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• uglymusic March 2011

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  Prompted by a thought in Listening to...

  
  
  

  John Coltrane

  David S Ware

  Wayne Shorter

  Art Pepper

  Arthur Blythe

  
  
  

  That's five to be getting on with :-)

  
  
  

  BTW. Kenny G is not on this list 

  :D

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• Gromit March 2011

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  Michael Brecker
  Bob Berg
  Eric Marienthal
  Michael Brecker
  oh...and Michael Brecker. :)
  

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• uglymusic March 2011

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  You like Michael Brecker, then? Just got that inkling ;-)

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• Gromit March 2011

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  uglymusic said:

  You like Michael Brecker, then? Just got that inkling ;-)

  
  
  A teensy bit. ;)
  
  I just adore his sound - no one since nor before has, for me, made a Tenor sing like he could. Sure there have been those who one might consider more ground-breaking, milestones for their generation, but MB was the consummate master of his instrument and so sadly missed. I was lucky to see him performing live a couple of times and was mesmerised.
  
  A few others who I've heard live in the jazz pubs/clubs in London...
  
  Nelson Rangell
  Dave O'Higgins
  Mornington Lockett
  

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• uglymusic March 2011

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  Yeah, I saw MB at venues from the Barbican downwards, including in a marquee at the Bracknell Jazz Festival and with the Brecker Brothers in a tiny bar in a hotel in Boston - the story is that someone cocked up the booking and the Breckers didn't realise until after the contract was signed. I had connections in the music business who managed to get tickets for the gig while I was visiting.

  
  

  They played the gig, but not without making some verbal side-swipes at the club's management!

  
  

  I prefer his late jazz-oriented work to his fusion stuff, but then I would, wouldn't I?

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• Gromit March 2011

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  I'd totally agree with your opinion on MB's jazz vs fusion - for me he never sounded comfortable with the fusion stuff. His first album is just awesome as a showpiece of Tenor Saxophone mastery - and a fabulous thing for showing off (or totally destroying) a hifi system. Rarely a week goes by when I don't play it...on vinyl of course. ;)
  

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• uglymusic March 2011

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  I'm so sorry. Mine's on CD :-(

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• Mervyn March 2011

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  Any room for Mr C Parker or Sonny Rollins ?
  
  Oh and not sure if anyone has mentioned Michael Brecker !!!
  
  
• uglymusic March 2011

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  As a Coltrane nut, there is never room for Sonny Rollins  :-D

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• Jamiel March 2011

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  Coleman Hawkins - for that raunchy buzzy sound.
  
  I like Coltrane with Miles, and Monk, and the reltively unknown Kevin Flanagan from Tommy Chase's band in the 80s.
  
  I rather like Dick Parry's two solos with Pink Floyd in the 70's too.
  

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• Lee March 2011

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  I like Coltrane and Adderley myself

  
  

  
  

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• alfamatt March 2011

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  Is David Sanborn considered as heretic as KennyG?
  Maybe it's going to be labelled as a guilty pleasure, but I do like a lot of his output.
  Sanborn that is, Not G.
  Matt.
  
• uglymusic March 2011

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  To me, no. Sanborn is OK. But what do I know about musical taste? :-)

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• uglymusic March 2011

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  Lee said:

  I like Coltrane and Adderley myself

  
  

  
  

  
  
  May I recommend a certain Miles album? :-)

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• Lee March 2011

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  uglymusic said:

  Lee said:

  I like Coltrane and Adderley myself

  
  

  
  

  
  
  May I recommend a certain Miles album? :-)

  
  
  Please do Dave but there is a high probability that I might already have it  :)

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• uglymusic March 2011

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  I suspect you might, too ;-)

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• Jamiel March 2011

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  How could I forget David Jackson of Van Der Graaf Generator, sadly no longer with them, but still very individual player.
  

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