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

[BeBop]

me

Well, you ain't dead yet...

[A Lark Ascending]

The Beatles!?

Are you sure?

Imagine the Beaucoups de Band on the Run Must Pass Vol 1-3!

Anyway, Didn't ELO save them the job?

Edited October 16, 2010 by A Lark Ascending

[papsrus]

Imagine the Beaucoups de Band on the Run Must Pass Vol 1-3!

Not albums, course, but:

Buddy Bolden

Bix

and, um, lets see ... Miles Davis?

[Joe]

Joe Daley (tenor saxophone).

[Shawn]

Jimi Hendrix

I know. Not jazz.

Actually, I consider Hendrix to be a logical step post-Coltrane, so it works as "jazz" for me.

I also wish that Phil Lynott had lived long enough to give us a few more Thin Lizzy (or solo) records.

Edited October 16, 2010 by Shawn

[Larry Kart]

Joe Daley (tenor saxophone).

Good one.

[Jazzmoose]

Jimi Hendrix

I know. Not jazz.

As for non-jazz acts, the Police! I wish we had 3 more albums from the bums!

Interesting. They would be a candidate for a "3 less" thread for me; after the first two, I lost interest.

[Bol]

Jimi Hendrix

I know. Not jazz.

As for non-jazz acts, the Police! I wish we had 3 more albums from the bums!

Interesting. They would be a candidate for a "3 less" thread for me; after the first two, I lost interest.

I think the last 3 are more uneven than the first 2; but each of the last 3 have some songs that are some of their best, in my opinion. "Synchronicity 2" is their absolute best. Of course, I may be biased because I started to listen to them (and pop music in general) in about 1983.

[colinmce]

Especially after having listened to Out to Lunch the past couple days, my unequivocal answer would be Dolphy.

[Hardbopjazz]

Booker Little

Thelonious Monk

Wes Montgomery (only if he went back to playin what he did on Riverside.)

[DMP]

Wes Montgomery

[danasgoodstuff]

Magic Sam, esp'ly since he'd just signed with Stax when he died (at 32)!

[A Lark Ascending]

I like the Charlie Christian suggestion...though it would be more accurate to leave out 'more'.

Be fascinating to hear what he might have done in the LP era.

Edited October 19, 2010 by A Lark Ascending

[paul secor]

Magic Sam, esp'ly since he'd just signed with Stax when he died (at 32)!

Magic Sam very likely would have made some money - a good thing for him - but I don't think that I'd want to hear the music. Probably would have been assembly line blues funk, like Albert King ended up doing.

[Bright Moments]

i'll second nick drake.

art tatum

[HomageToDonByas]

On 10/16/2010 at 8:06 PM, paul secor said:

 

 

If Mosaic were still doing singles, that might make a good one.

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