Artist Reccomendations

[XLionRampantX]

Hey all,

I'm not necessarily new to jazz, but i really have only listened to the basics a lot. I already like:

Miles (my favorite jazz album is Bitches Brew)
Coltrane (circa 1960-64)
Dexter Gordon
Art Blakely
Bobby McFerrin
Charles Mingus
Duke
Dizzy
Bird
Louis Armstrong
Brubeck
Monk
Max Roach & Clifford Brown
Ella Fitzgerald
Sarah Vaughn
Billie Holiday


I want to branch out a little more and discover some exciting music. Any ideas?

[jazzguyfromnc]

Well here's a few I didn't see on your list.

Wes Montgomery
Jeff Parker
Wayne Shorter
Joey DeFrancesco
Eric Dolphy
Grant Green
Cal Tjader
Kenny Burrell
Donald Byrd
Freddie Hubbard
Rashan Roland Kirk
Bad Plus
Jan Garbareck
First House
MJQ
Milt Jackson + anybody
Ray Brown
Coleman Hawkins
Jeo Farrel

Most of them are not especially obscure, but if you don't have anything by them, you might wanna. ;)

[ralphie_boy]

A few others, some a bit more adventurous:

Jackie McLean
Woody Shaw
Ike Quebec
Randy Weston
Lee Konitz
Art Pepper
Sonny Rollins
Ornette Coleman
Lee Morgan
Herbie Hancock
Andrew Hill