Peter Friedman Posted July 3 Posted July 3 I have seen those listed below, and perhaps a few others that I can't recall. Gerry Mulligan, Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Milt Hinton, Count Basie, Red Allen, Johnny Griffin, Art Blakey, Art Farmer, Gene Krupa, Jo Jones, Sahib Shihab, Mary lou Williams, Marian McPartland, Coleman Hawkins, Horace Silver, Benny Golson, Tyree Glenn, Jimmy Jones, Thelonious monk, Ernie Wilkins, Sonny Rollins, Lawrence brown, Buster Bailey, Osie Johnson, Hank Jones, Oscar Pettiford, Gigi Gryce Quote
GA Russell Posted July 3 Posted July 3 OK, I'll play. I saw... Art Blakey Horace Silver Sonny Rollins Thelonious Monk and I shook hands with Dizzy Gillespie but did not see him play. Quote
felser Posted July 3 Posted July 3 I saw Blakey (twice), McPartland (once), and Rollins (twice). Quote
kh1958 Posted July 3 Posted July 3 Art Blakey (twice) Benny Golson (once) Art Farmer (once) Charles Mingus (once) Sonny Rollins (twice) Gerry Mulligan (once) Horace Silver (five times) Dizzy Gillespie (Five times) Quote
Steve Gray Posted July 5 Posted July 5 Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Eddie Locke, Lawrence Brown (with Ellington), Charles Mingus, Johnny Griffin, Bill Basie Peter, you didn't see Bill Crump? Shame on you 🙂 Very impressive list. Where and when did you see Lester Young, if I may ask? Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted July 5 Posted July 5 40 minutes ago, Steve Gray said: Peter, you didn't see Bill Crump? Shame on you 🙂 If he didn't he apparently wasn't at the Apollo often enough around that time to catch the house band (that included Bill Crump) there. Quote
Milestones Posted July 5 Author Posted July 5 (edited) I saw Art Blakey, Dizzy, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny, and Benny Golson. The first three were at my first ever jazz concert: the Kool Jazz Fest outside Cleveland in 1984. Edited July 5 by Milestones Quote
Peter Friedman Posted July 6 Posted July 6 On 7/5/2026 at 3:38 AM, Steve Gray said: Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Eddie Locke, Lawrence Brown (with Ellington), Charles Mingus, Johnny Griffin, Bill Basie Peter, you didn't see Bill Crump? Shame on you 🙂 Very impressive list. Where and when did you see Lester Young, if I may ask? I saw Lester Young in Detroit at a Jazz Concert. He was guest soloist with the Count Basie Band. A major reason why I have seen so many of the jazz greats is my age. There is a good chance that I am the oldest person on this Organismo Board. Quote
Milestones Posted July 6 Author Posted July 6 Wow! I have to wonder if anyone else here can say they saw Lester Young. Quote
medjuck Posted July 6 Posted July 6 5 hours ago, Peter Friedman said: I saw Lester Young in Detroit at a Jazz Concert. He was guest soloist with the Count Basie Band. A major reason why I have seen so many of the jazz greats is my age. There is a good chance that I am the oldest person on this Organismo Board. How old are you? Quote
Peter Friedman Posted July 7 Posted July 7 22 hours ago, medjuck said: How old are you? Wonder if telling our specific age is standard practice here? If so, I will be glad to share along with all the other posters. Quote
Milestones Posted July 8 Author Posted July 8 (edited) I thought we once has a thread where people shared their age and perhaps some other personal details. I am 65 and I have been enjoying jazz since I was 20. Edited July 8 by Milestones Quote
Jazzmonkie Posted July 8 Posted July 8 (edited) Just a half dozen. Marian McPartland Johnny Griffin Vic Dickenson Gerry Mulligan Dizzy Gillespie Count Basie Edited July 8 by Jazzmonkie typo Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted July 8 Posted July 8 1 minute ago, Milestones said: I was the slow learner at 20! Wait till some more reply! Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted July 8 Posted July 8 I didn't start going to Jazz shows until I was 28. Jazz was not a "thing" in Western Massachusetts when I was younger. It wasn't until I moved closer to Boston that it popped up on my radar. i used to go to Folk shows for a while too. There was this small club called Passim in Cambridge, MA that I used to frequent before getting more heavily into Jazz. Quote
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