As the title says, do as many instruments as you want. I don't really know my stuff well enough to make a list, it'd be pretty by the books and predictable if I did. I want to see what you guys come up with.

3? You must be nuts.

Seriously, what's wrong with predictable and by the books? Good is good. Besides, since we only get 3, they'd better count.

Anyway, here's a start, I'll add more later. Nice and predictable.

Now, the real trick will be, if Satch is able to limit himself to 3.

Piano (Acoustic): Bill Evans, Cecil Taylor, Thelonious Monk
Piano (Electric): Sun Ra, Paul Bley, Keith Jarrett
Bass: Scott LaFaro, Charles Mingus, Dave Holland
Flute: Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Eric Dolphy, Henry Threadgill
Guitar: Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Sonny Sharrock
Drums: Buddy Rich, Elvin Jones, Rashied Ali
Sax (Tenor): Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane, Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Trumpet: Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis

I'll do more later.

As Grasshoppa Seba knows all to well by now; You can't stop Satchmo....you can only hope to semi-contain him to 50.


Since I was listening to some Bird - The Alto


After Bird aka Charlie Parker:

Johnny Hodges
Anthony Braxton *
Eric Dolphy
Jackie McLean *
Art Pepper
Lee Konitz
Paul Desmond
Benny Carter
Ornette Coleman *
Roscoe Mitchell *
Jimmy Lyons
Thomas Chapin
Cannonball Adderely
Tim Berne *
Michael Moore *
John Zorn *
Henry Threadgill *
Arthur Blythe
Bobby Watson *
Gigi Gryce
Greg Osby *
Phil Woods *
Marty Ehrlich *
Frank Gratkowski *
Steve Coleman *
Oliver Lake *
Sonny Stitt
David Liebman *




* Still living....performing live and/or recording.

Piano


Breaking it down

Old School/Pre-Swing

Fats Waller
Jelly Roll Morton
Earl Hines
James P. Johnson
Willie "The Lion" Smith



Swing

Teddy Wilson
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Erroll Garner


Bop/Hard Bop/Modal/Post Bop

Bud Powell
Bill Evans
McCoy Tyner *
Horace Silver *
Wynton Kelly


Avant/Free/Free Improv

Paul Bley *
Alexander von Schlippenbach *
Keith Tippet *
Misha Mengelberg *
Marilyn Crispell *



In their own original universe

Art Tatum
Thelonious Monk
Cecil Taylor *


Top Overall

Art Tatum
Bud Powell
Thelonious Monk
Cecil Taylor *
Bill Evans
Paul Bley
Fats Waller
McCoy Tyner *
Jelly Roll Morton
Teddy Wilson
Horace Silver *
Alexander von Schlippenbach *

What, you thought you could sneak this by Satchmo?

What's the problem? Oh, I see, you must not like those musicians anymore.

First off, I agree with that very much, "Good is good." Something I think about a lot, when people complain about predictable lists. Second, I suppose I will make a list. Now that I think about it, it was also that I don't really have three musicians for each instrument whose style I've really pinpointed enough to consider them a favorite of mine. Anyway, I'm working on Euro right now, when I feel like taking a break I'll make a list. As for only three being nuts, I'm not the one who once made a thread asking for a single favorite live jazz album.

I think he may have been complaining about the order, but who knows.

2nd?