And Abdullah Ibrahim. Both Teddy W and Earl Hines felt he was their equal, and both are rightfully on this list. POR LO VISTO NO ENTRAN MUJERES, LAS MENCIONADAS Y HAZEL SCOTT. But Art definitely deserves to be number one. She has written a number of journals for Newtype magazine of which photos for illustrations are done by Kanno herself as well,[15] and a selection of photos taken by Kanno of her protg and former production partner Maaya Sakamoto were featured in the special event program for Sakamoto's 2010 thirtieth birthday concert at Nippon Budokan. Our site uses cookies to tailor your experience, measure site performance and present relevant donation incentives and advertisements. I bet jazz lovers could come with a 100s of great pianists but of course the ones at the top You should see the list I put together with the additional pianist mentioned in the comments here. Gillespie's best-known compositions include "Oop Bob Sh' Bam," "Groovin' High," "Salt Peanuts," "A Night in Tunisia" and "Johnny Come Lately." If you made this list top 100 there would still be people with their favorites not on it. Working as a bandleader, often with Parker on saxophone, Gillespie developed the musical genre known as "bebop"a reaction to swing, distinct for dissonant harmonies and polyrhythms. 2. When he was older, he was smitten by jazz and fell under the spell of modernists Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk. New York City-born Drew who served his musical apprenticeship as a sideman for Buddy DeFranco, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Charlie Parker was a highly-regarded bebop pianist and composer who enjoyed a long and fruitful association with tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, when both musicians lived in Denmark during the 60s and 70s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgckQmjUtcU. He credited much of his style to his love of bebop and to his classical education, especially under the tutelage of Darius Milhaud, the famed composer. McPartland because apart from her undoubted talent she was very gracious when I spoke to her between sets at the Hickory House. Prior to the MJQ, he was a sideman for Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis. Pink and white silk, made of shoes on stilts 26 James P Johnson I think these lists are made up to include aspirants so when their agents or publicists are spinning they can through out the bomb theyve been included in the Best Of List and to wannabe enthusiasts it is the ultimate and for the lovers its a crime of omission. Diana Krall is a great singer but just a slightly above average jazz pianist. Tommy Flanagan on 17th?????? As well as being available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music, fans of the show can purchase the vinyl of the original score. Hmm, didnt see Kenny Barron there, yall must not dig that muscular style. The list goes on ,doesnt it? NEW YORK (AP) Burt Bacharach, the singularly gifted and popular composer who delighted millions with the quirky arrangements and unforgettable melodies of Walk on By, Do You Know the Way to San Jose and dozens of Italian. Dizzy Gillespie, known for his "swollen" cheeks and signature (uniquely angled) trumpet's bell, got his start in the mid-1930s by working in prominent swing bands, including those of Benny Carter and Charlie Barnet. 20 Horace Silver Hill, Cables and Hersch should be higher. Lou Donaldson - Let me know what you think once you have listened and then tell me he shouldnt be in this list, close to the top! Ketil Bjornstadt but this one is close without dissecting and nitpicking it to death. [citation needed], She attended Otakon and Anime Expo in 1999, as well as Anime Expo New York in 2002. Diana Krall? Thats the same serial number as the USS Enterprise from the original, TV show. They also seem to find the perfect balance between restraint and expressivity while the others are simply on another level. I wonder if people know just how good Al Haig was. Dave was also the second Jazz artist to be on the cover of Time Magazine, only second to the venerable Louis Armstrong. Tommy Flanagan was good but not good enough to keep up with John Coltrane on GIANT STEPS. When the 50s arrived, there were others, such as Bill Evans, who fused the bop aesthetic with a sensibility nurtured on classical and romantic music, producing a densely-harmonized piano style that was supremely lyrical and richly expressive. He gave (and still gives me) the largest goose bumps. Thanks to the hyper-realistic gun designs used in the show, fans have been able to figure out exactly what heat everyone is packing. Can agree with the top three but not with Herbie Hancock being better than Keith Jarrett. He is also a graduate of the same program that I graduated from (YORK UNIVERSITY, BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS-MUSIC MAJOR). Check