So... who are your favorites in the genre? I'm interested to see peoples responses to the question and who they know of... or what they feel about it... I honestly can't list right now, as I would end up spending all of my time till midnight going through my albums and listening... ... so... go for it.
I really like trad jazz, particuarly people like Louis Armstrong and Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band; I also love Stephane Grapelli and Django Rhienhardt. And Scott Joplin's piano rags, if they count as jazz. As for blues, some of my favourites are Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker.
i'm a huge jazz lover, not really TOO much into blues. i mean, i love listening to it, but i'm not familiar with many of the artists. but as far as jazz goes... miles davis louis armstrong mmw john coltrane john scofield dave holland eric dolphy soulive i could keep going...
Jazz: Miles Coltrain Dizzy Herbie Hancock Dave Brubeck Quartet Django Reinhart D'Angelo Sade Soulive etc etc...its all good! Bluez: Stevie Ray Vaughn Jimi Hendrix blues songs John Lee Hooker Eric Clapton BB King Buddy Guy Muddy Waters Allman Brothers Led Zep Blues songs etc etc...its all good!
well i'm not too much of a jazz man but the blues is what rock & roll is all about. so i'll give ya some of the blues artists i like: BB King Chuck Berry some Lightnin' Hopkins John Lee Hooker Stevie Ray Vaughn Eric Clapton & well who ever else did some good ol' blues...alot of led zep in the early albums is blues & that's great. & don't forget hendrix he did plenty of blues.
Oh my... where to start.... Nothing beats the vocals of Billie Holiday. Sarah Vaughan was great, too. I love Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, so many good ones have been mentioned already. There's also some great modern stuff inspired by the old piano jazz, artists like Foina Apple and Harry Connick, Jr. For blues... I'm a big Elmore James fan. Buddy Guy was fantastic. Again, lots other great ones have been mentioned already.
Robert Cray blew my pants off at the Crossroads. I mean, you can see his turmoil spill out from his pores onto the floor when he plays that guitar. There's so much overwhelming emotion, and it's all raw. I love it. But Bo Diddley is still my favorite of all time.
Favorite Jazz: Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holliday, Chet Baker, Stan Getz, Jaco Pastorius, Chick Corea, John Coltrane Favorite Blues: Skip James, R L Burnside, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, T Bone Walker, North Missisissippi Allstars
jazz -- Thelonius Monk Herbie Hancock Pat Metheny Charles Mingus Larry Carlton Lee Ritnour (sp) Miles Davis Manhattan Transfer blues -- oh, where to start Stevie Ray Vaughan Junior Kimbrough RL Burnside Sonny Boy Williamson Robert Cray Roy Buchanan Kinsey Report Paul Butterfield BB King Son House Ry Cooder Elmore James RJ Duane Allman/Allman Bros Big Bill Broonzey Fred McDowell Taj Mahal Peter Green Joe Bonamassa Tab Benoit Buddy Guy Walter Trout John Lee Hooker Leadbelly Corey Harris Robben Ford Jimmy Thackery Susan Tedeschi ...........just a few of my faves
Yeah... Robert Cray is great... I love him myself. My dad went to the same middle school as he did in Newport News, VA for a little while... just north of here. He was a little older than my dad was, but my dad knew him but wasn't really too close with him... then my dad moved to abingdon, in the blue ridge mountains. Haha... my dad said he freaked out when he bought his first album in the 80s and realized who he was... since then, I've become a fan of him. Eric Clapton Jimmie Vaughan Stephen Stills ZZ Top John Fogerty Stevie Ray Vaughan Jerry Garcia (he was actually an awesome blues guitarist) Robert Cray Hubert Sumlin Scott Henderson John Mayer Carlos Santana Doyle Bramhall Big Bill Broonzy (Key To The Highway is an awesome acoustic blues tune) Bo Diddley Eric Johnson Doyle Bramhall II Robert Randolph J.J. Cale Joe Walsh John Coltrane Robert Johnson Mississippi John Hurt Ry Cooder Albert King James Cotton Albert Collins Steve Vai Jonny Lang Mississippi Fred McDowell Son House Howlin' Wolf Jimi Hendrix David "Honeyboy" Edwards Larry Carlton Robert Lockwood "Junior" Jerry Douglas Charlie Parker John McLaughlin Wes Montgomery B.B. King Jelly Roll Morton Double Trouble Les Claypool Tracy Chapman Lightnin' Hopkins Muddy Waters T-Bone Walker Little Son Jackson Itzhak Perlman Blind Willie McTell Frankie Lee Sims Django Reinhardt Jimmy Page Jaco Pastorius Miles Davis Allman Brothers Derek Trucks Micky Raphael John Popper Ray Charles Stevie Wonder Duke Ellington Thelonious Sphere Monk Herbie Hancock Edgar Meyer Chet Atkins Rev. Gary Davis Elvin Jones Willie Dixon Just a few favorites...
........I forgot the Bramhalls.... isn't Itzhak Perlman more classical than jazz? an incredible musician nontheless
Yeah... most people credit Itzhak Perlman for classical... but, I've heard some jazz work that came from Pelman and it was just awesome... ohhhhh, and for some really good blues/metal stuff (he's very steve vai like), take a listen to Anton Tsygankov... he's a award winning Russian guitarist... plays custom Fender Telecasters. He's one of my favorite Russian musicians... he's just getting discovered and I've talked to him before. His cover of "Hey Joe" and his song "Blues" are really good... http://www.vocals.ru/eng/mus.shtml
yeah.. BB really brought blues into the mainstream. Veryone knows who he is... I have a BB signature strap that's also autographed by him on the back... It was fading so I put tape over the sig.
Ella Fitzgerald Louis Jordan Frank Sinatra Miles Davis Peggy Lee Nancy Wilson Dinah Washington BB King Robert Cray Jimmy Reed Little Milton Bobby Bland Ray Charles John Lee Hooker
