Fantasy league small jazz group

[srellek]

Maybe this has been done before here, but was thinking about the greatest group I would assemble of players still around today. How about:

Sonny Rollins (ts)

Ornette Coleman (as)

Paul Bley or Keith Jarrett (p)

Charlie Haden (b)

Roy Haynes or Paul Motian (dr)

Just couldn't make up my mind on the piano and drum chairs. (How's that for decisiveness?) Anybody else have a dream team of cats still on the planet?

[AllenLowe]

Chewy on vocals-

[randyhersom]

Clark Terry (t)

Pat Martino (g)

Jim Hall, Cecil Taylor and Evan Parker could all be considered. The trumpet ranks are a bit depleted, perhaps Charles Tolliver or Bobby Bradford can give Clark a break if needed.

[tranemonk]

Have we forgotten... Lee Konitz on Alto...

[danasgoodstuff]

konitz, ornette, rollins - any two of these would probably be great, all three maybe not?

my time machine/lost tapes fantasy would involve Rollins & Lee Morgan together, or Lou D, Stanley T, Grant G, John P & Idris M, or Lester & Gil Evans, or?

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Here's one.

Lonnie Smith - org

Melvin Sparks - g

Alvin Queen - d

Here's one they've already done

MG

[AllenLowe]

on trombone:

[tranemonk]

Not sure who that is... but what about Curtis Fuller...???

on trombone:

not to mention McCoy Tyner.. (sorry I might have to put him ahead of Jarrett....) :blush2:

[.:.impossible]

it is ROSWELL RUDD!

[Chas]

Well, this one's fantastical in the sense that one of the guys hasn't played out in decades, and one has moved away from straight-ahead jazz, but how about : Frank Strozier with Eddy Louiss, Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Cobb ?

[AllenLowe]

yes, it's Roswell at a session from last year -

[tranemonk]

My Bad....

it is ROSWELL RUDD!

[papsrus]

Are recording studios typically kept chilly? Or is Mr. Rudd just being fashionable?

[clifford_thornton]

I would enjoy hearing Rudd and Rollins together, especially circa the mid 1960s.

[JSngry]

I would say Bird & Sonny Murray, but we already got Jimmy Lyons & Sonny Murray, so why bother with finding some dead guy and bringing him back to life, as well as taking some living guy and then transporting them both back more than 45 years in time (as opposed to 45 years in BTUs)?

Too much math for R&B!