20's, 30's 40's etc. There were many, but I'd say the most influential were Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young
Webster came from Kansas City in the 30's and joined Duke Eliington's band, he was a featured soloist and left the band in 1943.
Hawkins came up in the 20's, and spent time in Fletcher Henderson's band along with Louis Armstrong. In the 40's he influenced the development of bebop.
Young came up through the Count Basie Band in the 30's, and accompanied Billie Holiday and Nat "King" Cole in the 40's along with many great recordings on Verve.
You owe it to yourself to check them all out.
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. Stan Getz, that guy was simply sick, as in sickeningly amazing, His Discography is so prolific that it will blow your mind.
"Flawless technique, perfect time, strong melodic sense and more than enough harmonic expertise, fabulous memory, and great ears. Add a superb sense of dynamics, pacing, and format. Top this off with a sound of pure gold and you have Stan Getz. 鈥?br>
鈥?pianist Lou Levy
鈥? We鈥檇 all play like that . . . if we could. 鈥?br>
鈥?John Coltrane Your early days cover a wide range.
Frankie Trumbauer was a melodic player on the tenor in C (which I think only Braxton uses today). He influenced Lester Young.
The first one was Coleman Hawkins. Before Louis Armstrong joined the Henderson Band, he slap-tongued all his solos. Leon "Chu" Berry |
