This or That?

[Rabshakeh]

Oh sorry. I missed that. Please ignore my question. Sorry.

[Jim Duckworth]

I would be hard pressed to make a choice between Max and Elvin-but I think I like Elvin as a sideman and Max as  a leader-subject to change of course. These days

I can't decide whom I like better Sid Catlett or Jo Jones.

[JSngry]

Thread cleaned up of extraneous commentary (mostly my own), please proceed.

[Peter Friedman]

Two top West Coast tenor players, who do you prefer?   Harold Land or Teddy Edwards

[BillF]

Harold would be the man for me.

Continuing the West Coast theme:

Bud Shank or Herb Geller?

[HutchFan]

I'll take Bud Shank -- if only because I'm more familiar with him.

 

Sticking with altoists:

Charles McPherson or Sonny Criss?

 

[BillF]

I'll say Criss, if only because he's more into my sort of jazz than McPherson.

I was tempted to ask Albert Ammons or Meade Lux Lewis, but fearing the "unfamiliar" plea, I'll change it to: 

Griff or Jaws.

[Rabshakeh]

12 minutes ago, BillF said:

Griff or Jaws.

Ouch! 

[HutchFan]

If push-comes-to-shove and I've got to take one or the other, I'd go with LOCKJAW.

 

Ellington in the 50s or Ellington in the 60s?

 

[Milestones]

Wes Montgomery or Kenny Burrell?  These are the two who best express mainstream jazz guitar--certainly the two I listen to the most.

Seems to me that "This or That?" is simply about preference.

 

[JSngry]

19 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Ellington in the 50s or Ellington in the 60s?

Ellington in the 70s, hearing that band get more and more ragged as the new pieces kept getting jaggier and jaggies is, as the man himself said, "beyond category.

Can I do this? Or are the rules wound really tight, like you have to answer the question exactly as asked, nothing else?

Probably not? But still, just checking.

[Rabshakeh]

How about: John Gilmore or Jimmy Lyons?

[Peter Friedman]

17 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

How about: John Gilmore or Jimmy Lyons?

John Gilmore though not really a fan of either.

Two West Coast pianists - Russ Freeman or Hampton Hawes 

[jazzbo]

For me, Russ Freeman, though I really do like Hampton Hawes.

Raymond Chandler or Dashiel Hammett?

[Teasing the Korean]

3 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Raymond Chandler or Dashiel Hammett?

Raymond Chandler, though I love both.

[HutchFan]

37 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Ellington in the 70s, hearing that band get more and more ragged as the new pieces kept getting jaggier and jaggies is, as the man himself said, "beyond category.

Can I do this? Or are the rules wound really tight, like you have to answer the question exactly as asked, nothing else?

Probably not? But still, just checking.

I don't mind this at all.  It's discussion about the topic at hand, in the spirit of the topic at hand.

 

 

Message to All -- when you make a choice, don't forget to offer another set of options to keep the ball rolling.

 

Edited August 20, 2021 by HutchFan

[JSngry]

2 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

I don't mind this at all.  It's discussion about the topic at hand, in the spirit of the topic at hand.

Ok, cool. Wanted to make sure after screwing the pooch the first time around.

[HutchFan]

To get us rolling again:

Liebman or Lovano?

 

[JSngry]

RVG or the Contemporary Storeroom (Roy DuNann)?

[HutchFan]

For me, it's gotta be DuNann -- because of the way he recorded pianos.  (Rudy probably "wins" for horns tho'.)

 

Liebman or Lovano?

 

Edited August 20, 2021 by HutchFan

[JSngry]

7 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Liebman or Lovano?

No contest - Garzone

Black Saint or Soul note?

[jazzbo]

27 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Raymond Chandler, though I love both.

That would be my reply as well.

27 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

For me, it's gotta be DuNann -- because of the way he recorded pianos.  (Rudy probably "wins" for horns tho'.)

 

RVG for me--not really big on the DuNann sound.

 

[HutchFan]

I'd likely go Soul Note -- for Waldron and Lacy.

 

Red Garland or Wynton Kelly?

 

 

20 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

That would be my reply as well.

RVG for me--not really big on the DuNann sound.

Interesting.  I've always wondered what Herbie's BN records would sound like if DuNann had recorded them.  

And Horace's too.

 

[jazzbo]

4 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Interesting.  I've always wondered what Herbie's BN records would sound like if DuNann had recorded them.  

And Horace's too.

 

Not me.

Wynton Kelly for me.

Randy Weston or Dollar Brand/Abdulla Ibrahim?

Edited August 20, 2021 by jazzbo

[HutchFan]

30 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Randy Weston or Dollar Brand/Abdulla Ibrahim?

TOUGH choice.  They're both up there, among my all-time faves.

OK, I choose Weston -- if only b/c of his music on this album:

 

George Wallington or Al Haig?

 

    

Edited August 20, 2021 by HutchFan