2006-06-20 15:10:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Of all time? (I love jazz questions!)
Louie Armstrong
Charlie Parker
Duke Ellington
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
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2006-06-20 15:16:56 · answer #1 · answered by Stratobratster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk.
2006-06-20 16:43:57 · answer #2 · answered by oluciano1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boney James
David Sanborn
George Howard (Rest in peace)
Norm Brown
Larry Carlton
Rick Braun
Wayman Tisdale
Gerald Albright
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
Louis Armstrong
Charlie Parker
JJ Johnson
Dave Brubeck
Wes Montgomerie
I know its more than five, but I love jazz music and it is hard to decide.
2006-06-20 15:25:34 · answer #3 · answered by me myself and i 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I suppose I'll have to add my two cents in:
1. Louis Armstrong - for being the first black musician to "cross-over" to mainstream white audiences, making it acceptable for the very first time for blacks and whites to intermingle socially.
2. Duke Ellington - for providing creativity, class, and longevity to the entire genre, also crossing over to mainstream white audiences, but also making the African-American experience something to be honored and revered through his compositions.
3. Charlie Parker - for being the boldest pioneer of a new style of Jazz, called Bebop, bringing the quality of individual musicianship of jazz players to the level of virtuousity.
4. Miles Davis - for continuing the legacy of the Bird, the virtuosic playing, the artful compositions and the ability to surround himself with young (or young-minded) musicians who were ready to follow where he led. Also, he was never satisfied with the status quo - musically, professionally, or socially - and not being afraid to (in his words) "change Music 3 or 4 times."
5. Benny Goodman - for being the first white bandleader to hire a black musician. Not only could Benny blow a mean clarinet, he put the Music (the very idea of music) before any personal, professional and societal strictures of the day.
My personal favorite has to be Miles Davis.
Peace,
VT
2006-06-20 16:36:11 · answer #4 · answered by Viking Trombonist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Charlie Parker
Thelonious Monk
Sarah Vaughn
2006-06-20 15:17:28 · answer #5 · answered by Christina D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, John Coltrane,
Dave Brubeck
(Billie Holliday didn't play-otherwise, she'd be there...)
2006-06-20 15:15:21 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Scandalous 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Me myself and i has got it going on!
Right on there Mr Frosty!
He knows his Jazz!
2006-06-20 15:36:56 · answer #7 · answered by Muinghan Life During Wartime 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
charlie parker
2006-06-20 15:12:22 · answer #8 · answered by brightlikestarsx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