Ok jazz heads I know there are tons of Tenor and Alto players out there that can impress you on any given day, but who would qualify to be on your ALLTIME great list of five? I know it is hard to limit it to just five, but that is just to make you think a little harder on who really gets to your heart and soul the most. Some guys had very short careers and others had very long ones with many great recordings of exceptional merit. Some were better live and others were better in the studio, but what we want to know is who could REALLY play? Here are my five.
1. Stan Getz 2. Sony Rollins 3. John Cotrane 4. Sonny Stitt 5. Ben Webster
The Five rule is masochistic and it makes otherwise highly deluxe members (Ejlif for example) commit horrible crimes of omission. Anyway here are a few more that shouldn't ought to be left out:
Ken Vandermark Scott Rosenberg (Rosenberg's Red/Owe) Tom Guralnick (Pitchin') Anthony Braxton (Start w/ 8 Standards on Barking Hoop) John Gilmore Jean Derome Thomas Chapin Dewey Redman David Jackson (Van der Graaf) Ned Rothenberg Kurt McGettrick, Motorhead Sherwood, Ian Underwood (FZ) Rich Halley Jindra Dolansky (Uz Jsme Doma) Dirk Bruinsma (Blast) Charlie Kohlhase Sabin Hudon (Miriodor) Odean Pope Johannes Pappert (Kraan) James White Archie Shepp Pierre Labbe Louis Sclavis (usually clarinet/ sometimes sax) Yochk'o Seffer
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