out her rendition of Nice Work If You Can Get It, on youtube. I am glad that The Count and the Duke are in the top. From 1943 onwards, it was Coles voice that drew more acclaim, however, and his success as a singer went on to eclipse his piano playing. Why is Bud Powell rated so low when most pianist during his time and much later tried to emulate him.? The details are so fine that you can see the serial number on Spikes gun in stills from theBlu-ray. 29 Scott Joplin Lists are worthless when they leave out folk like this: Wheres Sun Ra who was far more influential and certainly more entertaining than the vast amount of folk on this list. Bill Evans should be #1. Oscar Peterson is much too high for my taste. If you take into account his composing and his position as a pioneer of bebop he should certainly be near the top but as pianist solely, not #2, really not Top 10. Gillespie's memoirs, entitled To BE or Not to BOP: Memoirs of Dizzy Gillespie (with Al Fraser), were published in 1979. What about them? Have never really understood the Art Tatum worship. NOT A BAD LIST BUT YOU LEFT A LOT OF SOME OF THE BESTPLAYERS OUT. Watching Spikes exasperation over Miles obsession with baseball is a treat, but it isnt the only baseball content in the episode. His shoes were filled by Max Roach, a percussion virtuoso who absorbed and extended Clarke's innovations. Damn it! Jeremy Eichler, The Boston Globe, October 18, 2022 A new version of Augusta Read Thomass Bebop Riddle II opened the program. Erroll Garner on 17th??? Augusta Read Thomas's music mixes extraordinary clarity and elegance with a bold resonant vitality. I dont understand Herbie Hancock at #4ahead of Oscar Peterson, Fats Walleryoure kidding me! Born in New York, he rose to fame in the 20s as an accompanist of blues singers. Together with James P Johnson and Fats Waller, William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff Smith (to give him his full name) was a noted practitioner of the stride style of playing. I might add to that list, Hazel Scott, Horace Tapscott and Bobby Scott (puns? Yoko Kanno ( , Kanno Yko, born March 18, 1963) is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer best known for her work on the soundtracks of anime series, television series, live-action films, video games, and advertisements. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH0gLKvw0lI. Network executives decided to cut three episodes from the first two runs on Cartoon Network. He would go on to become one of the most recognizable faces of jazz music, with his "swollen" cheeks and signature trumpet's bell, as well as one of the most influential figures of jazz and bebop. [14], Besides music, Kanno also enjoys photography and writing. And if you go outside of the USA, and you should, you have to mention Abdullah Ibrahim and Jan Johansson. Kenny Drew S lon se concentrait un peu sur les pianistes actuels; certes il y a la technique pure , mais surtout lmotion que seuls certains savent transmettre en concert live. Swings effortlessly at any tempo, never thumps the instrument, as do inferior pianists . one should mention Eliane Elias, Chucho Valdes, Uri Caine. Since its debut, Its unlikely that the first thing you think of when. This is why Im against lists or tallys of who are the greatest this or that . Albert Ammons Shorter was one of the most influential jazz people of his time (starting in the 60;s #Bebop . He was there at the start of modern jazz with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis etc. By continuing to browse this site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Earl Hines would hold the No.1 spot for me. A capable and versatile pianist, Pearsons own records veered more towards the soul jazz style. Erroll Garner is 17th?????? Cowboy Bebopmay have only run for 26 short episodes and a movie, but its influence and importance resonates to this day. But he was all arpeggio and flash . Monk could have played like Tatum. No Paul Bley??? He had the most awesome LEFT HAND of any of them..and NEWSWEEK BACK IN THE LATE 70s called him the greatest jazz pianist IN AMERICA! I do like it. While I dont agree with all the choices/rankings (who does??) Enjoying a long association with Alfred Lion and Frank Wolffs outfit, he not only recorded his own music, but worked as an in-house arranger and A&R man. Though his lyrical approach to the piano was undoubtedly indebted to Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett, Petrucciani, who died at 36, nevertheless had an individual sound and style. https://www.arts.gov/honors/jazz/john-birks-dizzy-gillespie. But, still a pretty good list of all the greats I know of. So would you. In a 2009 written interview, Robin proclaimed that she would perform for the first time live at Kanno's 2009 Tanabata Sonic concert, but at the end of the concert, which featured Kanno directing the Warsaw Philharmonic, Kanno turned to the audience and sang "Moon", a song previously attributed to Robin from the Turn A Gundam soundtrack, revealing that "Gabriela Robin" was simply a pseudonym Kanno used to write songs mixing English and Japanese freely. This biographical article is part of JAZZ.FM91ssupplementary research component to expand onThe Journey to Jazz and Human Rightsdocumentary podcast series. People dont know him and he deserves being heard. Sadly, his life was blighted by drug addiction, which hastened his premature death at the age of 43. In fact, it wasnt even originally designed for adventure; it was made for fishing. 