Popper Lou Posted August 21, 2004 Report Posted August 21, 2004 How many of the pioneers of jazz are left? Those from the 1930's though the 50's. It seems in the recent months, more and more have left us. I'm not trying to be morbid, but I want to get to see as many of these cats while I can. I can think of these, some I have seen live and the others not yet. Any others to add to the list. Clark Terry, Seen Hank Jones, Not yet Percy Heath; Seen Jimmy Heath; Seen Sonny Rollins; Seen Horace Silver; Seen Max Roach; Not yet Roy Haynes; Not Yet Jon Hendricks; Seen Ahmad Jamal; Seen Lou Donaldson; Seen Benny Golson; Not Yet Von Freeman; Not Yet Johnny Griffin; Not Yet Jimmy Smith; Seen Dizzy Reece; Not yet, don't knowif he is still with us. Think so. Dave Brubeck Not yet Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted August 21, 2004 Report Posted August 21, 2004 How about Frank Wess, Frank Morgan; Jackie McLean; Frank Foster; Phil Woods. Reece is still alive, but I don't think he is playing. Quote
cannonball-addict Posted August 21, 2004 Report Posted August 21, 2004 I racked my brain and came up with these: Jimmy Cobb Joe Wilder Benny Bailey (doesn't play too much anymore) Freddie Hubbard Dr. Billy Taylor Ornette Coleman Chico Hamilton Idris Muhammad Curtis Fuller Kenny Burrell David "Fathead" Newman Houston Person Wayne Shorter Jimmy Scott Jimmy Smith Dr. Lonnie Smith Cedar Walton Slide Hampton Les McCann Quote
BFrank Posted August 21, 2004 Report Posted August 21, 2004 Maynard Ferguson Oscar Peterson Jim Hall Gerald Wilson Quote
brownie Posted August 21, 2004 Report Posted August 21, 2004 James Moody Arno Marsh Martial Solal Cecil Taylor Quote
sidewinder Posted August 21, 2004 Report Posted August 21, 2004 Sam Rivers Walt Dickerson Marshall Allen Louis Smith Bud Shank Herb Geller Lennie Niehaus Bill Holman Quote
Bright Moments Posted August 21, 2004 Report Posted August 21, 2004 McCoy Tyner Les Paul Bebo Valdes Marian McPartland Mose Allison Quote
brownie Posted August 21, 2004 Report Posted August 21, 2004 Billy Bauer Lee Konitz Terry Gibbs Jimmy Giuffre Buddy deFranco Tony Scott Bob Dorough Horace Parlan Quote
Jazzmoose Posted August 21, 2004 Report Posted August 21, 2004 Wow...when I read the thread title, I thought either Daltrey or Townsend had kicked the bucket! Quote
BFrank Posted August 21, 2004 Report Posted August 21, 2004 Annie Ross Anita O'Day Oscar Brown, Jr. Ted Curson Quote
bebopbob Posted August 21, 2004 Report Posted August 21, 2004 I think these cats are still with us Cecil Payne: 80 plus years old Louie Bellson: at least 80 years old Donald Byrd: mid 70s Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted August 21, 2004 Report Posted August 21, 2004 Hank Jones is still with us? For some reason I though he was gone. What about Nancy Wilson? Quote
BFrank Posted August 21, 2004 Report Posted August 21, 2004 (edited) Hank Jones is still with us? For some reason I though he was gone. What about Nancy Wilson? They're both still here, b3-er.......and active! In fact, Hank just played here last May at the SF Jazz Fest with Clark Terry. Edited August 21, 2004 by BFrank Quote
sidewinder Posted August 21, 2004 Report Posted August 21, 2004 Hank also just did a gig in London with Joe Lovano - to great acclaim. Too bad I missed it. Quote
blue-note-ojc Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 I thought KENNY BARRON was still around, but I may have missed some bad news. Tom Quote
blue-note-ojc Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 Just happened to think of TOMMY FLANAGAN, but maybe I'm off here. Tom Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 Just happened to think of TOMMY FLANAGAN, but maybe I'm off here. Tom Tommy Flangagan is no longer with us. Quote
BFrank Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 (edited) OTOH, Kenny Barron is definitely still around. I think Reggie Workman just barely squeaks in here, too. Edited August 22, 2004 by BFrank Quote
cannonball-addict Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 I didn't say Kenny Barran cuz the original post referred to people who were making waves in the 30s through the 50s although a lot of the people listed here did not really make waves until the 60s. -mm Quote
brownie Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 Sal Mosca Dick Hyman Quincy Jones Phil Urso George Wallington Quote
BFrank Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 I didn't say Kenny Barran cuz the original post referred to people who were making waves in the 30s through the 50s although a lot of the people listed here did not really make waves until the 60s. -mm I almost wrote something like that, but when I looked up his bio on AMG, it said that he started his professional career in the late 50's. So........I guess he "counts". Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 Barron's first recording as a performer was 1961. See my website. Yes, he was playing in the 1950s but virtually no one knew of him. If you're going to make a list like this you need to be fairly explicit in the rules - if you just need people who were playing before January 1, 1960 that's a HUGE quantity and some that have been listed even started after that. But I don't think that's what is wanted. Perhaps people who recorded commercially before 1940 (there are still some) or maybe before 1950 would give a more focused list. [Another approach would be date of birth, which maybe isn't as useful.] For example, the original post produces this: Dave Brubeck 1942 Max Roach; 1943 Hank Jones, 1944 Johnny Griffin; 1945 Roy Haynes; 1945 Clark Terry, 1947 Percy Heath; 1947 Jimmy Heath; 1948 Sonny Rollins; 1949 Horace Silver; 1950 Lou Donaldson; 1950 Benny Golson; 1950 Von Freeman; 1950 Ahmad Jamal; 1951 Jimmy Smith; 1953 Dizzy Reece; 1954 Jon Hendricks; 1954 Of those subsequently mentioned, only these would make a pre-1940 cut: Les Paul 1936; George Shearing 1938; Gerald Wilson 1939; Snooky Young 1939. There is a good thread on this from January 2000 on rec.music.bluenote. Search for "first-wave modernists" on groups.google.com Mike Quote
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