Stefan Wood Posted April 14, 2004 Report Posted April 14, 2004 I have seen so far: Ella Fitzgerald Gerry Mulligan Wayne Shorter Jason Moran Greg Osby Bill Heid John Patton Ronnie Cuber Lou Donaldson Donald Byrd Joe Chambers Ray Barretto Tito Puente Peter Brotzmann William Parker Michael Thomas Rene McLean Jackie McLean Cedar Walton McCoy Tyner Stefon Harris George Russell Cecil Taylor Malachai Thompson Sam Rivers Odeon Pope and more that I can't recall right now. Quote
jazzbo Posted April 14, 2004 Report Posted April 14, 2004 One of the greats that I saw that I have been thinking of lately was John Lee Hooker. That man's performances in Chicago that I saw left a lasting impression. He inspired me to pick up a guitar. He seemed so real in a way that many other performers DIDN'T. I was remembering one of his performances quite vividly a week ago. . . . Maybe that means that memory cell is going away and gave up its ghost! Quote
Jim R Posted April 14, 2004 Report Posted April 14, 2004 W-O-W... I'm truly impressed with many of the lists that have been posted. I'm more than a little envious, too! I've seen some greats (more blues than jazz), but not in large quantity... Woody Herman orch (mid 1970's) Count Basie (1981) Sarah Vaughan ('81) George Shearing ('95) Quintet, with Louis Stewart, Steve Nelson, Neil Swainson and Terry Clarke The Crusaders ('74) Albert King ('77) Clarence Gatemouth Brown ('82) Albert Collins (twice, in the early 80's) Little Milton ('80) Jimmy Rogers ('79) Louis Meyers ('79) Luther Tucker ('79) Clifton Chenier ('82) Lloyd Glenn ('81) The last artist ("great" in my opinion, but I won't put him up there with Basie, Vaughan et al) that I used to make a point to go see was Joshua Breakstone, who I saw about four times back in the late '80's/early '90's. After my wife and I had kids, everything changed... Quote
Tjazz Posted April 14, 2004 Report Posted April 14, 2004 (edited) Can't get me out of the house much.... plus the memory... Art Blakey Wynton Marsalis (before he was great) Toots Theileman Benny Goodman Woody Herman Eddie Daniels Freddie Hubbard Ken Peplowski Pete Fountain Bill Evans Eubie Blake John Carter Edited April 15, 2004 by Tjazz Quote
7/4 Posted April 14, 2004 Report Posted April 14, 2004 One of the greats that I saw that I have been thinking of lately was John Lee Hooker. That man's performances in Chicago that I saw left a lasting impression. He inspired me to pick up a guitar. He seemed so real in a way that many other performers DIDN'T. I was remembering one of his performances quite vividly a week ago. . . . Maybe that means that memory cell is going away and gave up its ghost! Well, he's a blues cat....not that there's anything wrong with that. I never heard Hooker play live, but I heard Johnny Winter many many times. BB King and Muddy a few. Quote
P.L.M Posted April 14, 2004 Report Posted April 14, 2004 Some was greats, some was not... ERROLL GARNER CHARLES MINGUS DANNY RICHMOND CHARLES McPHERSON MICHEL PORTAL PIERRE FAVRE JOHN McLAUGHLIN BILLY COBHAM TONY WILLIAMS ART BLAKEY RON CARTER FREDDIE HUBBARD JOE FARREL DIZZY GILLESPIE PAUL BLEY MARION BROWN STEVE McCALL ZOOT SIMS EDWARD VESALA MAL WALDRON RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK JOE HENDERSON ARCHIE SHEPP BEAVER HARRIS DAVIS S. WARE CECIL TAYLOR SUN RA DEXTER GORDON YUSEF LATEEF MILES DAVIS KENNY GARRETT GIL EVANS ART PEPPER PETER BRÖZTMANN EVAN PARKER PETER KOWALD STEVE LACY STEVE POTTS CLIFFORD THORNTON HENRY TEXIER HENRY THREADGILL FRED ANDERSON HANK DRAKE then HAMID DRAKE JIMMY LYONS DAVID MURRAY BRANDFORD MARSALIS REGGIE WORKMAN SONNY ROLLINS ALAN SHORTER WAYNE SHORTER DON CHERRY ORNETTE COLEMAN CHARLIE HADEN BILLY HIGGINS ED BLACKWELL JAY JAY JOHNSON BUSTER WILLIAMS VICTOR LEWIS LEO SMITH JOHN FADDIS ELVIN JONES McCOY TYNER SUNNY MURRAY ODEAN POPE ANTHONY BRAXTON FRED VAN HOVE GEORGE LEWIS ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO