Who's your favorite Jazz Saxophonist? #2

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

I will combine Poll 1 & 2 and have a showdown between the winners.

I'll keep a separate tally for Kenny G votes

Before you vote other and ask "where's so and so" make sure you've seen both polls

[mac56]

1. Pres

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[frylock]

2. charlie chan aka sonny rollins

[immoderate]

32. Charlie Chan was a pseudonym used by Bird on the...

Jazz at Massey Hall recordings. Rollin's nick name is "Newk" because of his resemblance to Hall of Fame Pitcher Don Newcomb.

You may know of some other instance I'm not aware of...

--IMM

[Zomby Woof]

3. fix your typo

It's saxophOnist.

[Blue-Jay]

5. Sax-O-ma-phone....

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

18. I had meant saxoFINEst

i still spelled it wrong

[Zomby Woof]

4. Dolphy

But would like to put in a plug for Branford Marsalis.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

6. he just missed the cut

sorry Branford, you do rock!

[Zomby Woof]

8. seen him live twice

With Jeff "Tain" Watts on drums. Holy shit.

[Blue-Jay]

7. Props to Phil Woods as well.

He did marry Parker's ex wife, after all.

[OneBlueSky]

9. had to go with Lester . . .

I like pork pie hats, and he did some amazing stuff with Billie Holiday . . . but, again, they're all great artists . . .

[ProfessorGAC]

10. From This List, Shorter

The Professor

[Zomby Woof]

12. what's your favorite?

Miles Shorter, Solo Shorter, or Weather Report Shorter?

I am going with Miles. One of Miles's chief strengths is the bands he led.

[Bossy Monkey]

15. You forgot Blakey Shorter n/t

[Zomby Woof]

17. d'oh!

I knew it. I missed seeing Blakey because he was hospitalized just days before a scheduled concert. He died shortly thereafter. :-(

[Bossy Monkey]

19. I saw him, late '80s I guess, w/ the cats right after Blanchard/Harrison

I think they may have been the first ensemble not to get a record deal, but I hope I'm wrong (about them not getting the record deal that is). Art played really, really, really loud, even in his 70s. And of course brilliantly, majestically, polyrhythmically, all that.

Was in Philly, can't remember the venue.

[immoderate]

35. I caught Blakey at the Jazzmobile at...

Grant's Tomb sometime in the 80s. His sax players at the time were Branford and Bobby Watson. I was sitting on the running board of the band's truck behind the stage between Arthur Taylor and Charlie Persip. We were sharing a *libation.* It was a great moment.

--IMM

[Karenina]

20. Wayne-O

likes the OBOE and wrote lots of lines that sound REAL good on it as his concept on Sop ist tief darin. We did some fun stuff in duet. I been wearin' a burkha long time now... "Jazz," ya know. ;-)

I :love: Wayne!

[reprehensor]

11. Zoot Sims n/t

[Blue-Jay]

13. Zoot! Shit, I forgot about Zoot.

Try to find "Gee Babay Ain't I Good To You" that he recorded with Buddy Rich. Both of them sing on it. It's wonderfully surreal. Buddy's voice reminds me of Sinatra.

[Whitacre D_WI]

14. There we go.

[Bossy Monkey]

16. Ralph Moore

I'll go look up the other poll, but I think I'm pretty safe voting Other without doing so. :)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

21. Ok - resurrecting this for the evening loungers - what do you folks think?

[Mz Pip]

22. What? No Branford Marsalis??

Sigh.

MzPip
:dem:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

23. As I said before - I love Branford - he just didn't make the cut

I love you Branford!

[Bundbuster]

24. Where's Ben Webster? Where's Stan Getz?

2 of the greatest jazz CD's of all time:

"Anniversary" and "Serenity" by Stan Getz & crew right before he died.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

25. Stan Getz is on #1 and nobody's voted for him yet!

[BrotherBuzz]

36. Yes, Big vote for Ben Webster!

His "Jazz 'Round Midnight" does it for me.

[DemoTex]

26. Paul Desmond of the Dave Brubeck Quartet

Desmond with his "ax"

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

27. Saturday DU - care to weigh in?

[kskiska]

28. Lester Young – but where's Bird?

I loved the stuff Lester did with Billie Holiday, too.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

30. Bird's in Poll #1

[chenGOD]

29. Johhny Griffith

The stuff he blew with Monk was superb.

Coltrane is god, but I just love Griffith.

[immoderate]

31. You forgot Johnny Griffin, the GREAT Johnny Griffin

He played with Monk, he played with Blakey. You should Give a listen.

Best "new" star: Abraham Burton.

--IMM

[UrbScotty]

33. Sigh - saxophone players.

:eyes:

[MrBenchley]

34. Coltrane

I can't believe nobody says Coltrane!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

37. Coltrane's in poll # 1