Essential Jazz

I vote for Dave Brubeck too! Especially his sexy classic "Take Five."

It's been said that jazz is derived from the blues. No one illustrates this better in my mind than the great pianist Mose Allison. I collected his albums as a teenager and a girlfriend introduced him to me at a nightclub. I think he was the reason I started gigging on the piano.

Stray Cat wrote:

I vote for Dave Brubeck too! Especially his sexy classic "Take Five."

I just listened to Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz show with him...she's not too shabby either

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_McPartland

"Marian McPartland was a musical prodigy from the time she could sit at the piano, about the age of three. Marian studied classical music, and, in addition to piano, has mastered the violin."

I'm a little confused here. If you listened to her every week, why are you asking who she is?

I brought Marian's name up because jazz is pretty much male dominated and McPartland and Mary Lou Williams are both worth listening to.

Can you think of any other female jazz artists?

panzade wrote:

I brought Marian's name up because jazz is pretty much male dominated and McPartland and Mary Lou Williams are both worth listening to.

Can you think of any other female jazz artists?

for starters (some were referred to earlier a few times)

Billie Holliday
Sarah Vaughan
Ella Fitzgerald
Betty Carter
Carmen McRae (the 'singer's singer')