I do. A few of my fave's are:
Grover Washington Jr. (that goes without saying)
John Coltrane
Miles Davis (duh)
Boney James
Norman Brown
Dave Koz
Pieces of a Dream
Kim Waters (love his stuff).
Whats good... i listen and perform Jazz.
Some of mine are Thelonius Monk (if anybody has talked to me on AIM... thats who i get my screen name from), Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Duke Ellington (The duke was raw), just to name a very minute few...
Outside of artist because there are so many what are some of your favorite standards? In A Sentimental Mood is my jump off (Duke w/ Coltrane and the Art Blakey Version).
Maaaaaaaaaaaaan I love Jazz! I listen to:
Kenny Garrett
Mike Phillips
Grover Washington Jr.
Charlie Parker
"Cannonball" Adderley
Ronnie Laws
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
Joshua Redman
etc.
There's many more but those are the main ones.
Maaaaaaaaaaaaan I love Jazz! I listen to:
Kenny Garrett
Mike Phillips
Grover Washington Jr.
Charlie Parker
"Cannonball" Adderley
Ronnie Laws
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
Joshua Redman
etc.
There's many more but those are the main ones.
all of those plus Ms. ELLA FITZGERALD herself and Lady Sings the Blues...Billie Holiday!
In A Sentimental Mood is my jump off (Duke w/ Coltrane and the Art Blakey Version).
most definitely...
My top 10:
You're My Everything- The Miles Davis Quintet
So What- Miles Davis & John Coltrane
In A Sentimental Mood- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
Caravan- Duke Ellington (1946 Carnegie Hall Live)
Kind Of Blue- Miles Davis
In A Silent Way-Miles Davis
It's About That Time- Miles Davis
Flamenco Sketches- Miles Davis
My Funny Valentine- Wynton Marsalis
Baby It's Cold Outside- Ella Fitzgerald
lol...#11- Mood Indigo- Wynton Marsalis & Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
great thread
Caravan- Duke Ellington (1946 Carnegie Hall Live)
Baby It's Cold Outside- Ella Fitzgerald
we marched caravan 1 year along with April In Paris...we did ok...for a bunch of unrhymtic(sp) white folks
Baby It's Cold Outside is the jumpoff!
My senior year in high school, we marched Night and Day and Caravan. Both however, were the versions done by the band "Chicago"..............................white folks, I tell ya...........
I remember marching Night in Tunisia my freshmen year. It came out fairly good. We didn't ahve too many white people in the band... mostly Blacks and Puerto Ricans. The white bands couldn't stand us lol.
How could we forget about My Favorite Things by Coltrane.
Also Round Midnight by Thelonius Monk
That funny Valentine by Wynton is tight but I love the Sarah Vaughan version (that first "Valentine" is serious, i love the strings too.)
