Reply #48: wow I love these questions

[tigereye]

since they make me really think about what I like.

My tastes are pretty eclectic/depends on what kind of mood I'm in.

Women piano jazz - love piano since that is the instrument I first played and jazz piano players are amazing!
Geri Allen
Joanne Brackeen
Dorothy Donegan (wow could she play and overplay!)
Marian Mcpartland

Women singers
Betty Carter
Carmen McRae
Sarah Vaughn
Ella
Billie Holiday
Guys Chet Baker

Instrumentalists
Coltrane
DON BYRON - I would marry this guy, he is so cool (If I weren't already attached and I suspect he wouldn't be interested anyway)
Charlie Haden
Miles Davis (my so's fave)
Dexter Gordon... a day without Dexter is like a day without sunshine
Monk... love his unique phrasing and style
Mingus politics and such
Reggie Workman one of the best shows I ever saw, just him and another guy -amazing
Dizzy
Chet Baker


Groups ( learned about a lot of these folks from my punk cronies, to whom I am ever thankful)
Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Sun Ra - once sat in a friend's lap at a show,,, cool
Ornette Coleman
Modern Jazz Quartet
jazz fusion from Africa.. like Osibisa... kind of a mix.. has a jazz element to it, I guess
Anthony Braxton, but I have to be in the mood
Ronald Shannon Jackson
Art Blakey -another great drummer - Max Roach too

40s
Ellington
Buddy Rich - maybe someday I will learn to play jazz drums
CAb Calloway -

sorry so long. you asked. And I probably left some out. :)