>>130410960chuck mangione
>>130410960not a white one fosho
charlie parker/thread
>>130410960Bill evans
Tete Montoliu
Charles Mingus
>>130410960frank zappa
From a purely objective "who had the most influence and innovation" standpoint the only correct answer is Louis Armstrong. For pure soul I gotta go with Mal Waldron or Ahmad Jamal.
>>130410960Kenny G
>>130410960Jazzy Jeff
nina
>>130412319>Mal and JamalIt warms my heart when someone with actual taste replies in a thread like this. Its usually just shit posts and Japanese fusion.
>>130410960Chris Poland
>>130412410
jazzy mcjazzbop, the jazziest cat in cool town
Pat Metheny
>>130410960Louis Armstrong
Ryo Fukui
ernest ranglin
Coltrane, by farThen DavisThen Michael Buble I call them the big 3.
>>130410960tribe called quest
>>130410960Davis, Coltrane.. the list goes on
>>130410960Ron Burgundy
>>130410960Django Reinhardt
Alice Coltrane and it's not even close
>>130410960
>>130413987Lol well, I agree with the first 2I'm not even a big fan of most of Davis's work, but his contributions to the genre make him objectively worthy of a spot in the top 3. Bitches BrewDark MagusLive EvilTribute to Jack JohnsonAgharta ... in that order
>>130410960Red Japanese man
>>130415262>only fusionslop
>>130415461Yeah, it's not that I think his trad stuff isn't any good. It just doesn't do much for me, personally.
>>130410960Chet Baker
Chet BakerBill EvansVince Guaraldi
John Zorn