clifford_thornton Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 I was gonna do that earlier and just didn't have the cajones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosco Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Four pages and no one has mentioned Albert Ayler. I'd considered Anthony Braxton... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 to me Bud Powell is still the great and unrecognized composer - one half of a measure and you know who wrote the tune - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kari S Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 - Wayne Shorter - Woody Shaw - McCoy Tyner - Joe Zawinul - Chick Corea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Brown Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Tadd Dameron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savoy Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 I'd go with Monk, Ellington/Strayhorn, then (and I'm surprised no one has mentioned him) John Lewis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WD45 Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Joe Maneri? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Buddy Johnson MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 And Teddy Edwards, I think. But I don't think I've heard any Teddy Edwards songs played by anyone else, so I'm not sure how recognisable they'd be. But they all have a very down to earth feel about them and a good groove, as well as sounding as if they were meant to have words - Teddy wrote his own words to many, which were also very down to earth. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosco Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 (and I'm surprised no one has mentioned him) John Lewis. Good call Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Monk, Mingus, Wayne, and Pat Metheny. You know a Metheny melody right off, the phrasing, and the kind of chords.... he has a distinct harmonic sense in his tunes. Now, one could argue that you can't tell whether Lyle Mays or Pat wrote the melody lines of some of their greatest tunes, but Pat is more concerned with singable melody, and Lyle's melodies to me have more of a sense of a "process" to them, if you know what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue-note-ojc Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 To me, Monk is probably the easiest and most consistent. Benny Golson and Horace Silver I might have a shot at recognizing, but not nearly as consistently as Monk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnagrandy Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Wait a second ... I know who it is ! It's George Benson ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 For me, it's Gil Evans. No one uses instruments like he does. Except Herbie on "Speak Like a Child" and "The Prisoner". And speaking of Herbie... ...how about Wayne for this thread?? The tunes he wrote for Miles sure are incredibly distinctive, as as nearly all of his other tunes (at least in the 60's - I'm less familiar with his tunes after about 1970). Same with Herbie, for that matter. I believe those charts were done not by Herbie but Thad Jones. Herbie's tunes, though. Correct me if I'm wrong. Don't think I am, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 I'd have to say Monk too. Nice to find that so many people are like me, in that they find it easy to recognize a composition as being by Monk, not so easy to put a name to it. Except for a few like "In Walked Bud," "Well, You Needn't," and a few others, I usually can't say which Monk tune I'm hearing without some help. ...But I know it's Monk!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 I need to add Randy Weston to this list of identifiable jazz composers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Monk, Mingus, Ornette, Golson would be my first-tier. Among those I usually recognize, Benny Carter. As a collective effort (as opposed to a single composer, I find the head arrangements for the Basie band (classic era) to be distinctive.Anyone want to include Bird? I think I would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Of course Bird would be on that list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Anyone want to include Bird? I think I would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedwork Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) thad jones big band compositions are very distinctive/identifiable. and i know many here would scoff, but allan holdsworth is definitely one of the most immediately identifiable composers (and players) in the history of modern music. it's instantaneous. he's one of the most unique musicians i can think of... Edited March 10, 2012 by thedwork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 For me, it's Gil Evans. No one uses instruments like he does. Except Herbie on "Speak Like a Child" and "The Prisoner". And speaking of Herbie... ...how about Wayne for this thread?? The tunes he wrote for Miles sure are incredibly distinctive, as as nearly all of his other tunes (at least in the 60's - I'm less familiar with his tunes after about 1970). Same with Herbie, for that matter. I believe those charts were done not by Herbie but Thad Jones. Herbie's tunes, though. Correct me if I'm wrong. Don't think I am, though. Not sure I've ever heard that (that Thad did the charts), but I have no idea, either way. Anybody know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Pomea Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) Going backward (but not recent at all), these are identifiable -- Herbie Nichols, Monk, Ellington, Oliver, Morton Edited March 10, 2012 by Neal Pomea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 The most identifiable composer has to be Monk, I agree. Personally, I can always tell a composition (and arrangement) by Shorty Rogers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Monk for me too (though I also have the problem deciding which one!) and Ellington too. I also find Kenny Wheeler very distinctive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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