Muskrat Ramble Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 Sun Ra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 Sun Ra ...Duke Ellington! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 Agreeing with many of the objections stated... my vote goes for Tadd Dameron (I love her compositions) Tadd was a chick? That´s a mistake you make when English is not your first language, you didn´t study it as much as you should have, you´re posting from work, and your boss is around.... B) so your boss is a chick then? On topic: I'm a big fan of Dameron's music, his tunes as well as his arrangements. However, I rate Gil Evans higher - and that's a very personal thing, has nothing to do with any appliable "measure scales" or whatever. Maria Schneider would be another name to drop. How about George Russell? I love his work a lot, too! Gunther Schuller might be another candidate. ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 Agreeing with many of the objections stated... my vote goes for Tadd Dameron (I love her compositions) Tadd was a chick? That´s a mistake you make when English is not your first language, you didn´t study it as much as you should have, you´re posting from work, and your boss is around.... B) so your boss is a chick then? Sadly, he´s a fat, greasy bearded man. No sex-appeal at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 Sorry to hear, EKE. I was thinking along these lines: ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 Gil who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 Evans. Bill's father. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 Ellington/Strayhorn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 Or using one definition offered here, just Strayhorn. Yusef Lateef is my REAL favorite or "better" Bill Evans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 I voted for Oliver 'Mod Squad' Nelson, and not just because he weren t getting no respect from y'all. If you weigh the A side heavier I'd go for Gil, if it's the C side I'd say Tadd. And while Duke's average, esp'ly if limited to work for BN, is higher, I'd prefer to judge Oliver by his best work not his hack work. Gotta dig someone who could get the Basie band to play Ayler and Sanders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontooneous Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 One for Tadd here. I'd divide this into two different questions, who's the better arranger and who's the better composer. Gil was probably a better arranger -- nobody but Stravinsky ever wrote better for wind instruments -- but Tadd is the one whose tunes get stuck in my head all day, and it's a good day when that happens! And he was no slouch as an arranger, the man who moved swing arranging style forward into bebop and beyond. I'm loving Duke P. more the more I know of his music, and I've always loved Oliver and Gil. But Tadd is a special musical hero of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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