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I’ve been listening to a podcast new to me, “The Cool Toddcast” from Todd Coolman. I share this for so many, many reasons:



One especially is Todd’s conversations about favorite players on other instruments, including Pat Metheny speaking about Paul Chambers, Sam Jones, and Clifford Brown…Todd and Terrell Stafford about Bud Herseth and hearing him/CSO live at a young age…Kenny Barron about Tommy Flanigan…

So…whom are/were your favs on other instruments besides trombone, and why? When and how did they grab you?

Lately I’ve been captivated by Kurt Elling for his phrasing “risks”, his resonance of tone, his “spiritual” elements.

Very early on, I was grabbed by Conte Candoli next to my bonistic hero, Frank Rosolino. Conte’s time and 1/8 note feel, his “doodle” clarity, the sound of risk and surprise…which led me to Clifford and Dizzy and so many others.

Not until my first year of college did I hear Pablo Casals (among so many firsts at the music library!). I keep being drawn to this sound of “surprise”, his phrasing, rubatos, molding time within a baroque phrase…along with sound and technique…completely hooked me in!

Do you have any similar players/singers to share and talk about?

Groovy listening to you!
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Bjork's probably my favorite musician ever.
Lately I've been loving listening to Rosalia and Bad Bunny.

For some other favorites!
Sergei Nakariakov - Trumpet
Albretch Meyer - Oboe
Martha Argerich - Piano
Leonides Kavakos - Violin
Moor Mother - Voice/Spoken Word
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Mucho appreciation!

Sergei and Hakan Hardanberger are relatively recent, profound discoveries for me.

A few friends played w Bjork, but I never spent time listening, and now will.

I love that I’m not familiar with the others on your list…firing up my playlists in our time of extreme accessibility!
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Diggin so many names that are new to me!
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Trying not to repeat anything already said:

Gerard Schwarz
Thomas Rüedi
Demondrae Thurman
Jascha Heifetz
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I've been on a "metal" kick lately, so some of my favorite musicians from that world:

Danny Carey
Mikael Akerfeldt
Tatiana Shmayluk
Steve Vai (Is he "metal"? "Jazz"? I don't really care, he's great)
Thomas Haake
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I also have to shout out Anna-Marie Hefele, who is a mind-blowing overtone singer.
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I’ve been listening to a lot of historically informed stuff lately. I’m really impressed by the following:

Bruce Dickey, cornetto
Adam Woolf and Ercole Nissini, trombone (sacbut)
Monica Huggett and Shunske Sato, violin
Janet See and Marten Root, flute
Kenneth Biggs
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WilliamLang wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 12:17 pm Bjork's probably my favorite musician ever.

Moor Mother - Voice/Spoken Word
+1000 to these!

Really love Patrick Wibart 's serpent playing.
And Andrew Manze's violin playing, especially the recordings of the Biber Rosary Sonatats.
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Stan Getz.

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Any really good cellist, e g in the Elgar cello concerto
Some singers, especially Frank Sinatra
Steven Mead/Euphonium (and other good euphonium players)
Matthias Hoefs, Hakan Hardenberger/trumpet
Great lead and bigband trumpet playing, e g Wayne Bergeron or Derek Watkins
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Chris Thiele - mandolin.
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Timofey Dokshitser - trumpet







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Diana Krall - voice & piano

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Have to be Wayne Bowden on euphonium
Am I a trombone player who plays euphonium, or a euphonium player who plays trombone? :idk:
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How about Jake Shimabukuro on ukulele?



Jaco Pastorius:



Carolina Ecke:



Ado, the secretive singer from Japan who only just turned 20, and has been producing some of the most widely heard music on the planet -- and it's all good:



Jacob Collier:



Lang Lang:



Gyorgy "I am finished, thank you" Cziffra

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Vladimir Horowitz - piano




Isaac Stern - violin




Benny Goodman - clarinet

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I recently came across this video of an amazing jam session featuring Uzbek percussionists, recorded in Tashkent by Effigy Records producer Jack Clift:

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If you like Uzbek or Tajik music, then they also have wind instruments, such as karnay and surnay. Karnay is somewhat similar to a trombone.





