youdig Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 You have only 5 artists/bands to take to your desert island Who are they? Remember you can have ALL of their music. Mine are (not in order) Frank Zappa Tom Waits Pat Metheny Weather Report John Coltrane Who are yours ? Quote
jlhoots Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 Miles Davis Keith Jarrett Bob Dylan Ken Vandermark Ornette Coleman Quote
Dan Gould Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 Gene Harris Hank Mobley B.B. King Lowell Fulson As usual, the last choice is hardest ... but I'll say Horace Silver Each of my choices aside from Mobley have or had long recording careers so that maximizes the variety of sidemen/contexts. And in the case of Fulson, he made consistently enjoyable recordings through his entire career, never really coasting, as B.B. might be accused of. Quote
BeBop Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 Count Basie and Bird. Anything else is icing. (Okay, Coltrane, pre-war Satchmo, and Kraftwerk make five.) Quote
Uncle Skid Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 Armstrong Ellington Coleman Coltrane Davis Quote
JSngry Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 Why is everybody in such a hurry to get to these desert islands? Quote
The Rep Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) Firstly, John Coltrane, then I think Horace Silver, proberly Charles Mingus, Donald Byrd, Phil Woods, If you let me have drummer I would have a nice little sextet. Edited January 1, 2007 by The Rep Quote
Alexander Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 I hope that desert island has electricity...or that you have a LOT of batteries. Quote
catesta Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 Why is everybody in such a hurry to get to these desert islands? Not me, I've been and it was pure hell. How about pick a top five artist recordings you would want to be stranded with in an upper west side penthouse? Quote
John L Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) Why is everybody in such a hurry to get to these desert islands? Jim: Read the first post again. He said that you can bring the artists with you, not just the records. In other words, you can take Monday with you! Still not going? I would be sure and bring only women. Billy Holiday Dinah Washington Abbey Lincoln (from back in the day, of course) Maria Callas Paris Hilton (She counts. She just released a new record) Edited December 31, 2006 by John L Quote
Uncle Skid Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 Why is everybody in such a hurry to get to these desert islands? 'Cause there's lots of good music there... duh! Quote
JSngry Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 Why is everybody in such a hurry to get to these desert islands? Jim: Read the first post again. He said that you can bring the artists with you, not just the records. In other words, you can take Monday with you! Still not going? OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Quote
rostasi Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 Paris Hilton (She counts...)She can? Quote
catesta Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 Why is everybody in such a hurry to get to these desert islands? Jim: Read the first post again. He said that you can bring the artists with you, not just the records. In other words, you can take Monday with you! Still not going? I would be sure and bring only women. Billy Holiday Dinah Washington Abbey Lincoln (from back in the day, of course) Maria Callas Paris Hilton (She counts. She just released a new record) hehe Now your picks make sense, except Paris Hilton. If it was me, I'd snag one of those hot latin pop sensations like Shakira. Quote
felser Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 Paris Hilton (She counts...)She can? Old Firesign Theatre bit about high school: Porgie: Mudhead, you don't even have any extracurricular activities Mudhead: Gee, Porgie, doesn't Dolores count? Porgie: Only to ten, Mudhead. My artists (for their music): Art Blakey Miles Davis Duke Ellington Bob Dylan John Coltrane Pains me to leave out others who were brilliant but their primes were too short to make the cut (Bird, Byrds, Beatles, Who, etc.) or who have had long, often distinguished careers, but I just can't make room for them (Richard Thompson, Neil Young, McCoy Tyner, Jackie McLean, Chick Corea, etc.). I needed to have at least one vocal artist, so chose the Voice of my generation. Quote
rostasi Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 Old Firesign Theatre bit about high school: Porgie: Mudhead, you don't even have any extracurricular activities Mudhead: Gee, Porgie, doesn't Dolores count? Porgie: Only to ten, Mudhead.Thanks for the "More Science High" reminder. Fantastic stuff! Quote
John L Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) Now your picks make sense, except Paris Hilton. If it was me, I'd snag one of those hot latin pop sensations like Shakira. Yea, maybe I should have taken some time to think about it. Edited December 31, 2006 by John L Quote
bolivarblues Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 John Coltrane Miles Davis Thelonious Monk Bob Dylan The Beatles Quote
Jim R Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 Remember you can have ALL of their music. I'm going to assume that we're talking about everything- as leader and otherwise. For starters, I know from searching my database for most prolific artist in my collection... I'd take everything with Paul Chambers on it. For similar reasons (and for a different variety of material than what Chambers was on), I'd probably go with everything Barney Kessel recorded on. Kenny Burrell- gotta have all of his guitar sounds, and he was prolific as a sideman in a variety of settings as well. Jobim (wish I could take everything he composed instead of just what he recorded himself). T-Bone Walker (I'd swim over to Dan's island to hear B.B.) I could live without ever again hearing anything under the heading of "rock". Oh, and I think the reason to go to the island is obvious- to get away from the rat race, listen in peace, and quit shopping for any more goddamn CD's. Quote
Guy Berger Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 How about the top 5 top 5 lists you would like to be stranded with on a desert island? Guy Quote
JSngry Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 I'd like to see a list of Top 5 Desert Islands... Quote
Alexander Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 Why is everybody in such a hurry to get to these desert islands? Jim: Read the first post again. He said that you can bring the artists with you, not just the records. In other words, you can take Monday with you! Still not going? I would be sure and bring only women. Billy Holiday Dinah Washington Abbey Lincoln (from back in the day, of course) Maria Callas Paris Hilton (She counts. She just released a new record) hehe Now your picks make sense, except Paris Hilton. If it was me, I'd snag one of those hot latin pop sensations like Shakira. Yeah, I don't see the appeal of Paris Hilton. She's a skank (and a bony skank to boot). I'd take Christina Aguilera. She can sing and she's easy on the eyes! Quote
catesta Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) I'd like to see a list of Top 5 Desert Islands... In no partucular order... Sicily St. Croix Tahiti Coronado Maui Honorable mentions.. Gilligan's Alcatraz Rikers Edited December 31, 2006 by catesta Quote
John L Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 Yeah, I don't see the appeal of Paris Hilton. She's a skank (and a bony skank to boot). I'd take Christina Aguilera. She can sing and she's easy on the eyes! Well, the idea was that I had so much class in the first four that I needed some skank as well. Quote
mikelz777 Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) -Art Pepper -Bill Evans -Hank Mobley -Donald Byrd -Frank Sinatra Edited December 31, 2006 by mikelz777 Quote
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