This or That?

[BillF]

30 minutes ago, mjzee said:

Ethel Merman.  I have the Tucker release on Archeophone and it's not all that interesting musically; her story's fascinating and she's historically important, but musically she was that era's equivalent to Mylie Cyrus.  Ethel Merman was a force of nature.

And here's a little political footnote:

https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/audio-flashback-listen-to-stephen-sondheims-john-lindsay-campaign-song-starring-ethel-merman

Too bad he/they were profoundly wrong about Lindsay, a terrible mayor.

Arnett Cobb or Illinois Jacquet?

Illinois Jacquet

Juan Tizol or Lawrence Brown?

[Larry Kart]

Jacquet

Lawrence Brown

Willie Dennis or Urbie Green

Speaking of Dennis, Morgana King's choice of spouses was something else -- first Tony Fruscella, then Dennis (killed in a car wreck in Central Park).

[kh1958]

1 hour ago, mjzee said:

 

Arnett Cobb or Illinois Jacquet?

Arnett Cobb

1 hour ago, BillF said:

Juan Tizol or Lawrence Brown?

Lawrence Brown

1 hour ago, Larry Kart said:

Willie Dennis or Urbie Green

 

Willie Dennis

Pacific Jazz or Contemporary?

[mjzee]

4 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Pacific Jazz or Contemporary?

Pacific Jazz.

Contemporary or Fantasy?

[BillF]

5 hours ago, mjzee said:

Pacific Jazz.

Contemporary or Fantasy?

Contemporary

Jimmy Deuchar or Kenny Wheeler?

[Larry Kart]

Contemporary

Deuchar (close one there -- I like Wheeler, and they're both individual, but fond as I am of Fats Navarro, Duechar's Navarro-tinged approach as a player and his Dameron-ish writing get to me. 

[Peter Friedman]

Contemporary

Deuchar

Bruce Forman  or  Tiny Grimes

[felser]

3 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said:

Contemporary

Deuchar

Bruce Forman  or  Tiny Grimes

Tiny Grimes, not even close for me.

Strata East or Black Jazz?  One had higher highs, but lower lows.  The other never released a bad album.

[mjazzg]

On 27/08/2021 at 9:35 PM, Peter Friedman said:

Ira Gitler

 

Yusef Lateef.  or Roland Kirk

Strata East 

Steve Coleman or Steve Lehman

 

 

[JSngry]

Steve Coleman, even if he is  a creep. No contest.

In terms of music records only and objective enjoyment of same - Bill Cosby or Steve Allen?

[BillF]

Smalls or Smoke?

[EKE BBB]

Martial Solal or Tete Montoliu ?

[Rabshakeh]

54 minutes ago, EKE BBB said:

Martial Solal or Tete Montoliu ?

I think people will disagree with me, but Solal. A really unique concept when he's at his best.

Organ combo served à la Blue Note or Organ combo au Prestige?  

[EKE BBB]

19 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

I think people will disagree with me, but Solal. A really unique concept when he's at his best.

Undoubtedly I am the biggest Tete fan in this forum, but I am also a huge devotee of Mr. Solal

[BillF]

Streaming or discs?

[kh1958]

On 9/8/2021 at 5:32 AM, BillF said:

Smalls or Smoke?

Smoke

 

7 hours ago, BillF said:

Streaming or discs?

Discs

 

Barney Wilen or Tubby Hayes?

[BillF]

35 minutes ago, kh1958 said:

 

 

 

 

Barney Wilen or Tubby Hayes?

Tubby Hayes

[mjazzg]

On 08/09/2021 at 1:02 PM, Rabshakeh said:

I think people will disagree with me, but Solal. A really unique concept when he's at his best.

Organ combo served à la Blue Note or Organ combo au Prestige?  

à la Blue Note

Yusef on Prestige or Yusef on Impulse?

[HutchFan]

On 9/8/2021 at 7:06 AM, EKE BBB said:

Martial Solal or Tete Montoliu ?

 

On 9/8/2021 at 8:02 AM, Rabshakeh said:

I think people will disagree with me, but Solal. A really unique concept when he's at his best.

Rab, you'll get no disagreement from me there.  While I enjoy much of Montoliu's music, Solal is one of my ALL-TIME favorites.

 

Alan Dawson or Freddie Waits?

 

Edited September 9, 2021 by HutchFan

[BillF]

8 hours ago, HutchFan said:

 

 

Alan Dawson or Freddie Waits?

 

Alan Dawson

Ralph Bowen or Cory Weeds?

[Dan Gould]

That's easy - Weeds.

Hank Mobley w. Lee Morgan or Hank Mobley w. Donald Byrd?

[BillF]

Mobley w. Morgan

Miles w. Kelly or Miles w. Evans?

[JSngry]

Mobley with Morgan!

Throwing this back out: In terms of music records only and objective enjoyment of same - Bill Cosby or Steve Allen?

19 minutes ago, Dan Gould said:

Hank Mobley w. Lee Morgan or Hank Mobley w. Donald Byrd?

 

[Dan Gould]

I know nothing about Steve Allen musically so can't answer the Cosby face off.

[Larry Kart]

2 hours ago, JSngry said:

Mobley with Morgan!

Throwing this back out: In terms of music records only and objective enjoyment of same - Bill Cosby or Steve Allen?

 

Mobley with Morgan

Kelly vs. Evans with Miles, apples and oranges. Miles' choice of Kelly on "Freddie Freeloader" exemplifies this. Likewise, Kelly on the rest of "Kind of Blue" wouldn't have worked.