Who's your favorite Jazz Trumpeter?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

Me - I like Diz. The man wrote a Night in Tunisia, damnit!

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[felonious thunk]

2. Great choices there, and I like them all

But amongst all the great choices, Miles is still the best.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

3. Y'know, I was going through my collection and I have BY FAR more Miles

than anyone else. Hmm...

[bif]

15. Well, he put an album out about every 15 minutes!

[bif]

6. Chet ruled!

I like the quote from Bird to Miles: "Miles, ya better watch out, 'cause there's a young white cat out on the coast who's gonn eat you up!"

[Zomby Woof]

4. Miles

But Louis Armstrong is the father of them all.

Love Hubbard on Eric Dolphy's albums too.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

7. Ahh Eric Dolphy! There's a genius for you!

Out to lunch - what a disc!

[bif]

16. Eric Dolphy on trumpet?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

33. look at post 4

[demnan]

5. I like Diz to but stayed with Miles

I'm also fond of Winton Marsalis.

[peekaloo]

8. I voted Chet Baker

because this guy turned me onto his music.


Nat lived in my old hometown and I was introduced to him through a relative. Sweet, funny and intelligent man.

R.I.P. Nat

[OneBlueSky]

9. um . . . 'scuse me . . . have you people ever LISTENED to . . .

Louis Armstrong??? . . . he did things with the trumpet that NO ONE -- not Miles, not Dizzy, not anybody . . . has EVER duplicated . . . and every one of them, in their time, acknowledged Louis as THE MASTER! . . . indeed, there is only one proper answer to this poll, and it ain't Miles (great as he was) . . .

[Zomby Woof]

I think people are voting listening preference

I fully acknowledge Louis as the father in my post. Everything you said is true. But I think we're voting for who we love to listen to, rather than strictly technical/compositional/influential reasons.

I love Louis, he is a giant. I enjoy the Hot Fives and Hot Sevens material, but when I want a go-to jazz trumpeter, I put on "Sketches of Spain" or "Nefertiti".

[GumboYaYa]

10. I voted for Miles, but I'm glad to see Clifford Brown

on the list. If he had lived a little longer, he may have been my top choice instead of Miles.

[Dookus]

11. Were it not for Louis Armstrong

you never would've heard of any of the other guys.

[GumboYaYa]

12. But then, if it had not been for Buddy Bolden you never would

have heard of Louis Armstrong.

[regularguy]

13. Since the question was "favorite", I chose Lee Morgan.

A case could be made for all of these guys. If the question was favorite "musical visionary" or course I would choose Miles. But as far as pure trumpet playing goes I'd have to go with Morgan or Clifford Brown, both of whom died way too young.

14. Bix and Lester deserve mention

Bix Biederbecke -- an original


Lester Bowie (of the Art Ensemble of Chicago)

[mac56]

40. A second for Bix.

But I voted for Satchmo.

[sir_captain]

17. I'll go with Dizzy

partly for his cheeks and partly because I performed at his memorial service

[IronLionZion]

18. and partly for his crazy trumpet

which didn't make any sense but was original

[supernova]

19. Dizzy, because I got to see him

in concert several times. :toast: "A Night in Tunisia" Ahh...

[King_Crimson]

20. Chris Botti...

Okay...he's a young guy doing basically Smooth Jazz... but MAN...IZ 'DIS KID GOOOD!!! Open up his website www.chrisbotti.com and you can listen to the new cd..."A Thousand Kisses Deep"... while you browse! I sent this to Malloy couple months back and he replied right back that he was going to get it the next day!

[TahitiNut]

21. Louie, Diz, or Miles...? Wow, tough choice.

I still gotta go with Louie. He's the only one who literally raised goosebumps and got me teared up. When I lived in Rottenchester (home of Eastman), I went to hear Dizzy every chance I got. Miles is more multi-talented. But Louie interprets the music in ways that go beyond ... so I gotta go with the Satch.

The rest are really good (Chet's VERY good and I love Freddie) but the top three are in a league of their own.

[tigereye]

22. they are all great

I really like Don Cherry's sound though

[TahitiNut]

23. Let's not forget ...

... Al Hirt, Maynard Ferguson, Harry James, Wynton Marsalis, Arturo Sandoval, Woody Shaw, Chuck Mangione, Mark Isham, Hugh Masakela, and even Doc Severinsen.

Satchmo's still without peer, though. :shrug:

[pmbryant]

38. I voted 'other' for Arturo Sandoval as my personal favorite

But Louis Armstrong and Diz were hard to pass over.

:wow:

Peter

[TahitiNut]

39. Sandoval and Dizzy were close friends.

Sandoval just keeps getting better, too. I love the 'flava' of his jazz, and his range is astonishing.

[curse10]

24. Maynard Ferguson, Arturo Sandoval, Wynton Marsalis

are my personal favorites. Especially Sandoval. Holy shit, that man is amazing. I've seen him live 4 times. Earth shattering.

[Wapsie B]

25. Yeah, Maynard Ferguson rules!

The godfather of the stratosphere.

[Hotler]

31. Damn straight!

Maynard can blow some serious horn, and he always as a great band backing him up. May favorite album is "Live at Jimmy's, a double live album recorded in a small club in NYC.

[msu2ba]

32. You Betcha, Maynard

Maynard still tours regularly, with his concerts benefiting school music programs.

He's known for his amazing range, but I love his playing for his truly beautiful shaping of melodic lines.

[Hotler]

34. I've seen him live..

a couple of time and the shows were great. He pulls a lot of young talent from music programs and schools. The thing I like is he allows them to solo. He likes to show case gifted musicians.

[Bossy Monkey]

26. B. Mitchell, F. Hubbard, H. James, T. Blanchard, R. Hargrove

That's Blue Mitchell, Freddy Hubbard, Harry James, Terence Blanchard, Roy Hargrove. (I never have enough room for my subject lines.)

That Marsalis fella is pretty good, too.

[Whitacre D_WI]

27. Voted for Cherry.

Miles is the best composer of the bunch, to be sure.

But I love Cherry's work with Ornette. And besides, he fathered Neneh Cherry (we'll forgive him Eagle Eye :scared:)

[tishaLA]

28. Where's Roy Eldridge?

I'm voting for Dizzy cause he's my fav, but Roy and that Marsalis guy have to be on here.

[King_Crimson]

29. I should be hung out to dry...

forgetting Greg Adams...founding member of Tower of Power! And former Kool and the Gang trumpet man...Larry Gittens!:puffpiece:

[Blue-Jay]

30. Dizzy! (for reasons I posted in another thread)

Closely followed by:

Miles
Chet Baker
Art Farmer
Clifford Brown
Arturo Sandoval
Nat Adderly (totally underrated. probably because he was eclipsed by his brother)
Don Cherry
Wynton Marsalis

[Bundbuster]

35. Where's Clark Terry?

His work with Oscar Peterson and the Pablo genre, complete with the "mumbles" singing routine was excellent and extremely listenable (a word?). I met him in 1988 and asked him about his playing at the famous 1956 Newport Jazz Festival - his eyes glazed over and with a huge smile he recounted the experience. Along with Jay McShann, the nicest guy in the Jazz world.

Also, check out Art Farmer's "Soul Eyes" CD.

[tishaLA]

36. Ah good one!

You're absolutely right about him. He is too often overlooked imho.

[Bundbuster]

37. No doubt because

he spent years playing on the Tonight Show.

[Kazak]

41. Miles...no question.

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[chaska]

42. Arturo Sadoval nm