10 Chick Corea The omission of Marian McPartland is criminal. As a composer, Monk contributed several standards to the jazz songbook including Round Midnight and Straight, No Chaser and, as a keyboardist, recorded several albums of unaccompanied piano, including the classic Thelonious Alone In San Francisco. "Our music is going to be the classical music of the future.". Not mentioned by anyone in this thread), Marian Petrescu (unbelievable), Michel Camilo. Perhaps this list should have gone with 88, still matching the number of keys. A pioneer of block chords, Shearings group which including the distinctive sound of the vibraphone became hugely popular and influential in the 50s. His use of a Latin rhythm marked a rare departure from the standard walking bass line of 1940s jazz. such a list is a nice provocationsimply to recall all who are mentioned justifies the exercise. People ignore this last period by Bill, whose drug addiction was due not only to the horrible tragedies in his life but to his determination not to betray either his art or the two young musicians who, for the first time, constituted his trio, expressing his vision and aesthetic. He started as an orthodox stride-style player but soon introduced innovations. are odd choices. He did not have to rely on playing set riffs and pretending it was improvisation. 5 Paul Bley He should at least be in the top-10. 'instead of being a workaholic salaried man working for his company. Though Miles Davis tried to poach him (Zawinul worked on Miles groundbreaking In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew albums at the end of the 60s), the pianist stayed with Cannonball until 1970 and then co-founded famed fusion pioneers Weather Report. Musicians the likes of Parker and Gillespie considered themselves artists rather than entertainers, and sought to distance themselves from black musics showbiz traditions. Dr Billy Taylor, Geri Allen, Johnny Costa, Marian & Mary Lou, Claude Bolling. He once played a piece for piano, violin and oboe for Milhaud that contained a melody he was ashamed to have written, as 12-point atonal music was in vogue at the time. ! and Oscar Peterson has had his moments (Blues for the Prairies, Hogtown Blues etc) his rubato is pretty good too. He made his first recording in 1945, but it was in the 50s, after he joined jazz impresario Norman Granzs Verve label and led a piano trio, that he became a household name. Despite suffering from a genetic disease that stunted his growth, resulted in brittle bones, and gave him perpetual arm pain, France-born Petrucciani defied the odds to become one of the worlds best jazz pianists, and was inspired to take up the instrument after seeing Duke Ellington on TV. Hard bop became the most popular form of jazz in the 50s, and among its main practitioners were Miles Davis who, ever the restless soul, quit the cool school soon after it started Clifford Brown, Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Sony Stitt, John Coltrane, Art Pepper, Wes Montgomery, Kenny Dorham, Sony Stitt, and myriad others. Burt Bacharach, the singularly gifted and popular composer and Oscar winner who delighted millions with the quirky arrangements and unforgettable melodies of "Walk on By," "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" and dozens of other hits, has died at 94.Bacharach died Wednesday at home in Los Angeles of natural causes, publicist Tina Plus, Diana Krall happens to be married to my favorite musical artist of all time, Mr. Elvis Costello! How could you possibly leave out HIROMI UEHARA!!!!! Richie Beirach??? BRAD MOGGACH from Ontario, Canada? By the 50s, Harris was a jobbing pianist and worked with Miles Davis, Sonny Stitt, and Gene Ammons; in the 60s he gigged with Cannonball Adderley. Where dime piece wizes, had they legs in the air In jazz, the horns the saxophones and trumpets have traditionally been the musics glamour instruments and its main focus. In the United States, the shows initial run was censored due to content; however, several episodes were also cut due to the show premiering the week before the 9/11 attacks. Imposible que no figure uno de los creadores y geniales pianistas del principio: JELLY ROLL MORTON y luego el inmortal Fats Waller, el