History of Jazz - The 25 Greatest Jazz Soloists

[theMarsFusion]

ART TATUUUUUUUM!!!!!

[JHoffTrumpeter]

Charlie Mingus? lol, you have no idea what you're talking about, go research something more cut out for you, like rock or crap, Oops! I meant rap... alot of your end people are just not that well known, some of them were not even jazz musicians, Victor Wooten for example as amazing as he is, is not purely a jazz musician

[JHoffTrumpeter]

Charlie Mingus? lol, you have no idea what you're talking about, go research something more cut out for you, like rock or crap, Oops! I meant rap

[HeyImJonah]

where does wynton marsalis come in?!

[mxer6161]

this dude kinda sucks at jazz history. its even better that there isn't even jazz music playing ... godd

[CroissantOrange]

Douche, I know that these kind of greatest list is stupid, but this is beyond human idiocy. DJ in Jazz? When you think Miles in the 80's, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock's robot tone and all those 2 hours of one chords "funky jams" were bad enough. What the fuck? "Jazz is hip too you know, there's DJ now you can rave to Jazz!". Fuck DJ, "Play button" is not an instrument. What's next? Photoshop in fine art space of Louvre? And yeah, Steve Gadd (drummer...) but no way Art Tatum (God).

[letebaguere]

dj logic? what are you talking about? how can you put dj logic on a list and omit wayne shorter, freddie hubbard, lee morgan, coleman hawkins, ben webster, clifford brown and all the others i mentioned in my previous post? i guarantee that every single person you put on your list that is alive today would disagree with you putting them on the list ahead of any of the aritsts i mentioned. why? because unlike you, they know jazz.

[letebaguere]

pat metheny and john scofield before wes montgomery and django reinhardt? really? both scofield and metheny would disagree with that choice. charlie christian? kenny burrell? grant green? all more important guitarists than any you mentioned. also- charlie parker and lester young did not both play the saxophone- bird played alto sax and pres played tenor. miles played trumpet and flugelhorn. coltrane played alto, tenor and soprano sax. mingus played bass and piano. and where is sonny rollins?

[bdeitch21]

Where is Adam Deitch? He recorded 2 CDs with John Scofield, performed with DJ Logic on and on.....................

[trumpetman80]

this is nonsens.

[TampoFTW]

Of course people are going to complain and of course I'm going to be one of those people:

Charlie Christian ?

[Borism907]

Wouldn't Stan Getz be in there?

[basseditio]

sonny rollins?chet baker?lee morgan?freddie hubbard?

[basseditio]

dexter gordon?clifford brown?kenny garret? niels-henning orsted pedersen?ray brown?joe pass?wes montgomery?jaco pastorius?tom harell?paul chambers?

[mpcguy]

this vid is symptomatic of of the failure of our society to teach and have respect for what is arguably americas only signifigant contribution to the world of art. some hits and way to many misses

[charles1964]

What about Art Blakey? Paul Desmond? Roy Eldridge? Al Di Meola? To name a few.Not to mention many of the greats that others have named. Lists are very subjective,but any fool can stick a camera in front of their face....

[BeatBay]

 WES MONTGOMERY?

[dennis70s]

Duke Ellighton, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Chet Baker?? They have Wooten and not Jaco Pastorious... I agree with bopguity, it is the most hilariously ignorant video ever!!!

[francisco444]

WES MONTGOMERY?

[omeganinjasmurf]

@tiomakeke well you look at kenny g the pentatonic failure that is all he plays, and all that is is a blues scale without the flat3 and a sharp 4 which isnt that hard to do, and yes he leaves out some of the best improvisers from the euro stage,ex. Candy Dulfer, but he also doesnt keep it in cronological order cause alot of these are out of place

[omeganinjasmurf]

@tiomakeke stfu kenny g is terrible and i say that with rage....... pentatonic failure

[Finnbiffen]

haha

[bopguity]

It's good to know Tatum, Bean, Bud Powell, Clifford Brown, Ben Webster, Teddy Wilson, Paul Chambers, etc., etc., etc., are left out to make room for Wooten, Medeski, Martin, Wood, Metheny and Scofield, all of whom would laugh to puking if they saw this list. All right, no more comments from me.

