Who is the best male dresser in Jazz?

[Pharaohrock]

Cool cats, cool cats.

[Coypu]

Gary Willis

[clifton]

Miles, before fusion, and Duke at any time, outclassed them all.

[Hawker]

John Pizzerelli

Steve

[Jakeweiser]

totaly was Miles

[EdByrne]

totaly was Miles

How come I'm not on the list? (Just kidding!):banana: :wink2:

[Jakeweiser]

hey man, you play Trombone... everyone knows Bone players can't afford nice threads :guitar::D:D:D:D:D

[EdByrne]

hey man, you play Trombone... everyone knows Bone players can't afford nice threads

So sad--but true!

[RainyDay]

Among the living and in no particular order:

Wynton Marsalis

Terence Blanchard

Kenny Garrett

Roy Haynes (his SHOES always rock)

Pharoah Sanders

Nnenna Freelon (yes, she's a woman, why so exclusionary?)

[OnyaBirri]

hey man, you play Trombone... everyone knows Bone players can't afford nice threads

Until they become arrangers...

[Shade of Blue]

Dexter Gordon, no question.

[EdByrne]

Until they become arrangers...

or pimps?

[Jason Palmer]

Tim Warfield

[straight-up-and-down]

James Carter's style is just great!
Miles' clothes, hmm, well, at times they got real hard to look at... :confused:
Out of the guys I've seen, Jason Moran's Bandwagon is one of the most classy dressed bands. The time I've seen them, Tarus Mateen wore a flashing white shirt, Moran was in his usual outfit, and Nasheet went all dark, so they were quite complimentary :)

[NewJazz4Mike]

You're all overlooking Roswell Rudd... a style all his own.

[the magnificent goldberg]

I don't think anyone comes close to Illinois Jacquet.

http://www.frenchcreoles.com/CreoleCulture/famouscreoles/Illinois%20Jacquet/IllinoisJacquet3.jpg
http://www.frenchcreoles.com/CreoleCulture/famouscreoles/Illinois%20Jacquet/jacquet.jpg
http://www.frenchcreoles.com/CreoleCulture/famouscreoles/Illinois%20Jacquet/IllinoisJacquet1.jpg
finally a drawing which conveys the ESSENCE
http://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/ronnie_scotts/ronniescotts/140/gifs/illinois140.jpg

'Course, there's Dr Lonnie Smiff...
MG

[pRogers]

http://donmarko99.free.fr/Jazz/DexterGordon1948.jpg

[Jesper]

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[Bev Stapleton]

http://www.musicusconcentus.com/2005/Prato/Misha.jpg

Misha Mengelberg.

Notice the trademark accessory on top of the piano. I think it was a Tesco bag when I saw him last year.

[thedwork]

1st thing that came to my mind was the Art Ensemble Of Chicago. i wish i had a picture to put up here. damn...

[thedwork]

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Sweet Lowdown :cheers :clap: :thewave :lol: :yeahthat: :light: :D :D

yeah jesper. i just watched that one again the other night for like the 20th time. great, great movie. that scene w/ the descending moon kills me everytime. one of the funniest moments ever for me. actually was laughing so hard the other night at that i was gasping for air. penn is the man... morton is a god. what does all my raving have to do w/ clothing in jazz? nothing really. sorry :gavel:

[Valerie]

wynton

nancy wilson (who you may wish to exclude but i wouldn't)!

herbie h. dresses well but it's just not my taste (bright-colored or patterned versace and the like).

[the magnificent goldberg]

wynton


But those check hats are a bit naff, aren't they?

:D

MG

[Jesper]

Sweet Lowdown. i just watched that one again the other night for like the 20th time. great, great movie.

Yep, great one. The theme of the beautiful artist who can't function in real life is a bit stereotypical, and tried several times by Woody Allen, but just so well executed and touching here. I guess it always depends on the performance whether you buy an old favourite or not...

[jazzofonik]

I really don't see how anybody can top Roy Haynes, but Terence Blanchard comes close

[Hot Ptah]

The best male Dresser in jazz to my knowledge is Mark Dresser:

http://music.arts.uci.edu/dobrian/dresser.GIF

[jazzgregg]

If only we could see the shoes...
http://www.tomajazz.com/perfiles/barcena/PAT_METHENY_1-web.jpg


(seriously though, I vote Roy)

G

[It Should be You]

http://www.jahsonic.com/SunRa.jpg

[the magnificent goldberg]

I really don't see how anybody can top Roy Haynes, but Terence Blanchard comes close

Yes, I have a great photo of Roy, taken at one of the jazz festivals in St Louis, Senegal, and he does look splendido. Pity there's no way of scanning it and putting it into a thread.