maravilloso Earl Hines, el grande Teddy Wilson. Not for the faint-hearted, Taylors energetic style is often fiercely atonal, employing jarring cluster chords and a dense, polyrhythmic complexity. But you could hear how great he was on the records he is on. Roger Kellaway-Ray Bryant etc etc etc Sorry. This isnt true. And there is no way he should be higher up the list than Bud Powell. NCC is based on 20th-century aircraft registration. Co-workers are not friends, companies are not families: Worker mocks workplaces culture after being made to return to office for it, Those are words you never say to a bartender: Bartender puts customers who ask for surprise me drinks on blast, *First Published: Apr 18, 2018, 6:00 am CDT. Nat King Cole, was probably better known for his vocals, than being a piano player. (yeah, McPartland, Dearie and Les McCann should NOT have been supplanted by anyone) Hell, even Jose Iturbi was a better jazz pianist than some of these listees. Thank you for putting Barry Harris on the list. The elder sibling of trumpeter Thad, and drummer Elvin, Jones, this Mississippi-born/Michigan-raised pianist was initially influenced by Earl Hines and Fats Waller, but later fell under bebops spell. Hiromi Certainly thought-provoking and will never satisfy everyone. A founding father of an accessible, R&B-inflected form of instrumental music called smooth jazz, Grusin is rare among the best jazz pianists for having also set up his own record label, GRP, in 1978. And no Billy Taylor? Parker, always sailing close to the wind, would be dead within five years; Gillespie carried on playing Bebop for another 40, even becoming a cultural ambassador for the US State Department along the way. Unfortunately, there was a musicians strike which prevented all unionised musicians from recording albums between 1942 and 1944 in the US. Who conducted this survey ? These rankings are absurd. No Gene Harris! His propulsive, dynamic style, with its dazzling finger-work, exerted a profound influence on both Duke Ellingtons and George Gershwins approach to the piano. Al Haig was Bud Powells favorite pianist. Heres a complete list of what was in the arsenal. Though influenced by Thelonious Monk and Art Tatum, Hill forged his own distinctive and complex style, both as a pianist and composer. From Jacksonville, Florida, Mehldau is undoubtedly one of the leading pianists in contemporary jazz. I really think this is difficult work. In the United States, the shows initial run was censored due to content; however, several episodes were also cut due to the show premiering the week before the 9/11 attacks. You should listen to some Ronnie Ball. Charlies Reply: AL HAIG!, The very underestimated Dave MacKenna could be mentionned here. . Born in Connecticut with Cape Verdean ancestry, Horace Silver was an archetypal hard bop pianist whose rise to fame began when he co-founded The Jazz Messengers (which Art Blakey later took over) in 1954. Nat King Cole was marvelous. Where is Joe Bonner? But saying that Monk was lousy as a piano player come on. Today, in the 21st Century, we are officially living in a post-bop era, but, amazingly, the music that Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie helped to create over 70 years ago refuses to go away. so you include Duke Ellington and keep out BILLY STRAYHORN an RED GARLAND??? AND WHEN WILL MOSAIC MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OF THESE ARTISTS, PLEASE??? OMG! Sure some of the more obvious and elememtary things he did on piano could be imitated by lesser pianists. In fact, when Charlie Parker attended his first few jam sessions, he couldnt keep up and completely stuffed up his soloing and was kicked out of the jam session for being incompetent. Considering that both Oscar Peterson and Georg Shearing claim to have been greatly influenced by him I find it strange that Nat King Cole havent made your list! I dont see him on the list, maybe hes 37 and there isnt any room for him.Some pianists here are GOOD but not great. No Ellis Larkins? And it quickly became quite competitive. I agree Diana Krall does not belong anywhere near this list. In addition to creating bebop, Gillespie is considered one of the first musicians to infuse Afro-Cuban, Caribbean and Brazilian rhythms with jazz. He played with Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers in the mid-60s before joining the groups of Charles Lloyd and, later, Miles Davis. [4] She studied keyboard from a young age on both the piano in her home and the organ at her kindergarten. When bebop music first hit the Keith Jarrett, for gods sakes, but not Martial Solal? No Mary Lou Williams, Geri Allen, Renee Rosnos, Marian McPartland . 