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Getting a little more contemporary, I find Bob James' piano work is excellent for ideas and motivation.
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07-11-2009 01:16 AM
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I guess that's another side topic: guitars you're ashamed to say...
Originally Posted by Silence
I'll go: I never heard of Kurt Rosenwinkel before I stumbled across these forums.
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I started out on drums so a lot of drummers are influences: Ronald Shannon Jackson, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams etc. etc. Originally Posted by Innerurge1
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07-11-2009, 09:01 AM #29Ray C. Guest
Errol Garner, Little Walter, Keith Jarrett, Tony Bennett, Lester Young, Speedy West, Johnny Hodges, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Eddie Gomez, Jack Dejohnette.
These are the one's that come right to my mind.
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Good topic. For me, for jazz, it's Monk and Shorter the most. Then there's also Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis not too far behind. Originally Posted by Innerurge1
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I would have to say Manfred Eicher from ECM records. Unlike many other's, he let's the artist do whatever they want, free to express their own music.Manfred Eicher made this work and became a successfull record label.
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I love seriously Miles Davis, so I think his lines in Kind of Blue is my first influence.
After I listen a lot of west coast musicians : Paul Desmond, Chet Baker, Stan Getz,...
For the outside game, when I play, I try to think about Thelonious Monk.
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Can't name just one, or even just a few. In no particular order:
1. Arthur Honneger ('classical' composer)
2. Ruth Crawford Seeger (her 1920's piano compositions especially)
3. Lester Young
4. Miles Davis
5. Elvin Jones
6. Larry Young
7. John Cale
8. Bob Dylan (for vocal phrasing--and many other things)
9. TONS of fiddlers of many traditions & genres, here's a few:
--Melvin Wine
--Arthur Smith
--J.P. Fraley
--Davey Swarbrick
--John Hartford
--Ed Haley
--Buddy Thomas
10. Bill Monroe
11. William Burroughs (writer)
12. many, many, many poets
13. Mati Klarwein, painter (cover of 'Bitches Brew' and 'Live Evil' were his work)
14. Charlie Watts
15. Charlie Haden
16. Duke Ellington
17. Louis Armstrong
19. Gil Evans
20. Bill Evans
21. Jimmy Giuffre
22. Larry Rivers (painter & saxophonist)
23. Benny Goodman
24. Nelson Riddle
25. Ornette Coleman
26. Manuel De Falla (composer)
27. too many rock/pop/country/punk/funk/soul/r&b folks to name
28. bird songs
29. insect noise
30. machine & motor vehicle noise
31. the patterns of human speech
32. george gershwin
33. all of creation, i.e. the observable universe
34. Mozart
35. bodies of water
36. southern indian 'street music', especially the combos
37. mountain-region folk music from uraguay, ecuador & bolivia
38. Steve Reich (composer)
39. Phillip Glass (composer)
40. Terry Riley (composer)
41. Stephen Foster
42. Scott Joplin
43. Mark Twain
44. My family & friends
45. The folks who operated Blue Note records
46. Rudy Van Gelder
47. Mose Asch & his 'Folkways' record label
48. Teo MaceroLast edited by janepaints; 08-03-2009 at 07:29 PM.
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Monk. Period.
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Miles Davis. His command of phrasing is simply amazing.
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Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and celtic music in general.
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always a bit hesitant with this kind of thing--wouldn't want to imply that my playing exhibits any of the skill, depth, or anything else...but these are the artists i have listened to a lot, and/or put much time into playing their compositions.
tom jobim
zoot sims
eliane elias
dizzy gillespie
manhattan transfer
diana krall
chet baker
bud powell
horace silver
clifford brown
sonny rollins
ana caram...
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I could have sworn I answered this one before but I guess not. Here are my influences.
1. Charlie Parker
2. Chet Baker - both for soloing and singing
3. Paul Desmond
4. Helen Merrill
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Davis & Parker, Desmond & Dylan
Peace
Skei (the inadequately yours one)
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Hiromi Uehara....I love her! Her and Herbie Hancock are so amazing. Well, she is my second favorite keyboardist ever, she has soooo much style and can be very groovey or extremely technical.
She has a duet album with Chick Corea, and a Trio album with Stanley Clarke and Lenny white. You have to check her out. Her youtube videos are great too, she is very very sexy too. :-)Last edited by heavyblues; 08-06-2009 at 07:28 AM.
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Keith Jarret !
He is, in my opinion, the most complete musician from nowadays.
La Scala... Whisper Not... Belonging... his soprano stuff... free with Haden, also with the nordic guys... even his classical repertoire.
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Definitely for me, Bill Evans. Learned a lot about structure and melody from Dmitri Shostakovich (from the classical camp), and I love Brian Blade. I am finally starting to conceptualize rhythm unlike ever before.
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"i would have to say its my mother on this one. she told me never to give up and pursue what you want with your best efforts.
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Excellent and I would have to agree, but different mothers obviously!
The non-guitarists I enjoy listening to the most are:
Keith Jarrett and the trio, Charlie Parker, Coltrane, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Nick Brignola, Art Tatum....
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Paul Weller for his style, Keith Moon for his attack and Curtis Mayfield for his warmth.
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Bob Marley
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
Bela Fleck
Phil Lesh
Oscar Pederson
Steve Swallow
Dave Holland
Keith Jarret
James Brown
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Joel Dorn
Sid Mark
Hammond B-3
Miles Davis
Oscar Peterson
Charlie Parker
Donald Byrd
Horace Silver
Duke Ellington
Seagram & Sons
Jimmy Smith
Dr. Albert Hoffman
Eddie Harris
Jan Hammer
Elvin Jones
The Internet
Tinitis
Aaron Copeland
Van Morrison
Dennis Chambers
Captain Beefheart
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LOL Originally Posted by mongrel
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Odds are there are at least two in every crowd. Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
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I'd say bird and Coltrane, Miles, Bill Evans, and the Duke.
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Since "biggest influence" doesn't have to be a person, I'd have to say Ugg boots. Judging from random posts in other threads, I'm not alone.
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