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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 05:35 PM
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Best PIANO ("keyboards," my ass!) player, jazz era?
See my signature. ;)

I also like, oh, Tristano, Tatum, all those guys.....But from the more recent players, Bill is king.

:hi:
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djeseru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 05:36 PM
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1. Teddy Wilson.
Fats Waller and Art Tatum, definitely. Duke Ellington as well. But Teddy Wilson, wow, I just love his light touch.
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 05:37 PM
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2. *slaps hand to forehead*
Forgot Waller. Whoops.

:blush:

:D

Play on, kings!
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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 05:37 PM
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3. Dave Brubeck....
"Take Five" is one of my all-time favorite jazz numbers.
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 05:39 PM
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4. Ah, yes, yes, yes.
Edited on Sat Jun-03-06 05:39 PM by WritingIsMyReligion
Terrific song. :thumbsup:

I really like the MIDI file of it found here. Scroll down to "Jazz," and then "Dave Brubeck." "Take Five" is right there.

;)
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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 05:43 PM
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7. Cool. Thanx!....
If you haven't already heard this check out "The Spirit of KJAZ". Its a Shoutcast jazz station out of SanFran. They play some really good stuff. You need to have WinAmp installed, then search the shoutcast stations for "kjaz". You won't regret it.
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 05:49 PM
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9. No problem!
I'll look into it!
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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 05:39 PM
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5. Or Ramsey Lewis.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 08:19 PM
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11. I like Brubeck a lot, but....
I can't remember who said this, but he was once compared to the spaz who makes the varsity basketball team, not out of any real talent, but from hard work, determination, and sheer force of will. That's kind of how I look at his piano-playing skills. He's certainly not what you'd call a "natural" like Tatum or Monk or a hundred other guys.

Paul Desmond, OTOH, is in my top five alto sax players.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 05:42 PM
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6. Otis Spann
OK, so he's blues, he's damn great! :D
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 05:48 PM
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8. Blues, jazz....
They feed off one another enough. ;)
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Arkham House Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 08:13 PM
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10. Depends on my mood...
Edited on Sat Jun-03-06 08:15 PM by Arkham House
...but if you put a gun to my head, I'd have to say it's the guy in your signature photo. An amazing artist, whom I was fortunate enough to see in person. Other times, I'd be inclined to say Monk--for his sheer purity of jazz intent--Bud Powell, for his remarkable inventiveness and role in the Bop Era, jazz's greatest moment...and Keith Jarrett, whose "Coln Concerts" is the greatest solo piano album there is. But Bill Evans hits me where I live... Incidentally, the fact that such a really bright kid has his signature pic there and loves jazz is something I find very heartening...:-)...
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 09:38 AM
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21. Thankee....
I love Bill Evans. He's the background on my computer, as well. ;)

:hi:
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 08:23 PM
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12. McCoy Tyner.
He was Coltrane's child.

I've seen him live. He's tremendous.
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 08:41 PM
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13. Monk.


And Ellington (if you haven't heard it, check out 'Money Jungle'. Ellington, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach. Ellington's playing really comes to the fore in a way it doesn't on his big-band recordings, and there's some serious tension between Duke and Mingus that both play off of with sometimes startling results.)



And, of course, Bill Evans. I can't really decide between the three of them.
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benny05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 08:45 PM
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14. Like your choices too, but...
Edited on Sat Jun-03-06 08:46 PM by benny05
For piano, I like Marcus Roberts.
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Bemis Donating Member (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 08:58 PM
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16. The new "Monk" is Jason Moran
Have seen him play several times.

Has done some great stuff, some crazy cutting edge tunes with tapes
but also some very smooth sentimental pieces.
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 09:40 AM
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22. Monk, Evans, Elllington...
Sounds like a good list to me! ;)
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catbert836 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 08:54 PM
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15. Romano Mussolini


Apparently his father wasn't so fond of his son's musical tastes...
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 10:00 PM
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17. my first thought was Teddy Wilson
My second thought was Ellington. Of course, there's Earl Hines and Jelly Roll Morton and so many others.....argh! An impossible task.

For a taste of some real obscurities, check out http://www.redhotjazz.com.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 10:03 PM
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18. prolly Oscar Petersen very smooth, definitely Evans...
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 10:12 PM
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19. Herbie Hancock
Edited on Sat Jun-03-06 10:13 PM by Alexander
Can't forget Lalo Schifrin either.

Schifrin's famous for composing the theme to the show "Mission: Impossible".
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 09:41 AM
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23. Hancock. rAmen!
:patriot:
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smitty Donating Member (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-03-06 11:05 PM
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20. Cyrus Chesnut, Marcus Roberts
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 10:17 AM
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24. Ramsey Lewis
I still need to check out his show that is running on PBS
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 10:24 AM
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25. Oscar Peterson
:hi:
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