by tonysalvador » Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:13 pm
it seems the usual suspects would be ed blackwell, tony williams, jack dejohnette, elvin jones, ronnie burrage, billy higgins, andrew cyrille, steve mccall, pheeroan aklaaf, don moye, billy hart, roy haynes.
my fav though is hamid drake (see his cds with william parker. he and parker are said to be the best jazz rhythm section around.)
also, denis charles and sunny murray (see eremite.com. captain of the deep is one of my fav cds).
i am also very fond of kevin norton since he is a very nice guy and appreciates very much the people and the camaraderie in community centered gigs. he has his own label, hopscotch. i like his "for guy debord" cd. anthony braxton also released a double cd on hopscotch, featuring a fine young guitarist named, o'neil (forgot first name).
among the younger ones, i like chad taylor of chicago underground, ben karatnick, chris corsano, jay rosen, and gerald cleaver. Geoff mann, son of herbie, is also good. the son of gunther schuller, forgot his name, is also ok.
also, barry altschul since he somehow pops up on my fav records. lou grassi is very catholic - from very traditional to really out. walter perkins seem to be of the same nature.
han bennink is said to be one of the best alive. according to an acquaintance (who has 3,000 cds, and who buys at least 3 cds when i see him in concerts), his solo LP/CD is the best percussion performance ever recorded.
gerry hemmingway of the UK is also great. see "whimbler" on the portugese label, clean feed records.
last but not the least, susie ibarra. of course i'm a little biased since she is Filipina.