ROSCOE MITCHELL JULIUS HEMPHILL OLIVER LAKE THE WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET MILFORD GRAVES JACK DEJOHNETTE CHICO FREEMAN SAM RIVERS TONY OXLEY PAUL LYTTON PAUL LOVENS TOMAS LEHN JOHN EDWARDS JOHN BUTCHER MARK SANDERS WILLIAM PARKER ASSIF TSAHAR ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH LOUIS SCLAVIS JOHN SCOFIELD CHARLES LlOYD RANDY BRECKER GARY PEACOCK BENNY WALLACE PHAROAH SANDERS FRANK WRIGHT KENNY WHEELER PHIL WOODS OLIVER LAKE MISHA MENGELBERG JOHN ZORN DAVE DOUGLAS JOEY BARON MASADA LOUIS MOHOLO JOHNNY DYANY PAUL RUTHERFORD DEREK BAILEY BROTHERHOOD OF BREATH WILLEM BREUKER HAN BENNINK LEE KONITZ MARTIAL SOLAL MICHEL GODARD TOM HARRELL PHILIP CATHERINE ANDRE JAUME JOE McPHEE ALDO ROMANO ANDRE GOUDBECK MICHEL DONEDA LE QUAN NINH CONRAD BAUER PAUL HUBWEBER FRANK GRATKOWSKI KEN CARTER RICHARD TETELBAUM EDDIE PREVOST KEITH ROWE MUSICA ELECTRONICA VIVA GEORGE ADAMS DON PULLEN CAMERON BROWN BARRE PHILLIPS GÜNTER SOMMER KEN VANDERMARK MATTS GUSTAFSSON TIM BERNE BOB BERG GARY BURTON GEORGE COLEMAN MATTHEW SHIPP TOM RAINEY BARRY GUY HERBIE HANCOCK ROY HAYNES JASON MORAN LEW TABACKIN CECIL McBEE PHEEROAN AK LAAF BRAD MELDHAU KEITH JARRETT JAMES CARTER DEWEY REDMAN JOSHUA REDMAN KAHIL EL'ZABAR LESTER BOWIE BILLY BANG PAUL MOTIAN JOHN SURMAN JOE LOVANO BILL FRISELL JOE DALEY LENNY POPKIN CONNIE CROTHERS CAMERON BROWN GERRY MULLIGAN CHET BAKER GEORG GRÄWE VERYAN WESTON ERNIE WATTS BURTON GREENE AL FOSTER SONNY SIMMONS PRINCE LASHA JOHNNY GRIFFIN EDDIE GOMEZ MIROSLAV VITOUS BOBBY WATSON JEFF TAIN WATTS TREVOR WATTS GERY ALLEN ROVA BARRY ALTSCHUL TOMASZ STANKO BOBO STENSON ALAN SILVA ANDREW CYRILLE ABDULLAH IBRAHIM KHAN JAMAL DAVE BURRELL MARILYN CRISPELL JOELLE LEANDRE GERRY HEMINGWAY MARK HELIAS STEPHAN GRAPPELLI JEAN-LUC PONTY PAUL DUNMALL ELTON DEAN LOL COXHILL ANDREW HILL BORAH BERGMAN DAVE LIEBMAN MARK COPLAND LEROY JENKINS DAUNIK LAZRO ARTHUR BLYTHE THE LEADERS KIRK LIGHTSEY KEITH & JULIE TIPPETT LONDON IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA LONDON JAZZ COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA THE GLOBE UNITY JOE LOVANO BILLY HART FRANK LOWE RAPHE MALIK MICHAEL MARCUS CHICAGO UNDREGROUND DUO, TRIO CEDAR WALTON NHOP RAYMOND BONY PAUL MOTIAN KEVIN NORTON PAUL RODGERS GEORGE CABLES HORACE PARLAN ENRICO RAVA SIEGFRIED KESSLER CLIFFORD JARVIS STEVE COLEMAN DAVE HOLLAND FRANÇOIS CORNELOUP YVES ROBERT MARC DUCRET LE WORKSHOP DE LYON AGUSTI FERNANDEZ JOHN STUBBLEFIELD JERRY GONZALES (AND FORT APACHE) DOUGLAS EWART AHMAD JAMAL BOBBY FEW JOHN BETSCH JEAN-JACQUES AVENELL CLIFFORD JORDAN FRED HOPKINS STANLEY CLARKE NOA HOWARD SIRONE MARC EDWARDS JAMES "BLOOD" ULMER AKA MOON STEVE BERESFORD and... Quote
mikeweil Posted April 15, 2004 Report Posted April 15, 2004 Of course I forgot some: B.B. King John McLaughlin (the revived Mahavishnu Orchestra) Al di Meola (forgettable) Chick Corea with Return To Forever (dtto.) Jimmy Smith with Kenny Burrell and Ed Thidpen among the great sidemen were: Billy Higgins Sam Jones Bob Berg Ralph Moore Daniel Humair Billy Hart David Williams Kirk Lightsey Rufus Reid Eddie Gladden Bobby Watson Christian Mc Bride Geoff Keezer Renee Rosnes Benny Green James Williams Mickey Roker Gene Harris Grady Tate Sonny Sharrock Steve Marcus ... I think I'm lucky to have seen so many. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted April 15, 2004 Report Posted April 15, 2004 I will be 60 years old soon. I have seen almost everyone "worthwhile" since then. What's the point? Another "my dick is bigger than yours" thread like the tax one? I've seen Duke's band (while EKE was alive 20+ times). So what. I do understand the trouble with "aesthetics" if one has not heard the "living masters", but don't really understand the question otherwise. Shit be happnin', go find it and be able to post to a thread like this in your future. Quote
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