Manny Laureano

Hey, good catch. Since these guys like you and Brek and others know their jazz, I feel better!

ML

trpt2345

Clifford's sound just floated on air. Sounded so effortless. I too don't like those questions, who's the most, etc. But I've been listening to Art Farmer a lot lately and he sure played beautifully. I like it when people play slow. Miles.

Michael McLaughlin

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Samuel Johnson

Daniel Nole

Umm, difficult to answer, they were so great lyrical interpretes but ,making a choice ...

for Chet Baker ,Harry "Sweets" Edison and the great Clifford Brown

Daniel


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st. paulitan

How about Bix Beiderbecke? Perhaps the original lyrical soloist? The set currently available on Mosaic Records really shows what he was capable of.

Bill Simenson

Brent

How about Blue Mitchel? Check out his playing on "Blue's Moods."

jimmyjazz1968

This is tough because I think people tend to have different conceptions on "what is Lyrical".....
I heard mention of the Blue Train solo-When They go to the double time feel-HE STILL mantains that lyrical beauty!!
Miles had a great concept of building a solo-through melodic ideas-NO matter what era he was playing from.
Chet baker was pretty lyrical...
But the guy who for me combines all of the above players--Blue Mitchell!!!!

Tom Mac

I think that Art Farmer is one of the most unappreciated trumpeters of his era. His lyricism is astonding. Wherever he is in the form he always plays just the right note. Not to say that he plays what you expect to hear because he frequently suprises. I love his ballads because it's hard to tell where the statement of the tune ends and his improvisation begins. Now, I DIG MILES. A lot. But Art Farmer has always knocked me out.

BTW the first album of his that I ever heard was "The Jazztet and John Lewis." It's hard to find (though I think its been reissued on CD) but its worth the purchase price.

T. Mac

BergeronWannabe

Although I don't like the word "most" or "best" in comparing, I'll agree with Art Farmer being extremely lyrical. I am in the process of transcribing his solo of Lush Life from 'To Duke with Love'...WOW! I just love it.
As far as underrated, I'll throw in Nat Adderly- love his stuff too!
-Andrew

ilikethetrumpet

I second Sweets Edison. I started listening to lots of Sinatra's capitol albums about ten years ago to learn tunes, and Sweets will just put in the perfect fill. His solos will be about four measures, or even four beats. In particular, there's a great string quartet, sweets, and Sinatra album--Close to You, In the Wee Small Hours, Songs for Swingin Lovers.

I also think Dizzy is an underrated ballad player. Of course he's a great everything player.

Grav

I'd like to add Mike Metheny to this list. He's totally "lyrical" on flugel, cornet AND the EVI. He deserves much more recognition, and I tip my hat to him!