It would be funny to put Hancock/Williams/Carter in there in one go.
Also would be cool to have some more out there but still generationally influential players like Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra etc. on the list.
I'd add Ron Carter, Keith Jarrett, Thad Jones. I like how the list is still short enough that there's room for quite a large number of worthy additions.
Ten off the top: Harry Carney, Bubber Miley, Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart, Lawrence Brown, Sidney Catlett, Sy Oliver, Eddie Durham, Milt Jackson, Ron Carter
Cecil's disdain for Bill Evans disqualifies him from receiving any honors in my book. May he spend the after life with that other musical bigot, Pierre Boulez.
A day later: My own choices were Tadd Dameron, Horace Silver, and Eric Dolphy. More here: https://iverson.substack.com/p/tt-503-pt-2
Ahmad Jamal.
It would be funny to put Hancock/Williams/Carter in there in one go.
Also would be cool to have some more out there but still generationally influential players like Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra etc. on the list.
Sun Ra
Horace Silver!
Joe Henderson!
I would vote for Roscoe Mitchell. It would be great to honor him while he is still alive.
I'd add Ron Carter, Keith Jarrett, Thad Jones. I like how the list is still short enough that there's room for quite a large number of worthy additions.
Ten off the top: Harry Carney, Bubber Miley, Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart, Lawrence Brown, Sidney Catlett, Sy Oliver, Eddie Durham, Milt Jackson, Ron Carter
Nice
Cecil Taylor, Cecil Taylor, Cecil Taylor
He sure deserves it.
Cecil's disdain for Bill Evans disqualifies him from receiving any honors in my book. May he spend the after life with that other musical bigot, Pierre Boulez.
Are you likewise barring all the musicians who expressed disdain for Cecil? Or the pre-bebop guys who thought Charlie Parker was a fraud?
Those opinions were honest. Cecil was knowingly and vindictively lying.
Woody Shaw
Cecil Taylor, Eric Dolphy, Tony Williams.
Ron Carter
Art Pepper
Ralph Towner
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Pharoah Sanders
Shirley Horn
Ahmad Jamal, Don Pullen, Jaki Byard
Ron Carter, Sid Catlett, Eric Dolpy, Charlie Haden, Keith Jarrett.
Assuming living people cannot be nominated, I would say
Chet Baker
Scott La Faro
Woody Shaw
Hank Mobley
Jaco Pastorius