4 Jazz fans: Who is your preferred trumpet player?

[SY]

Clifford Brown. Fats Navarro. The greatly underrated Jon Faddis. Roy Eldredge. If I added it up, I've probably seen Dizzy more times than any other musician. And of course Louis Armstrong, father of us all.

Biggest waste of talent: Freddie Hubbard. Most boring: Wynton Marsalis. Best appearance on a cartoon show: Chuck Mangione.

[Le Basseur]

Miles
Dizzy,Arturo Sandoval
Marsalis
Chuck Findley

[JoeBob]

Kevin Gunthar from Catch 22. Just thought I'd give input from a younder generation It's not jazz, but it's trumpet...

[tinfask]

sorry people, but MAYNARD IS CRAP
yeah yeah...
I've listened to my share of maynard..
I've listened to everything from his stan kenton days to the latest crap, and I've heard him live 2-3 times. That music is for high school students who are easily amazed by high notes if you ask me.
I understand this forum is about your "preferred" trumpeter, so I am not bashing the maynard fans, but I feel as though I have moved onto to better things. MF Horn and Brass attitude are probably my favs, not that I've heard them in years.

Faddis --> heard him live as well ( a long time ago). The concert I went to, he screwed up most of his high notes and gave off a stupid look. When he isn't playing insanely high, he is pretty cool though

James Morrison--> He came to the US for the Sarasota Jazz fest a while back (also when I was in high school). Got to meet him and hang out and play some trumpet for a few hours with him. He has got to be the coolest person I've ever met, and can play the **** out of his trumpet/t-bone. I don't like his new Scream Machine album nearly as much as Snappy Doo, as it is more high-note oriented, and less musical if you ask me.

Gillespie --> wow.... wish there were better recordings of the early bop days. amazing stuff.

Miles Davis-->Personally, late 60s up until his "break" is my fav. stuff, but very close second is the Gil Evans collaborations. The electric stuff is NOT easy to listen to, and I can't stand it when people dog it without giving it a good listen. It is not a "jazz" feeling kind of music. It is more raw and uncut. Bitches Brew is a must in anyone's collection. I reccomend the 4 disc set even though Miles himself didn't want all of that material released.

Freddie Hubbard--> Hubtones is an essential album. Don't like some of his later stuff, but Hubtones era stuff rocks. Also, his free jazz stuff is worth checking out. (OH NO, he just mentioned free jazz! what a weirdo!) He hasn't been mentioned yet so I thought I'd throw him out there. Definitely worth your time if you like lee morgan.

Nils --> Not my favorite stuff, but the guy can certainly play. The album I have, he combines electronic music with a milesian laid back style on some of the highlights.

As for wynton, I've also hear him live, and he is definitely a classical player. Excluding his rediculous claims about jazz music from the table, his jazz playing is pretty damn impressive.

Also, as for the early guys, I don't listen to them very often. I much prefer bebop and everything after.
I've skipped a lot of guys here, but I originally wrote this for the Maynard people --> LISTEN TO SOMETHING ELSE, unless of course high notes and college musicians will keep you entertained your whole life.

Officially getting off my soap box now.
-fask

[zix]

Randy Brecker. Yes! I like his sound a lot. I like the Brecker Brothers also, but that is an entirely different story. Brecker Brothers is a more of a group and a style statement, where Randy blends in with the arrangements and the overall sound, in a higher degree than Michael B. does. If the only setup you have heard Randy B. in is the Brecker Bros , there is more to find out about him.
I heard him live in a local jazz club about ten years ago, and that was great. In concert and perhaps on one of his better solo albums (I only have "Toe to Toe" and according to allmusic.com he has made better recordings) is the way to find out if you like him.

[Dumbass]

Originally posted by vpharris
So my top guys are... Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Don Cherry, Lee Morgan. What? Lee Morgan? Yes.

Lee Morgan. Fantastic player. He could play gut-bucket funk, he could play changes like Brownie.

His solo on "Blue Train" is my favorite trumpet solo of all time. Simply bad-***.

Search for the New Land is a fantastic album and shows what a great writer he was.

[DCE1198]

Hello,

Fav. Lee Morgan

Run and Hide Post "Brew" Miles


Dan

[uvodee]

that's an easy one

Theo Mertens ( wijlen Theo Mertens, want hij is verleden jaar gestorven!)

one of the biggest, died last year


J-P.

[fdegrove]

Hi,

Fav. Lee Morgan

Got to love that kid...

Theo Mertens ( wijlen Theo Mertens, want hij is verleden jaar gestorven!)

Wie heeft dat verstaan, denk je?

Hey...As a kid I cleaned horse stables and that's how I met Toots Thielemans...So what?

We all love music, don't we?

Play me a tune,

[andy_c]

Originally posted by DCE1198

Fav. Lee Morgan

Yeah! Glad to see so many Lee Morgan fans here! While I don't much care for his more popular, funky stuff (like The Sidewinder), the song Ceora from the album Cornbread is one of my favorite jazz tunes of all time. Overall, The Gigolo and The Rajah are my two favorite albums of his.