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Who Should I Listen To???
(this is a very incomplete list, only 10 for each instrument - look these players up on YouTube and find out why they are included on this list)
Flute
Jean-Pierre Rampal
James Galway
Herbie Mann
Ian Anderson
Jasmine Choi
Robert Dick
Julius Baker
Paula Robison
Emmanuel Pahud
Jeanne Baxtresser
Oboe
Eugene Izotov
Albrecht Mayer
Heinz Holliger
Elaine Douvas
Richard Woodhams
Jonathan Kelly
Maurice Bourgue
Francois Leleux
Nicholas Daniel
Elizabeth Priestly Siffert
Clarinet
Benny Goodman
Artie Shaw
Richard Stoltzman
Julian Bliss
Sabine Meyer
Eddie Daniels
Larry Combs
Martin Fröst
Sharon Kam
Stanley Drucker
Bass Clarinet
Bob Mintzer
Louis Sclavis
Eric Dolphy
Kathyrn Ladano
Dennis Smylie
Michael Lowenstern
Jason Alder
Michel Portal
Rudi Mahall
John Surman
Bassoon
Albrecht Holder
Klaus Thunemann
Milan Turkovic
Gustavo Nunez
Bill Douglas
Judith LeClair
Julie Price
Asger Svendsen
Paul Hanson
Garrett McQueen
Saxophone
Mike Keepe's wonderful list of classical players
Jazz Saxophone Players:
Alto
Charlie Parker
Johnny Hodges
Phil Woods
Cannonball Adderley
Lee Konitz
Paul Desmond
Benny Carter
David Sanborn
Kim Richmond
Ornette Coleman
Tenor
John Coltrane
Sonny Rollins
Coleman Hawkins
Lester Young
Chu Berry
Ben Webster
Illinois Jacquet
Dexter Gordon
Stan Getz
Hank Mobley
Baritone
Gerry Mulligan
Harry Carney
Pepper Adams
Cecil Payne
Nick Brignola
Bob Gordon
Charles Davis
Gary Smylyan
Hamiet Bluiett
Joe Temperley
Trumpet
Wynton Marsalis
Adolf Herseth
Alison Balsom
Harry James
Miles Davis
Maurice Andre
Arturo Sandoval
Tine Thing Helseth
Matthias Hofs
Dizzy Gillespie
F Horn
Hermann Baumann
Stefan Dohr
Sarah Willis
Dale Clevenger
Dennis Brain
Barry Tuckwell
Philip Farkas
Radovan Vlatkovic
Alan Civil
Trombone
Christian Lindberg
Joseph Alessi
Glenn Miller
Tommy Dorsey
Jack Teagarden
Frank Rosolino
Arthur Pryor
Bill Watrous
JJ Johnson
Ian Bousfield
Jay Friedman
Douglas Yeo
Euphonium
Steven Mead
Brian Bowman
Leonard Falcone
David Childs
Demondrae Thurman
Misa Mead
Earle Louder
Robert Vos
Derick Kane
Tuba
Jim Self
Sam Pilafian
Roger Bobo
John Fletcher
Carol Jantsch
Dene Pokorny
Charles Daellenbach
Alan Baer
Patrick Sheridan
Yasuhito Sugiyama
Percussion
Evelyn Glennie
Neal Peart
Steve Gadd
Phil Collins
Alex Acuna
Buddy Rich
Gene Krupa
Vic Firth
Cindy Blackman
Martin Grubinger
Violin
Itzhak Perlman
Jascha Heifetz
David Oistrakh
Yehudi Menuhin
Sarah Chang
Hilary Hahn
Isaac Stern
Joshua Bell
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Maxim Vengerov
Viola
Paul Hindemith
William Primrose
Tabea Zimmermann
Yuri Bashmet
Lionel Tertis
Pinchas Zukerman
Helen Callus
Antoine Tamestit
Kin Kashkashian
Nobuko Imai
Cello
Yo-Yo Ma
Jacqueline du Pre
Mstislav Rostropovich
Pablo Casals
Julian Lloyd Webber
Gregor Piatigorsky
Janos Starker
Lynn Harrell
Natalia Gutman
Mischa Maisky
Bass
Esperanza Spalding
Edgar Meyer
Gary Karr
Dave Holland
Victor Wooten
Ron Carter
Ray Brown
Stanley Clarke
Jaco Pastorius
John Patitucci
Correct Concert Attire (for CHS Ensembles)
Support Your Local Music Stores:
Used Instruments At Hoffman Music Co.
Custom Strings In Spokane Valley
Interesting Youtube Videos
Biggest And Smallest Saxophones
World's Largest Flute: The Subcontrabass
The Great Stalacpipe Organ
World's Biggest Drum Kit
Animusic 1
Animusic 2
Animusic "Pipe Dream" For Real!!!
