Who's your favorite jazz artist?

[carl]

Do you have a favorite jazz artists? I would like to see if other member's replies would be similar to one another.

Mine would be in this order, yeah, I know I said only your favorite, which implies just one, but here are my 3 favorites. Hard to have just one.

John Coltrane

Horace Silver

The Three Sounds.

[Hardbopjazz]

I would have to say Horace Silver.

[EKE BBB]

Amongst a few hundreds more, EKE

[couw]

Amongst a few hundreds more, EKE

really?

[Rooster_Ties]

If I had to pick right now, my top-10 would be (in alphabetical order)...

Ornette

Miles

Joe Henderson

Herbie Hancock

Andrew Hill

Dave Holland

Lee Morgan

Woody Shaw

Wayne Shorter

Larry Young

[EKE BBB]

Amongst a few hundreds more, EKE 

really?

"Really" EKE?

Or "really" amongst a few hundreds more?

[couw]

Amongst a few hundreds more, EKE  

really?

"Really" EKE?

Or "really" amongst a few hundreds more?

yes.

[GA Russell]

My favorite box is the Paul Desmond Mosaic, so I guess Paul Desmond is my favorite.

My favorite vocalists are Mark Murphy and Mose Allison. Don't really feel strongly about an instrumentalist.

[John L]

Lester Young

[LAL]

Coleman Hawkins. Benny Carter is right up there as well.

Band leader/composer/pianist who didn't like his music classified as jazz considered? Then it'd have to be the Duke.

[reg]

my top 5 at the moment are (in no order)

lee morgan

lee morgan

lee morgan

lee morgan

lee morgan

[BruceH]

Tina Brooks

Sonny Clark

Clifford Jordan

Paul Desmond

Benny Carter, Lester Young, Duke Ellington, Basie, Benny, Bird, Pops, Mingus, Dex, Brownie, Tea, Evans, Morgan, Shorter, Rollins, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaok, I can't list just a few.

Surprise, surprise.

[BruceH]

Did I mention Horace Silver? I really like him.