MG

[Whirly Bird]

For me, nothing beats the suave sophistication of the dapper Duke Ellington.

[lock67ca]

One word. Monk.

[Ricardo]

http://www.audiophile-vinyl.de/images/Hamilton,%20Chico%20El%20Chico.jpg

El Chico!

[the magnificent goldberg]

http://www.audiophile-vinyl.de/images/Hamilton,%20Chico%20El%20Chico.jpg

El Chico!

Failed, I'm afraid, Ricardo - look how poorly his jacket fits him.

MG

[jazzofonik]

Agreed. Somehow suggests a washed-up bull fighter

[Ricardo]

C'mon, it's not a bad fit. He just has his hand on his hip. As for the exposed cuffs, I guess that's just an (out-of) style that I still like. He's got the handkerchief, the pinky ring, the, um, cape......hey, I tried. :(

[Ricardo]

...and to be fair, Illinois' -ahem- jackét ain't lookin too hot here either. ;)

http://www.frenchcreoles.com/CreoleCulture/famouscreoles/Illinois%20Jacquet/IllinoisJacquet1.jpg

[senorblues]

who cares, too much free time, I care about the music!

[the magnificent goldberg]

...and to be fair, Illinois' -ahem- jackét ain't lookin too hot here either. ;)

http://www.frenchcreoles.com/CreoleCulture/famouscreoles/Illinois%20Jacquet/IllinoisJacquet1.jpg

That's SUPPOSED to be a casual jacket. Chico's wearing a SUIT! :eek: :secret

MG

[maceo]

sun ra yo

[Ricardo]

That's SUPPOSED to be a casual jacket. Chico's wearing a SUIT!

I know that you're right, of course. It's just that I have been waiting years for the chance to make a Jacquet/jacket pun. My life is now complete. :p

[Fender Rhodes Freak]

Who cares! This site's about jazz, not about pop culture.

[misstraceynolan]

Who cares! This site's about jazz, not about pop culture.

Why do you hate fun banter? ;)

[the magnificent goldberg]

I know that you're right, of course. It's just that I have been waiting years for the chance to make a Jacquet/jacket pun. My life is now complete. :p

obo110x Missedthat one!

MG

[the magnificent goldberg]

Who cares! This site's about jazz, not about pop culture.

I see.

Miles Davis Four & More, along with My Funny Valentine

Lou Reed's Rock 'N' Roll Animal

Deep Purple's Made In Japan

Led Zep's The Song Remains The Same

Black Sabbath's Live At Last

Ahem. :secret

MG

[kenny weir]

Howard McGhee was hipper and snappier than anyone already mentioned, IMHO.

[rico martinez]

Billy Eckstine, Joe Williams, and Ronnie Scott.

[Zephyr]

Wynton Marsalis and James Carter.

[BolivarBaLues]

http://www.cdquest.com/images/album_art/sorted/0075/9926/0075992693899.jpg

[xopolos]

Duke Ellington - beyond category

Wynton

[Saundra Hummer]

Sat up close and stood up close and it was Miles without a doubt. I saw him in all manner of dress, except for his last phase. Expensive everything, nothing over the top, just casual elegance, and I mean elegance, and to boot, his clothes fit perfectly, never a wrinkle. From the best looking suits, to fabulous houndstooth jackets worn with either a beautiful dress shirt, sports shirt or with with an ivory silk turtle neck or a fine Italian knit wool one, no one every looked better in what they wore, and his shoes, the leather in them was fabulous. To this day I love a top quality Benedictine leather. Shoot, I was a girl and I envied him. He even knew how to wear his cowboy clothes. No dude duds for him. He looked great, and when I saw him in satins & beads, with long hair, I about lost it. I thought I was seeing things. Nope earlier on, it was Miles. Of course I never saw Duke Ellington. Wasn't he something?

[Saundra Hummer]

Wynton Marsalis and James Carter.

Wynton reminds me of how Dizzy dressed, the silk suits and all. Not later on with Dizzy, but when I was seeing him play.

[Saundra Hummer]

I enjoyed Jackie McClain's gangter look, that's what we kids called it. Thin as a rail, but he had a presence, liked his look as well as his music.

[BolivarBaLues]

Yeah, here's to Jackie Mac! The only thing sharper than his suits was his intonation!

[Monkish]

Saw him several times in New Orleans at Snug Harbor & I would say Wes 'Warm Daddy' Anderson. He expects his band to be 'Jazz clean'(as he says) also.

