Jazz artists that are blind.

[Hardbopjazz]

Can you name some?

Art Tatum

Lennie Tristano

Ray Charles.

George Shearing

[Free For All]

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Eric Kloss

Diane Schurr

[CJ Shearn]

Eddie Baccus?

Chris Foreman

[Jazzmoose]

I feel like an idiot...Art Tatum was BLIND????

[Rooster_Ties]

Wynton??

Oh, wait, I thought you meant metaphorically speaking.

[Jim R]

Tete Montoliu

[kh1958]

Marcus Roberts

[Rooster_Ties]

From what I've heard and read, Woody Shaw got fairly close to being blind, near the end of his life. You find lots more standards on his recordings in those last few years, simply because he couldn't read charts.

Probably wasn't ever "legally blind" (my wild guess), but her certainly had significant vision problems.

[AllenLowe]

I wonder if any of them are reading this...

[AllenLowe]

or at least feeling it on the special internet braille version -

[sidewinder]

Woody's problems were with 'retinitis pigmentosa' I believe. Deteriorated significantly in the last few years of his life.

Other additions to the list:

Chris Anderson

Eddie Thompson

[AllenLowe]

Herman Foster

Helen Keller

[B. Goren.]

I feel like an idiot...Art Tatum was BLIND????

Almost blind, not totaly.

[Big Wheel]

Michael Gerber, my former teacher

[brownie]

Al Hibbler

Moondog

Joe Mooney

Leon Sash

Henry Butler

Blind Willie Dunn B-)

[Chrome]

Let's see, we've done women, Jewish and now blind jazz musicians ... I wonder what group is next!

[Claude]

Famous Black Blind Singers and Musicians

Why did so many of the (black) blind blues musians put "Blind" into their stage name? Was this supposed to add a quality to their artist image, i.e. that a blind man has deeper understanding of the blues?

[Hardbopjazz]

Let's see, we've done women, Jewish and now blind jazz musicians ... I wonder what group is next!

We can do one on alternative lifestyles musicians.

Edited February 16, 2005 by Hardbopjazz

[brownie]

How about a list of one-armed trumpet players?

I start with Wingy Manone.

Who's next

[maren]

Let's see, we've done women, Jewish and now blind jazz musicians ... I wonder what group is next!

Deaf musicians?

No jazz musicians come to mind, only

and Evelyn Glennie...

[AfricaBrass]

Let's see, we've done women, Jewish and now blind jazz musicians ... I wonder what group is next!

Deaf musicians?

The idea of being deaf and being a musician is amazing to me. I can't even imagine the talent it must take.

How about people who play like they're deaf?

Kenny G

Boney James

Candy Dulfer

The Koz

[Michael Fitzgerald]

I have to credit Ed Berger of Rutgers IJS with first telling me this, but it's been around (see link).

http://www.spaceagepop.com/charles.htm

First session singer: "I'm doing an album with Ray Charles next week."

Second session singer: "Which one? The one who's blind or the one who's deaf?"

Mike

[AfricaBrass]

I have to credit Ed Berger of Rutgers IJS with first telling me this, but it's been around (see link).

http://www.spaceagepop.com/charles.htm

First session singer: "I'm doing an album with Ray Charles next week."

Second session singer: "Which one? The one who's blind or the one who's deaf?"

Mike

[mikeweil]

Back to topic:

Sebastian Whittaker - great drummer holding the hard bop / Jazz Messengers flame up:

(short bio)

[MartyJazz]

I have to credit Ed Berger of Rutgers IJS with first telling me this, but it's been around (see link).

http://www.spaceagepop.com/charles.htm

First session singer: "I'm doing an album with Ray Charles next week."

Second session singer: "Which one? The one who's blind or the one who's deaf?"

Mike

You know what happened when Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder got together for a tennis match?

It was endless love. (Sorry).