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Gordon Goodwin
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Here Ivan Pyatkov - German baritone:



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Top of the long list: (for versatility, musicianship, technique, etc.)

Hillary Hahn
Yo Yo Ma
Anne Sophie Mutter
Joshua Bell
Hélène Grimaud, late Glenn Gould (piano)
Candice Mowbray (classical guitar, USA)
Larry Carlton, Pat Metheny (guitar)
Bill Evans, Dan Higgins, late Michael Brecker, Tom Scott, Dick Oatts, Bob Mintzer (saxes)
Phil Dwyer, Perry White (saxes, Canada)
George Koller (bass, Canada)

many more to long to list!
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Gunhild Carling (...everything)
Matthias Höfs (trumpet)
Paul Desmond (sax)
Cory Henry (Hammond organ and other keys) - my favorite living musician!
Lachy Doley (Hammond organ/clavinet)
Issei Noro (guitar)
Larnell Lewis, Louis Cole (drums)

I'm sure I'll remember more.
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Maynard Ferguson, Arturo Sandoval-trumpet
Gato Barbieri-tenor Sax
Charlie Parker-alto Sax
Nestor Torres flute
Andy Gonzalez-bass
Al Dimeola- guitar
Billy Cobham-drums
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Eugene Izotov - Oboe
Donald Peck - Flute
Larry Combs - Clarinet
Timofei Dokschitzer - Trumpet
Dale Clevenger - French Horn
Itzhak Perlman - Violin
Eric Nowlan - Viola
Joseph Calleja - Tenor
Ken Turner - Bass
Tim Waurick - Counter Tenor
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BrianJohnston wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:19 pm Tim Waurick - Counter Tenor
Calling Tim "just" a countertenor is selling him short! That man can sing pretty much anything.
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Finetales wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 5:40 pm
BrianJohnston wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:19 pm Tim Waurick - Counter Tenor
Calling Tim "just" a countertenor is selling him short! That man can sing pretty much anything.
Fair, although he himself would likely refer to himself as that
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Harry James, Chris Botti, Adam Rapa - trumpet
Astor Piazzolla - bandoneon, composer
Carla Bley - organ, composer
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harrisonreed wrote: Sat Feb 18, 2023 3:39 pm Carolina Ecke:

This is absolutely captivating, thank you for sharing!
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For everything jazz, my two - absolute - biggest influences are Lee Morgan and Jaco Pastorius. I've listened more to those two than ever any trombonist.

For more mainstream music, I'm a huge Thin Lizzy fan and Phil Lynott has always been an inspirer to me.

As for classical music I just love everything Brahms and Mozart; their composing creativity is mind blowing and seemingly endless and eternal.
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Although the following may not be rated the best ever on their instrument, these are none the less some of my favorites to listen to

Piccolo trumpet: Caleb Hudson
Trumpet: Al Hirt
Flugelhorn horn: Unknown soldier playing Unchained Melody intro in Bremen 2002 with a group of military bands
French horn: Going with 2 locals from Altoona Brass Collective, Scott Pappal, who also arranges most of the music for the group, and Kelly Myers, both outstanding horn players.
Trombone: James Pankow
Euphonium: Gene Watts
Tuba: Chuck Daellenbach is a shoe-in for this one
Piano: Kim Collingsworth
Acoustic guitar group: Don Francisco, his wife, and another playing What Child is This
Bass Guitar: Abraham Laboriel, another shoe-in
Wood winds: Justo Almario
Harmonica: Buddy Greene
Composer/Conductor/Arranger: David T Clydesdale
Almost forgot drummer! Gene Krupa…who doesn’t like a little Drum Boogie now and then!
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This performance might take the cake:

Vladimir "we're going to go now" Ashkenazi :

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