[bopguity]

This is probably the most hilariously ignorant video I have ever seen. I am not sure whether to feel pity for this guy and this production, or unmitigated rage. LOL on 1/3 of the 25 greatest soloists being associates of MMW. LMAO.

[zooyork9213]

Where the hell is Jaco Pastorius...

[djoutrage18]

To give the guy his credit, making a list like this has to be a bloody hard thing to do, and if I made one I'd not be so bold about it lol

but where's art tatum? not to mention Johny Dods, King Oliver, Kid Ori...

[bopguity]

It would probably help to start by limiting oneself to actual jazz musician's and going from there. DJ Logic? Seriously?

[drumgit]

Speechless....ignore this nonsense

[3chocolate3clock3]

this list is a hoax

[editfreek]

I must agree with a good number of the posters here, that this list is at best sorely lacking in a great number of exceptional soloists, and at worst, undermines the narrators credibility as a Jazz "aficionado". A much better title for this list would be 25 of My Personal Favorite Soloists.

[daniel72800]

How can you make such a "list".This is ridiculous

trying to do this shows your are an ignorant.

[maciejgrebowicz]

you are an idiot, that list was terrible.

[phillytalented]

This was terrible. He started at louis, and louis is one of my favs BUT no Joplin? the 1st to popularize what we know today as jazz, no jelly roll morton? james p johnson, willie the lion smith and fats waller was the 3 kings on piano but no mention. NO TATUM? how did tyner come b4 coltrane? If you wanna really get at it, wheres buddy bolden, creator of the big 4?

[rasta2830]

the guy only knows 25 great jazzplayers ;)

arturo sandoval for me he is nr 1 ^^

grtz

[lazydude99]

wheres Gene Krupa, Chet Baker, Louie Bellson, and Stan Getz? (just to name a few)

[OnyxMass]

Greg Howe...John Mclaughlin...ect. Times infinity.

[FatManOWNSatBARI]

Elvin Jones????? Where's Dexter Gordon?

[maclen44]

Where is Oscar Peterson?

[breezee1205]

so right ....what about michel petrucciani,miles davis,kenny garrett,wes montgomery,joe pass,jaco pastorius,marsialis,pat martino and so many

[swingitjack]

Victor Wooten over Slam Stewart? No mention of many great jazz improvisers like Art Tatum or Wes Montgomery. This video producer needs to do their homework...

[phillytalented]

YES!!!! Slam is the man!! no wes or charlie christian. no tiny grimes but dont forget dj logic lol

[beethovenbix]

"Yes John Coltrain was a great Soloist, but to call him the greatest player of all time to have played any instrument is utter crap! Mozart, J.S Bach, Paganini, Segovia, Jaquelin Du Pret, Django Reinhardt, and the list is so long, of legendary soloists and musicians who many would rate ahead of Coltraine! What Music College did this 'dreamer' attend to come to these nonsensical opinions?! Anyone who attempts a list such as this, is clearly exposed as a Fool, and a Fool he certainly is!"

[xatzidakis]

No he says:The greatest instrumentalist of all time to play any instrument..but of course you are right about the list..no Wes Montgomery,no Tatum,no Bud Powell e.t.c.

[beethovenbix]

"This Guy doesnt know what He's talking about! LouisArmstrong did Add 'Swing' to Jazz, but He was not the person who 'invented it! Buddy Bolden is recognised by Historians as being the 'first to play Jazz'. Also, how can you leave out the Man considered to be the GREATEST Jazz guitarist of all;-Charlie Christian! "Duh".

[thomasward00]

Agreed... I'm from New Orleans and we all know where it started, but Louis is the king of jazz..

[jazzyaardvark]

Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Thelonious Monk, Michael Brecker?????????

[hallmanjon]

its hard to make a list of only 25, but this was a poor attempt. How can you have guys like Steve Gadd, Bela Fleck, DJ Logic, Victor Wooten etc(who you could argue are not really jazz musicians) on the list and no Hawk, Monk, Tatum, Brecker, Charlie Christian, Shorter, Rollins, Cannonball, Jim Hall, Wes Montgomery, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Jimmy Smith, Joe Henderson!?!? What a joke! Terrible, just Terrible. Kill me now.

[xatzidakis]

Bud Powell,Wes Montgomery,Sonny Rollins e.t.c.

[oober349]

HE DIDN"T MENTION SONNY ROLLINS!!!!

[anemeka]

what about wynton marsalis?