mozart
Beethoven
Mahler
Debussy
(and it killed me to leave off Haydn just for his string quartets - sublime)

Recording Artists:
Jussi Björling
Jascha Heifetz
Maynard Ferguson
Arturo Sandoval
Bob James
(So many left off this list)

Regards,
Grits
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Rob Mathes
Herbie Hancock
Jimmy Webb
Jake Shimabukuro
Pat Metheny

Abroadway · New Member Joined: 25 May 2017 Posts: 5

Not doing a top 5 but:

The band "Dirty Loops," were a very pleasant surprise to hear. Their music features heavy jazz influence, and combines this with astonishing musical talents in all of the main band members. If that's not enough, they have a few tracks that feature Wayne Bergeron killing it on lead!

jaysonr · Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 9:45 am Post subject:

Great answers.
I agonized over my own list, but I think it would be something like this:

Wynton Marsalis:
I wanted to say Louis Armstrong, but Wynton is who really made me love trumpet when I was in 7th grade...also Fred Mills and Ron Romm, but especially Wynton. I had recorded a Jazz at Lincoln Center off of PBS onto VHS, and I literally wore it out. I would love to have a copy of that concert again. It had Wynton and the LCJO, and also Doc Cheatham, Art Farmer and Benny Golson. That also sparked my long love of Art Farmer's music.

Glenn Gould:
Gould is one of my favorites for reading, writing and studying, although I have to be careful not to get sucked in and caught up into what he is saying through his piano. I love Bach in general and I especially love his interpretations.

Johnny Cash:
The man in black. His music has been influential to me my whole life. Others who might have filled this spot are Hank Williams Sr., Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson.

Four and Five go together as they were both huge guitar influences on me:
Doc Watson and Chet Atkins:
These two influenced my own personal guitar style more than any others. Other close runners up in this category would be Merle Travis, Norman Blake, Tony Rice, and Tommy Emmanuel.
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jaysonr · Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 11:23 am Post subject:

That was great, peanuts, thanks.

I got to meet Chet in 1990, when I was 10. He was so kind to me, and that's what I remember the most, was his warm, kind personality. He gave me one of his thumbpicks, which I will treasure until I die. Occasionally, I actually put it on and play with it. It was way too big when I got it, but it fits now. I still play the same brand today, but I always feel like I play a little better with Chet's on.
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