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Band of the Future Night
The absolute best way to develop a musical concept is through listening to the masters. Below you will find a list of resources that are simply STARTING points. The depth of music is extreme, and sometimes overwhelming. Sample everything as you grow, but for the ultimate education try to pick one artist you love and dig into everything they have to offer.
Feel like an artist is missing?...Obviously! There are so many profound musicians and this list is always growing. Send any missing suggestions to gbarber@lrhsd.org
Big Band
Big Band
Count Basie - Blues in Hoss's Flat / Corner Pocket
Duke Ellington - Flirtbird / Such Sweet Thunder / Sunset and the Mocking Bird
Joe Henderson Big Band - Without a Song / Isotope
Roy Hargrove Big Band - Roy Allan / September in the Rain
Thad Jones / Mel Lewis - Groove Merchant / Us / with Joe Williams
Stan Kenton - 23o North 82o West / Portrait of a Count
Mingus Big Band - Moanin' / Nostalgia in Times Square
Buddy Rich - Basically Blues / Love for Sale
US Military Big Bands - Airmen of Note / Army Jazz Ambassadors / Army Blues
Saxophone
Saxophone
Gene Ammons - There is No Greater Love / My Romance
John Coltrane - Blue Train / Giant Steps / with Johnny Hartman
Kenny Garrett - Night and Day / In Your Own Sweet Way
Joe Henderson - Blue Bossa / Beatrice
Branford Marsalis - St. Thomas / Random Abstract (Diddle - it)
Charlie "Bird" Parker* - Confirmation / Now's the Time
Sonny Rollins - Without a Song / St. Thomas
Sonny Stitt - I'll Remember April / How High the Moon
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil / Footprints
Dick Oatts - Stella by Starlight / Like Someone in Love
Alto
Charlie Parker
Johnny Hodges
Phil Woods
Cannonball Adderley
Lee Konitz
Paul Desmond
Benny Carter
Sonny Stitt
Dick Oatts
Ornette Coleman
Tenor
John Coltrane
Sonny Rollins
Coleman Hawkins
Lester Young
Don Byas
Ben Webster
Melissa Aldana
Dexter Gordon
Stan Getz
Hank Mobley
Baritone
Gerry Mulligan
Harry Carney
Pepper Adams
Dennis DiBlasio
Cecil Payne
Gary Smulyan
Joe Temperley
Trumpet
Trumpet
Louis Armstrong - West End Blues / Ella and Louis (full album)
Chet Baker - It Could Happen to You / Never Be Another You
Clifford Brown - Sandu / Joy Spring
Miles Davis - So What / Straight, No Chaser
Dizzy Gillespie - On the Sunny Side of the Street / Hot House
Roy Hargrove - Strasbourg St. Denis / Bongo Beep
Freddy Hubbard - Birdlike / Bolivia
Wynton Marsalis - What is this thing called love
Blue Mitchell - I Wish I Knew / Turquoise
Woody Shaw - You Stepped Out of A Dream / Rosewood
Trombone
Trombone
Wycliffe Gordon - Afternoon in Paris / On the Sunny Side of the Street
Slide Hampton - Last Minute Blues / Autumn Leaves
J.J. Johnson - Stella By Starlight / My Funny Valentine
Frank Rosolino - Pennies from Heaven / Ragamuffin
Kai Winding - Kai + JJ(full album)
Piano/Organ
Piano/Organ
Geri Allen
Chick Corea
Joey DeFrancesco
Bill Evans
Red Garland
Herbie Hancock
Ahmad Jamal
Wynton Kelly
Harold Mabern
Mulgrew Miller
Oscar Peterson
Jimmy Smith
McCoy Tyner
Cedar Walton
Vibes
Vibes
Sasha Berliner
Chris Dingman
Lionel Hampton
Bobby Hutcherson
Milt Jackson
Tito Puente
Joel Ross
Cal Tjader
Guitar
Guitar
George Benson
Bill Frisell
Grant Green
Russel Malone
Pat Metheny
Wes Montgomery
Django Reinhardt
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Bass
Bass
Ray Brown
Ron Carter
Paul Chambers
Christian McBride
Charles Mingus
Neils Henning Orsted Peterson
Rufus Reid
Drums
Drums
Brian Blade
Art Blakey
Jimmy Cobb
Elvin Jones
"Papa" Jo Jones
Philly Joe Jones
Victor Lewis
Max Roach
Art Taylor
Tony Williams
Vocalists
Vocalists
Louis Armstrong
Chet Baker
Tony Bennett
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Cecile McLorin-Salvant
Nina Simone
Frank Sinatra
Sarah Vaughan
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