Who do you most wish had lived to record 3 more albums?

[AllenLowe]

how about 3 less albums?

[JohnT]

Bassist Albert Stinson

[Tom 1960]

Carl Perkins

Hell yeah. How could I forget him, Bill!

[jazztrain]

Of course!

How about Jimmy Blanton and Scott LaFaro for that matter?

For question two (more albums for Blue Note), I wish there were more Ike Quebec albums.

I'm trying to think of others who died far too young who showed great promise and potential. Here are a couple in response to the first question: Frank Teschemacher and Stan Hasselgard.

Absolutely, and then one obvious name comes to mind: Charlie Christian.

[Hot Ptah]

Chu Berry

Bessie Smith

Joe Zawinul

[brownie]

Just one Blanton album would be Paradise!

[Peter Friedman]

All my choices have already been mentioned except for J.R. Monterose.

The others already mentioned I would select include Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Wardell Gray, Tina Brooks,

Carl Perkins, Sonny Clark, Charlie Christian.

[BeBop]

Well, Buddy Bolden, I s'pose.

I'd like to say Wardell Gray, but he was on something of a downward slide (generally, with some exceptional bits)

[John L]

Buddy Bolden for sure! And Freddie Webster, Oscar Dennard, Dupree Bolton, Tadd Dameron, Freddie Keppard, Baby Face Willette, Julius Hemphill, Tommy Ladnier, Eric Dolphy...

[sjarrell]

It would have been interesting to see what Dick Twardzik might have done had he lived longer.

Yes.

[Hot Ptah]

Duke Ellington

Johnny Hodges

Lester Bowie

[Tom 1960]

Serge Chaloff

[tranemonk]

I'd have to agree with the Lee Morgan votes...

but I'd have to add my fave... Michel Petrucciani... :party:

[GA Russell]

I second Richard Twardzik!

[kh1958]

Charles Mingus, Booker Little, and Clifford Brown.

[Big Beat Steve]

Frank Teschemacher.

Bix Beiderbecke.

(No, just like in the case of the abovementioned Fats Navarro jazz doesn't come in album doses only - far from it, so if you wish, take this to mean "three albums' worth of material" )

Oh yeah - and lest I forget:

Chu Berry

Charlie Christian

Edited October 12, 2010 by Big Beat Steve

[Jazzmoose]

I'd have to agree with the Lee Morgan votes...

Same here. Though admittedly the idea of more Tina Brooks is hard to pass up.

[David Ayers]

how about 3 less albums?

I'm afraid on this board we want EVERYTHING and then MORE. Not even one track should be erased from that mound of sound which we think of as a history. If I dared, I'd start by losing tracks with harpsichord, but I'd get an avalanche of people telling me how good they are, have I got the JRVG, etc.

[Clunky]

Eddie Costa- he recorded many sessions but not nearly enough as the leader

[AllenLowe]

Hemphill

[Guy Berger]

I'm surprised to see Lee Morgan mentioned so frequently on this thread.

[AndrewHill]

I'd be curious to see what Paul Chambers would've done in the 1970's had he lived longer.

[mjzee]

Question #1: Emily Remler

Question #2: Elmo Hope

[AndrewHill]

Three more Booker Ervin BN albums.

[sidewinder]

Booker Little definitely - and for sure Joe Harriott, Tubby Hayes and Amancio D'Silva. Joe Harriott in particular.