[Colm O'Sullivan Red]

CANNOT BELIEVE that nobody has mentioned Milt Jackson or Hank Jones on this thread. It beggars belief! They have always dressed like goddammed Ambassadors!
Dexter Gordon will always be quoted as a standard, of course, but so should all the members of the MJQ (Percy Heath - I mean to say!!!!!!!!!!!!).
Joe Wilder, Frank Wess and Jackie Williams have always struck me as imacculate. John Bunch too. And Kenny Barron and Ben Riley are obvious candidates. Joe Wilder perhaps outstanding.
And I really do not see how Kenny Garrett is being mentioned AT ALL (I've even seen him on the bandstand in jeans for Chrissakes), I mean AT ALL!
Also, for the suggested poll, above, it really is Ahmad Jamal by miles and miles and miles - surely (isn't Roy Haynes' style terribly flamboyant?). And doesn't James Carter dress like a gay fashion-model?
And I hastily endorse the ridicule for Pat Metheny's "style".
Is Wynton sometimes a little ostentatious? (Not sure - but sometimes...). Oscar Peterson definitely tended to ostentation.................discretion is an important element in this.
Amongst younger guys, it's Peter Washington, hands down. (Sean Smith does good work too).
Oh yeah - Clifford Jordan was some dresser. Wow! And Tete Montoliu too (and he was blind, it's always intriuged me how he maintained the level he did with such outstanding consistency). Cedar Walton. And Ron Carter, although maybe a little flashy... not sure... Great suits, though.

[Colm O'Sullivan Red]

This seems relevent (esp to those commenters who are saying that this thread is meaningless - or of no relevence to "the music"):


ORNETTE COLEMAN ON HOW HE DRESSES:


Your music is beautiful, but you also dress beautifully. Explain your interest in clothes.

Coleman: "It seems to me that in the western world, culture has something to do with appearance. A person that's out creating good stuff has got to appreciate someone when they take the time to have an appearance that goes with what they're doing. It just makes that person feel that what his work is is going to be more valid. But who wants to see a guy standing in front, looking like a bum, doing something that a bums don't do? This don't make sense.

It's not that I think that everything has to be uniform, but I think that having an appearance that someone can appreciate without you being bourgeois or a snob has got to make a person feel good in your company, especially if you are a nice person. I basically like to have an appearance, first, that is harmless, and, secondly, that is interesting to see. It makes people more comfortable, or it makes people more sensitive about themself in relationship to what it is they want to ask you."

[CoyotePalace]

Ron Miles has the neo-classic look down. Also, Andrew Cyrille has a unique style.

[NewJazz4Mike]

Roswell Rudd

[AJFarber]

Jon Hendricks. Don't forget about his bespoke suits! I can do without the bowler hat indoors. But other than that he's "sharp as a rat turd! That's sharp on both ends." At least, that's what Hendricks always says.

Wynton has quite the closet as well. Other well dressed cats (that are living) would include composer/arranger David Berger, saxophonists Jason Marshal and Mark Gross. I would put myself in that category but I've grown too fat for much of my wardrobe.

[Masada]

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Obviously it's Albert Ayler. Just so extravagant, yet still hip. He's like a fine mix of Sun Ra, Pharoah, Coltrane and Ellington.

[Colm O'Sullivan Red]

Like Hank Jones and Milt Jackson (see above, #55), Kenny Burrell, of course, is quite an obvious contender too.

And, please, voters/members, could we do something about the poll, above, that actually places Kenny Garrett and the garish James Carter above AHMAD JAMAL (a legendary dresser)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I mean to say).

[tpt1]

I like the way Roy Hargrove has been dressing the past couple of years. You know, those svelt european suits with lots of grey.

[Colm O'Sullivan Red]

I like the way Roy Hargrove has been dressing the past couple of years. You know, those svelt european suits with lots of grey.

Certainly the suits (very fine stuff), but worn with SNEAKERS...??? Ughhhh. (The beauty is in the details). Terrell Stafford, though, is a superb dresser.

[Colm O'Sullivan Red]

Oh, forgot to say, I always dug how Mundell Lowe dresses.

[BillRayDrums]

This guy is.
http://www.jazzdrummer.com/goofs/spangalang/

[tpt1]

Certainly the suits (very fine stuff), but worn with SNEAKERS...??? Ughhhh. (The beauty is in the details). Terrell Stafford, though, is a superb dresser.Hadn't seen Roy with the sneakers -- just black italian shoes. Hey, I think Terrell Stafford lives down the street from me!! I'm gonna find out for sure.

[Colm O'Sullivan Red]

This guy is.
http://www.jazzdrummer.com/goofs/spangalang/


Absolutely, by far, the best thing I've seen in ages and ages. I'm going to so enjoy showing this to my friends (but I want to be there with 'em when they see it, so I can partake of the ensuing laughter myself...).
It's a classic.......