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May 9, 2009 in Brian Blade, Dave King, Jazz, Joey Baron, Tony Williams, Top Five Jazz Drummers | Tags: Brian Blade, Elvin Jones, Jeff Watts, Joey Baron, Tony Williams | 2 comments
The video of Joey Baron that I posted the other day reminded me of how much I like that guy… which got me thinking about other jazz players I like. In typical geek fashion, I was soon formulating a “Top Five” list of my fav jazz players. Here’s what said list currently looks like:
1. Tony Williams
2. Elvin Jones
3. Jeff Watts
4. Joey Baron
5. Brian Blade
This is in order. Tony will always be my number one – BUT, this list leaves out David King (my former teacher), who is automatically tied for the number one spot, just by nature of his immense influence on my playing.
Honorable mentions:
– Paul Motian
– Jack DeJohnette
– Jorge Rossy
– Roy Haynes
– Max Roach
– Ralph Peterson Jr.
– Billy Higgins
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