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MAJOR JAZZ GUITARISTS
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Swing Soloists: 40s & 50s
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George Benson
Tal Farlow
Grant Green
Jim Hall
Barney Kessel
Pat Martino
Wes Montgomery
Howard Roberts
For jazz listeners who want to hear the very best jazz from the most creative years of the music, Dave Hunt, jazz writer, educator, musician and passionate listener, shares his love and knowledge of jazz. These pages will help fans of all ages discover, learn about and enjoy jazz even more. It’s all about the music and how listeners can get more from the recordings they hear.
• Stumped by way too many disc releases? Oscar Peterson played on hundreds of albums, but which ones to buy? For those whose pockets are not as deep as they’d like, Dave sorts the most valuable works of Peterson and numerous other artists into 3 categories: Top Picks, Superior, and Excellent and lists them under Best Recordings.
• Read a review of “Stompin’ at the Savoy,” among others, and find out why this version by Tal Farlow, Ray Brown and Hank Jones made it to Dave’s list of Top Tracks.
• What players did tenor saxist Coleman Hawkins influence? There’s a listing for him and many other prominent jazz artists in Dave’s listings of Influential Artists.
• To get the most jazz value out of the recordings you purchase, stay away from what Dave describes as “Grandfather Jazz” in one of his Jazz Writings.
• For a quick overview of what this site offers, check out the Site Map.
Jazz writer-bassist John Goldsby recommends Jazz Bass Artists of the 1950s, Dave Hunt’s latest book.
> Check it out here on DaveHuntJazz.com.
> View PDF of Milt Hinton chapter.
> View PDF of table of contents.
> Examine book’s page at amazon.com.
• Philadelphia is but one of many cities that spawned great jazz artists over the years. See which players came out of each of the major cities of jazz.
• Dizzy Gillespie was selective regarding frontline players he hired to share the stand with him. There’s a comprehensive listing of soloists in the Dizzy Gillespie band and many other leaders’ ensembles under Major Soloists.
• What was it like to attend a live performance of the Miles Davis Sextet back in 1958? Dave shares his memories of such occasions hearing several Miles ensembles and many more in Live Sightings.
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