Music Notes – A Guide To Music For Kids
"All-Star” Band Members
All of these famous people played in band!
Flute
Alanis Morrisette, singer
George Eastman, founder of Kodak
Halle Berry, actress
Celine Dion, singer
Calista Flockhart, actress
Gwen Stefani, singer
John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States
Knute Rockne, Legendary Notre Dame Football Coach
Alyssa Milano, actress
Noah Webster, US Founding Father/writer/publisher (Webster's Dictionary)
Oboe
Chester Pitts, NFL offensive lineman
Julia Roberts, Actress
Bassoon
Sir Edgar Elgar, composer
Rainn Wilson, actor (Dwight from The Office)
Clarinet
Jimmy Kimmel, comedian
Eva Longoria, actress
Woody Allen, director
Gloria Estefan, singer
Julia Roberts, actress
Alan Greenspan, ex-chairman of the Federal Reserve
Steven Spielberg, director
Rainn Wilson, actor (Dwight from The Office)
Tony Shalhoub , actor ("Monk")
Dr. Michael DeBakey, pioneering heart surgeon
Robert Reid - NBA Basketball Player (former Houston Rocket)
Amy Acuff (US Olympic High Jumper & Model)
Joseph Mascolo – actor (Clarinet for the Metropolitan Opera & Stephano Dimera from “Days of Our Lives”)
Bass Clarinet
Zakk Wylde (Guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne)
Saxophone
Jennifer Garner, actress
Vince Carter, basketball player
Lionel Richie, singer
Bill Clinton, 42nd US President
Tom Selleck, actor
Pamela Anderson, actress
Teddy Bruschi, NFL New England Patriots linebacker
Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve Chairman (Tenor Sax at Julliard)
Roy Williams, NFL Football Player (Detroit Lions)
Vince Carter, NBA Star
David Robinson, Retired NBA Star (San Antonio Spurs)
Fred McMurray, actor
Bob Hope. comedian/actor/entertainer
Tyler Wright, NHL Hockey Player (Anaheim Ducks)
Trumpet
Richard Gere, actor
Steven Tyler, singer (Aerosmith)
Drew Carey, comedian, actor, gameshow host
James Woods, actor
John Glenn, astronaut, senator
Michael Anthony (Bass player for Van Halen and Chickenfoot)
Prince Charles of England (future King of England)
Montel Williams, talk show host
Peter Weller, actor ("Robocop")
Steve Earle (Nashville bad boy)
Darcy Hordichuk, NHL Hockey Player (Nashville Predators)
Shania Twain, singer
Flea, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (All-State HS Player in California)
Jackie Gleason, actor
Eric Lindros, NHL Hockey Player (Dallas Stars Forward)
Brandon Routh, actor (Superman Returns)
French horn
Ewan McGregor, actor
Vanessa Williams, singer
Samuel L. Jackson, actor
Otto Graham, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback
Henry Cisneros (former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development)
Trombone
Jarrett Bush, NFL Football Player (Green Bay Packers cornerback)
Ryan Howard, MLB Baseball Player (Philadelphia Phillies first baseman)
Tony Stewart, NASCAR driver
Nelly Furtado, singer
Bill Engvall, comedian
Conrad Janis, actor
Jonathan Frakes, actor/director
Fred Rogers, a.k.a. "Mr. Rogers"
John Pankow, actor ("Mad About You")
Baritone/Euphonium
Neil Armstrong, Astronaut (first man on the moon)
Tuba
Jarrett Bush, NFL Football Player (Green Bay Packers cornerback)
Andy Griffith, actor (The Andy Griffith Show, Matlock)
Aretha Franklin, singer
Dan Ackroyd, actor
Harry Smith, CBS Morning show host
Malik Rose, NBA player
Tony Stewart, NASCAR driver
Thomas F. Wilson, actor ("Biff" from the Back to the Future)
Percussion
Tommy Lee, musician (drummer for Motley Crue)
Dana Carvey, comedian
Johnny Carson, talk-show host
Trent Reznor, musician (Nine Inch Nails)
Mike Piazza, MLB Baseball Player
Emeril Lagasse, chef
Rosie O'Donnell, comedienne
Tipper Gore, Wife of former Vice President Al Gore
Ben Folds, Singer/Songwriter
Mike Anderson, NFL Football Player
Tracy Simien, NFL Football Player
Eddie George, retired NFL Football Player
Vinnie Paul, musician (Pantera)
Andy Schneider, NHL Hockey Player (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Walter Payton, NFL Hall of Fame running back (Chicago Bears)
Other
Warren G. Harding, The 29th president of the United States, organized the Citizen’s Cornet Band. He once remarked that, “I played every instrument but the slide trombone and the E-flat cornet.”
Sources: Pittsburgh Tribune, mandarinband.com, MENC.org, and others
Dallas Brass List of Famous Musicians
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