How about listing your favorite Jazz artist?

[DonBattles]

Especially jazz guitar

 

[jostenmeat]

Not a jazz guitarist, but, my fav is Mingus.

 

[john72953]

Stanley Jordan....

 

[john72953]

And Jimmy Rosenberg

 

[sgtpepper9]

listening to john scofield right now

 

[mperfct]

I hardly listen to jazz anymore since I stopped playing saxophone, but my fav definitely was Charlie Parker. Few have come close before or since, imho.

 

[Hawkeye]

I have to say I've never really explored jazz a whole lot. What I do have is kind of all over the map. I do have some Weather Report, Spyo Gyra, Yellow Jackets, Miles Davis. Also some Benson/Klugh

Recently been listening a bit to the local NPR jazz station. Listening to that has prompted me to buy a couple jazz cds -

The Ray Brown Trio - Soular Energy
Grady Tate - TNT

Both of which I enjoy.

 

[cl35m]

1. Pat Metheny
2. Andreas Vollenweider

 

[Funkmonkey]

Jazz guitarist?

Grant Green would be my favorite

 

[jamie2112]

Mike Stern, Frank Gambale ,John Scofield, Pat Metheney

 

[caupina]

Pat Metheny Group, Acoustic Alchemy (early years) as far as guitar players go.

 

[Cruise Missile]

Lee Ritenour is a personal favorite. His music covers a huge spectrum of style though, not nescesarily just jazz. Anthony Wilson comes to mind also.

 

[zhimbo]

Jazz Guitar faves, in chronological order:
1. Django Reinhardt
2. Wes Montgomery
3. John Scofield

Non-guitar Jazz faves:
1. Bill Evans
2. John Coltrane
3. Miles Davis
(all of whom played on Kind of Blue...holy crap, no wonder I love that album so much!)

 

[pcefrog]

fave jazz

Charles Mingus
Miles Davis
Billy Cobham
Ella Fitzgerald
i really like listening to the drumming, old school jazz and fast jazz fusion

 

[yettitheman]

Don't have too big of a reference because I don't listen a lot (but I need to, and go to some concerts)
But, I like Diana Krall.

 

[Gov]

Al DiMeola, Cheili Minucci, Lawrence Juber, Lee Ritenour, Paco Di Lucia, Norman Brown

 

[Guitar_Frost]

Larry Carlton
Wes Montgomery
Chet Atkins
Charlie Byrd
Pat Metheney

 

[valvesnvinylfan]

For guitar, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Byrd, and Django Reinhardt. Really like seeing Pat Metheny live, but can't get into his recordings too much. Really dig Russel Malone too, great technique.

 

[audiofox]

I can't make up my mind, so here's a list:

guitar-Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery, John McLaughlin
piano-Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson
sax-Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Art Pepper, Ben Webster, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan
drums-Art Blakey, Max Roach, Billy Cobham
trumpet-Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Chet Baker
trombone-JJ Johnson, Jack Teagarden
organ-The Incredible Jimmy Smith
bass-Scott LaFaro, Charles Mingus, Percy Heath, Paul Chambers

I feel like I've just scratched the surface-there are so many high quality jazz musicians across so many different jazz genres, it's hard to pick the best one.

 

[Vintage_Hi-Fi]

Dave Brubeck, definitely Brubeck.