2-Bill Evans Donald Macleod and Geoffrey Smith explore the contributions of both men to a stellar sequence of recordings, with Charlie Christian, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Bud Powell, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, the Modern Jazz Quartet and Clifford Brown. Hes a classical performer, conductor, and musicologist whose immaculate performances gave Joplins ragtime compositions the respect they deserved. They have been forgotten in the list? Clarke's innovation was to shift the drummer's time-keeping function to the ride cymbal, leaving the snare and bass drum free to 'drop bombs' - unexpected offbeat accents - that perfectly complemented the way that the most innovative jazz musicians were beginning to play. One can nitpick Warings article or appreciate the fact that he provides a starting place for the uninitiated uninitiated to the genius of an era that propelled jazz to a new frontier. WhileGillespie himself was a skilled arranger (successful at creating scores for the rich wall of sound that trumpets, trombones and saxophones offer), bebop somehow manages to make do with less. Miles Davis - trumpet. Yes, he diversifies his talent with bass and vibes but still deserves to be on the list of the greatest pianists. the most shit rating ever! Theres a good case that Bill is a Top 10 pianist, but thats when the lauding should end. Come on. As a result, Powell proved highly influential, even though his career was short (he died aged 41, after years of mental health problems). Everyone obsesses on his 61 Vanguard recording, but his valedictory was jazz equivalent of Mozarts or Verdis Requieman 8-night stand in San Francisco, ending a week before his death in NYC. He played with many of the jazz bands in the 30s and 40s Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey to name a few, and he had his own radio show. 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From Duquesne, Pennsylvania, Earl Fatha Hines was a key figure in the evolution of jazz piano-playing. or Geri Allen (R.I.P.) Netflix's live-action remake features music written by the same composer as the original anime, Yoko Kanno. Even though fusion and jazz-rock further diminished bebops appeal in the 70s, there were still musicians who played it, and there was even a mini-revival of interest in it during the late 70s and early 80s, when acoustic, bop-influenced jazz was once again in vogue. Phineas Newborn -John Lewis-Billy Strayhorn -should be in the top 10 15. Posted on Apr 18, 2018Updated on May 21, 2021, 6:14 pm CDT. American audiences missed only a few episodes, but Japanese censorship blocked a huge portion of the series. Originally from Quebec, Canada, Peterson was a classically-trained child prodigy who fell under the influence of Art Tatum and Nat King Cole. sad! by The Associated Press | Today at 9:10 a.m. Thank you! I played it myself! A master of musical understatement. You left off the link. Its worth taking a spin down the episode titles to see what hidden gems you can find for yourself. Here is Brad playing in a duo with TIM MOHER. Kenny Barron. A classically-trained pianist, Lewis fused jazz with rhythmnblues and gospel music to forge a distinctive soul jazz style that spawned a host of imitators. Cecil Taylor WebBebop () was a three-member female pop rock band under HMI Entertainment. HOUSE is played by the great actor and multi-instrumentalist HUGH LAURIE. Gospel music left an indelible mark on Timmons and its DNA can be detected in his playing and much of the music he wrote, which included the classic tunes Moanin, This Here, and Dat Dere, which earned him his place among the best jazz pianists for laying the blueprint for what became known as soul jazz in the late 50s and early 60s. Here he is with MICHAEL BRECKER. Bill Charlap deserves recognition. I love Joshua Rifkins _performances_ of Scott Joplin, but they dont make him a jazz pianist. Nobody had ever played in such a way. Ok, I take it back. Very under-appreciated album. There are a few solo piano entries in the jazz aristocrats extensive discography (most notably, perhaps, 1953s The Duke Plays Ellington) that reveal the full extent of Ellingtons skills. Working with lyricist Hal David, Bacharach penned a long run of hit songs, many of them for Dionne Warwick. Gillespies best-known works from this period include the songs Oop Bob Sh Bam, Groovin High, Leap Frog, Salt Peanutsand My Melancholy Baby. Great list.
