Suggested Jazz Listening List
CLARINET:
Eddie Daniels, Benny Goodman, Gary Foster, Buddy DeFranco, John Carter, Phil Woods, Bill Smith, Don Byron, Ken Peplowski.
SOPRANO SAXOPHONE:
Sidney Bechet, Bob Wilber, Kenny Davern, Wayne Shorter, Branford Marsalis, Jane Ira Bloom, Steve Lacy, John Coltrane, Joe Lovano, Bill Evans (not the pianist), David Liebman.
ALTO SAXOPHONE:
Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Paul Desmond, Johnny Hodges, Sonny Stitt, Ornette Coleman, Frank Morgan, Art Pepper, Gary Fostser, Eric Dolphy, Frank Wess, David Sanborn, Bud Shank, Arthur Blythe, Jackie McLean, Kenny Garrett, Stephano DiBaptista, Benny Carter, Oliver Nelson, Jerry Dodgion, James Moody, Bobby Watson.
TENOR SAXOPHONE:
John Coltrane, Michael Brecker, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Gene Ammons, Warne Marsh, Ralph Moore, James Moody, Joe Henderson, George Coleman, Paul Gonsalves, Hank Mobley, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Joe Farrell, Ernie Watts, Bob Cooper, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Johnny Griffin, Lew Tabackin, Joe Lovano, Bob Mintzer, Jeff Coffin,Tom Scott
BARITONE SAXOPHONE:
Gerry Mulligan, Scott Robinson, Pepper Adams, Gary Smulyan, Roger Rosenberg, Nick Brignola, Hamlet Bluette.
TRUMPET:
Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan, Wynton Marsalis, Terrance Blanchard, Chet Baker, Roy Eldridge, Clark Terry, Tom Harrell, Woddy Shaw, Nat Adderly, Bobby Shew, Randy Brecker, Blue Mitchell, Conte Candoli, Fats Navarro, Kenny Wheeler, Ingred Jensen, Tim Hagens, Arturo Sandoval. Maynard Ferguson
TROMBONE:
J.J. Johnson, Frank Rosolino, Carl Fontana, Kai Winding, Jiggs Whigham, Steve Turee, Robin Eubanks, Bill Watrous, Jimmy Knepper, Curtis Fuller, Al Grey, Bill Reichenbach, Slide Hampton, Ray Anderson. Conrad Herwig, Paul McKee, John Fedchock, Wycliffe Gordon
PIANO:
Herbie Hancock, Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Chick Corea, Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, Thelonius Monk, Duke Ellington, Lennie Tristano, McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver, Keith Jarrett, Kenny Kirkland, Marcus Roberts, Oscar Peterson, Tommy Flanagan, Red Garland, Hal Galper, Gene Harris, Joe Zawinul, Ahmad Jamal, Lyle Mays, Don Grolnick, Joey Calderazzo, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, James Williams, Donald Brown.
GUITAR:
Pat Metheny, Joe Pass, Jim Hall, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, Tal Farlow, John Scofield, Bill Frisell, Mike Stern, John McLaughlin, John Abercrombie, Kenny Burrell,
ACOUSTIC BASS:
Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Charlie Haden, Charlies Mingus, Paul Chambers, Dave Holland, Richard Davis, Marc Johnson, Eddie Gomez, Bob Bowman, Niels Pedersen, John Patitucci, Scott LaFaro, Milt Hinton, Robert Hurst, Charles Fambrough, John Clayton, Rufus Reid, Percy Heath, Bob Cranshaw, Charnett Moffett, Anthony Cox, Jimmy Garrison, Brian Bromberg, .
ELECTRIC BASS:
Marcus Miller, Jaco Pastorius, John Patitucci, Victor Bailey, Steve Swallow, Jimmy Haslip, Daryl Jones, Mark Egan, Jamaladeen Tacuma, Lonnie Plazico, Charnett Moffett, Victor Wooten.
VIBES:
Milt Jackson, Lionel Hampton, Bobby Hutcherson, Mike Mainieri, Gary Burton, Red Norvo, Terry Gibbs, Charlie Shoemake, Victor Feldman.
DRUMS:
Jack DeJohnette, Peter Erskine, Elvin Jones, Brian Blade, Tony Williams, Philly Joe Jones, Buddy Rich, Louis Bellson, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Paul Motian, Dennis Chambers, Max Roach, Billy Higgins, Roy McCurdy, Art Blakey, Mel Lewis, Roy Haynes, Gene Drupa, Billy Hart, Connie Kay, Steve Gadd, Jimmy Cobb, Dave Weckl, Adam Nussbaum, Joe Morello, Ed Thigpen, Alex Acuna, Omar Hakim, Al Foster, Joey Baron, Jeff Hamilton, Tommy Igoe