Schaumburg High School Jazz Suggested Listening List

 

Compiled by Dan Haerle and John Fedchock

Collected by Tom Streeter, Director of the Jazz Program, Illinois Weslyan University

 

Trumpet

Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Bix Beiderbecke, Randy Brecker, Clifford Brown, Kenny Dorham, Miles Davis, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Marsalis, Blue Mitchell, Fats Navarro, Woody Shaw, Clark Terry, Lee Morgan, Harry "Sweets' Edison, Nicholas Payton, Arturo Sandoval

 

Soprano Sax

Michael Brecker, Joe Farrell, Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Dave Liebman

 

Alto Sax

Cannonball Adderly, Ornette Coleman, Paul Desmond, Eric Dolphy, Lee Konitz, Johnny Hodges, Benny Carter, Charlie Parker, Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Sonny Stitt, Phil Woods, Steve Coleman

 

Tenor Sax

Michael Brecker, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Benny Golson, Dexter Gordon, Coleman Hawkins, Joe Henderson, Dave Liebman, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Zoot Sims, Ben Webster, Lester Young

 

Baritone Sax

Pepper Adams, Harry Carney, Serbe Chaloff, Gerry Mulligan

 

Trombone

Jimmy Cleaveland, Carl Fontana, Curtis Fuller, Slide Hampton, Bill Harris, J.J. Johnson, Frank Rosolino, Kid Ory, Jack Teagarden, Bill Watrous, Phil Wilson, Kai Winding, "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Urbie Green, Albert Mangelsdorff

 

Tuba

Bill Barber, Rich Matteson, Howard Johnson

 

Flute

Roland Kirk, Yusef Lateef, Hubert Laws, Herbie Mann, James Moody, Frank Wess, Lew Tabackin

 

Clarinet

Buddy Defranco, Eric Dolphy (bass clarinet), Benny Goodman, Jimmy Guiffre, Woody Herman, Pee Wee Russell, Artie Shaw, Johnny Dodds, Eddie Daniels

 

Guitar

George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Charlie Christian, Larry Coryell, Harb Ellis, Jim Hall, Barney Kessel, Pat Martino, John McLaughlin, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Freddie Green, George Benson, Pat Methany, Jimi Hendrix

 

Piano

Chick Corea, Bill Evans, Count Basie, Red Garland, Erroll Garner, Herbie Hancock, Ahmad Jamal, Keith Jarrett, John Lewis, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, Horace Silver, Art Tatum, Lennie Tritano, McCoy Tyner, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Joe Zawinul, Earl Hines

 

Bass

Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Paul Chambers, Stanley Clarke, Richard Davis, Jimmy Garrison, Slam Stewart, Charlie Mingus, Charlie Haden, Oscar Pettiford, Rufus Reid, Steve Swallow, Dave Holland, Walter Page, Jaco Pastorius, John Patitucci, Christian McBride

 

Drums

Louis Bellson, Art Blakely, Kenny Clarke, Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Sam Woodyard, Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Grady Tate, Tony Williams, Mel Lewis, Herold Jones, Paul Motian, Dave Weckl

 

Vibes

Ron Ayers, Gary Burton, Dave Friedman, Terry Gibbs, Lionel Hampton, Milt Jackson, Red Norvo, Cal Tjader, Bobby Hutcherson

 

Vocalists

Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, June Christy, Billy Eckstine, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Bobby McFerrin, Betty Carter, Lou Rawls, Frank Sinatra, Grady Tate, Mel Torme, Sarah Vaughan, Joe Williams

 

Big Bands

Toshiko Akiyoshi, Count Basie, Louis Bellson, Francie Bolan, Duke Ellington, Don Ellis, Gil Evans, Fletcher Henderson, Woody Herman, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis, Stan Kenton, Rob McConnell, Bob Mintzer, Buddy Rich, Bill Watrous, Claude Thornhill, Maynard Ferguson

 


French Horns forever.  Trumpets too.
Last Updated Thursday, October 23, 2008
Created by Zack Moy
, Class of 2007.
Maintained by: Matt Bockman, Class of 2008; Jason Deran, Class of 2010
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