Sorry Folks. Next youll call Mulgrew Miller a folk musician who only played triads. Earl Hines Yes. Cartoon Networks Adult Swim block is well known as a home for cutting-edge anime now, but that wasnt always the case. Its a great list, but Im willing to bet that every time you poll the same people youd end up with different results. As good as Duke was at composing, I believe that most people have not noted that he wrote the simplest tune (melody) in the history of music. When it emerged, bebop was unacceptable not only to the general public but also to many musicians. N refers to a ship registered in the United States while the first C stands for a civil aircraft. Shelly Berg? I would even put him ahead of Bud Powell. For more essential jazz, listen to the Jazz Giants playlist on Spotify. Cedar was awesome.Listen to him all the time.Always inventive, always funky. Unparalled accompanying for horns and singers And a lot of mistakes.Brad Mehldau..hah.. For me NUMBER 1 is ERROLL GARNER, only NUMBER 2 ART TATUM, THELONIOUS MONKBUD POWELL, MCCOY TUNERHERBIE HANCOCK, CHICK COREA etc. Tristano was also a noted jazz teacher and it is claimed that his influence affected Miles Davis (on Birth Of The Cool) as well as Dave Brubeck and Gerry Mulligan. Famed jazz trumpeter and composer Dizzy Gillespie was born John Birks Gillespie on October 21, 1917, in Cheraw, South Carolina. The missing link between Art Tatum and bebop, his status as one of the best jazz pianists of all time is forever assured. : Freddie Slack This is not the case with concert classical pianists. The late RANDY WESTON?! What???? Bebop, as the revolutionary new style and sound eventually came to be known (the origin of the word bebop partly stems from a nonsensical word used in improvised scat singing) grew as both an offshoot of and reaction to big band swing music, which was dominated by propulsive dance rhythms. This Harlem-born musician was the first pianist to approach the piano as if it were a horn instrument. It was performed for him and Empress Masako at the enthronement celebration on November 9, 2019. WebEddie "Lockjaw" Davis - saxophone. Kenny Barron-Mal Waldron-Dick Hyman -Alan Broadbent-Jess StacyMarian McPartland The main complaints were the shows sexuality and violence. Sonny is a musicians musician he would rank higher if this were polled from a sample only consisting of jazz pianists. She has composed the soundtracks of important anime ranging from. Yoko Kanno has become one of Japans foremost composers since she created the eclectic score for the anime series Cowboy Bebop. She returned for I enjoy Monks music but I wouldnt put him at number two. many omissions:Geoff Keezer,Vic Feldman,Bobby Timmons,Derek Smith,Jimmy Rowles,Marcus Roberts,Vince Guaraldi.Lou Levy,Marian McPartland,Gerry Wiggins,Pete Jolly,Hamp Hawes,Monty Alexander,Cedar Walton,Russ Freeman,John Lewis,Ray Bryant,Joe Sample,Billy Taylor,Mulgrew Miller. Gonzalo Rubalcaba Jazz was everybodys music, right from the start. Presumably, the corgis werent a problem. For the opening theme song called 'inner universe,' I had an image of digital bits and composed a score consisting of recurrent quick beats.[5]. Also, Phineas Newborn, Joe Sample, and Kenny Werner should have been included. He started out as jazz foremost impressionist (cf. Gene Harris? Bill, on the other hand, completed his archetypal journey be going full circle. Any fan of Cowboy Bebop knows its iconic theme song Tank, but you might not be aware of the pedigree behind it. Groovin' High is a 1955 compilation album of studio sessions by jazz composer and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. All Rights Reserved. And how about Jess Stacy? Let It Snow!: Dean Martins Classic Christmas Song, Come As You Are: The Story Behind The Nirvana Song, Glen Campbell, Shaggy, And Lil Wayne: Currently Trending Songs, Weighty In The Eighties: When Prog Rock Went Pop. This is definitely skewed. While the movie series never took off, at least it will live forever as a cult favorite and anime Easter egg. I might come up with a different list. From being sprung by the swings, so they legs in the air Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Next we follow Parker and Gillespie on a trip to Los Angeles - an occasion notable both for the thrilling live concert they played there and for Parker's ensuing breakdown and stay in Camarillo State Hospital, where, after years of drug abuse, he underwent six months' psychiatric treatment; it would be several years before the two men collaborated again. [4], Kanno attended Waseda University, where she majored in literature, but she transcribed music for various student groups at Waseda in her free time. Two of their log in sites told me the site was not secure. We strive for accuracy and fairness.If you see something that doesn't look right,contact us! More important than the blues? I am 50% Italian myself. 2 Andrew Hill No,I dont agree with everything in the article, but it sure seems like a great starting place. I do like your top 4 and was pleasantly surprised by it. I was shocked to see Oscar at only #5. Yes, if you listen to the superb 1946 Sinatra recording of Sweet Lorraine with the Metronome All-Stars, Coles piano is wonderful. The Sermonwas a game changer. Jamal first recorded for OKeh in 1951, but it was later in the same decade when took his position among the best jazz pianists of all time, with the best-selling live album At The Pershing, which took his music to a larger audience.