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    Scott Hamilton

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    Alexa Tarantino - a recent discovery but she is excellent

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    Scott Hamilton playing Autumn Leaves.

    Even this overplayed perennial sounds great by Scott Hamilton.


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    Willow Weep For Me
    Gene Ammons

    Another Sax with great tone, vibrato and phrasing.

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    Sonny Rollins

    A great true improviser.


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    Paul Desmond with Jim Hall or Ed Bickert.

    DG

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    Quote Originally Posted by daveg
    Paul Desmond with Jim Hall or Ed Bickert.

    DG
    Yes, I have most of the Paul Desmond with Jim Hall Albums.

    Over an hour of masterly melodic magic here:

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    Quote Originally Posted by GuyBoden
    Willow Weep For Me
    Gene Ammons

    Another Sax with great tone, vibrato and phrasing.
    Gene Ammons is probably my favorite tenor. What a sound.

    If anybody here is not familiar with this record, do yourself a favor.


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    Guys four pages and no King Curtis?!?!?!

    How about Fathead Newman?

    I developed a lot of respect for David Sanborn learning how he cut his teeth to the level enough to play with several blues greats. Not sure I can respect a jazzer who can't also stick a 2 or 3 hour blues gig.

    I also like Pharoah Sanders on Sonny Sharrock's "Ask the Ages", Charlie Parker with Dizzy, Sonny Stitt with Sal Salvador, Sonny Rollins, Lester Young and a bunch of others, many who have already been mentioned.

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    Nothing against Curtis and Newman, both fine players but if you ask people on a jazz forum they don't typically spring to mind like the others you listed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GuyBoden
    Willow Weep For Me
    Gene Ammons

    Another Sax with great tone, vibrato and phrasing.
    Quote Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
    Gene Ammons is probably my favorite tenor. What a sound.

    If anybody here is not familiar with this record, do yourself a favor.


    We need more Gene Ammons

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    quick story about Ammons, a tenor sax player who was a bandleader of mine worked w/him w Gene playing baritone.
    he said Gene stood in front of the music stand facing him and transposed the chart from Bb to Eb while reading it upside down



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    Quote Originally Posted by wintermoon
    quick story about Ammons, a tenor sax player who was a bandleader of mine worked w/him w Gene playing baritone.
    he said Gene stood in front of the music stand facing him and transposed the chart from Bb to Eb while reading it upside down


    I saw him live at the Charles Mingus and Friends In Concert at Philharmonic Hall back in the 70s. He was great, along with everyone else.Bill Cosby was the MC and they made it into a double record album.I remember there was a tenor battle between Gene Ammons and some of the other tenor players.
    I did gigs with some of those guys later on, the great Eddie Preston and Eddie Bert.
    Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert - Wikipedia

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    • Joe Henderson
    • Joe Lovano
    • Ornette
    • Lee Konitz
    • Paul Desmond
    • Eric Dolphy
    • Andy Sheppard
    • Henry Threadgill
    • Peter Brotzman


    Millions of others!

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    Coltrane, Dolphy, Bird, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Wayne Shorter, the list goes on and on...

    Of more recent players, Chris Potter is a standout to me.

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    Dale Turner


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    Well jazz is best served live. Locally we have:

    Chris Bickley at Brother Don's most Mondays
    Chris Bickley Jazz

    Mark Lewis shows up a various spots but no longer a regular at BD's
    marklewismusic.com

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    Always liked a guy named John Klemmer.

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    What's not to like about a great sax tone.


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    The biggest impact for me was from Art Pepper. He's the one who made me think oh jazz is actually exciting. I don't why. Before I was just going by whatever my teachers or calssmates told me to listen to. Coltrane, Bird, your usual suspects. But Art Pepper really moved me.

    Funny thing you mention his name to any sax players today, they just smile and stare at you like... it's so unhip to dig him that much.

    Also Illinois Jacket and guys like that!

    Basically, those who play the most IN, not OUT, and have a great vibrato and bluesy sound.

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    Scott Hamilton - Indiana
    (Davide Brillante guitar)


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    My favorites are the following.

    1. Bird
    2. Prez
    3. Sonny Rollins
    4. Dexter Gordon
    5. George Coleman
    6. Gerry Mulligan
    7. Joe Henderson
    8. Coleman Hawkins


    My current favorite is Lester Young. He just blows my mind with how good he sounds with simpler harmonic vocabulary.

    George Coleman is very underrated, IMO. If you want to hear someone rip through a tune he's your guy.

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    Very late to the party but only recently discovered Joe Henderson.

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    I don't think anyone has mentioned Art Pepper.... oh, I see that Hep to the Jive did. He played with my college jazz band, t'was amazing.