Improvisation Suggested Listening

Jazz Artists

Trumpet

Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Shaw, Lee Morgan, Blue Mitchell, Clark Terry, Kenny Dorham, Roy Eldridge, Don Cherry, Fats Navarro, Johnny Coles, Chet Baker, Virgil Jones, John McNeil, Tom Harrell, Wynton Marsalis, Terumaso Hino

Alto Sax

Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt, Lou Donaldson, Phil Woods, Charlie Mariano, Lee Konitz, Paul Desmond, Jackie McLean, Cannonball Adderley, Ornette Coleman, Roscoe Mitchell, Eric Dolphy, Herb Geller, Art Pepper, Lennie Niehaus, Bud Shank, Richie Cole, Eric Kloss, Bunky Green

Tenor Sax

Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Gene Ammons, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, George Coleman, Harold Land, Azar Lawrence, Dewey Redman, Steve Grossman, John Klemmer, Dave Liebman, Pharoah Sanders, Ben Webster, Benny Golson, Dexter Gordon, Warne Marsh, Zoot Sims, Charles Lloyd, Hank Mobley, Sonny Stitt, Bob Berg, Billy Pierce, Joe Farrell, Mike Brecker, Archie Shepp, Bud Freeman, Von Freeman, Chico Freeman, Clifford Jordon

Baritone Sax

Gerry Mulligan, Pepper Adams, Harry Carney, Sahib Shihab, Serge Chaloff

Trombone

Milt Bernhardt, Jimmy Cleveland, Jack Teagarden, Bill Harris, Phil Wilson, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Frank Rosolino, Carl Fontana, Curtis Fuller, Grachan Moncur, Garnett Brown, Bill Watrous, Roswell Rudd

Flute

Hubert Laws, James Moody, Herbie Mann, Frank Wess, Jeremy Steig, Roland Kirk, Yusef Lateef

Clarinet

Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Tony Scott, Buddy DeFranco, Woody Herman, Pee Wee Russell, Jimmy Guiffre, Eric Dolphy (Bass Clarinet), Russell Procope

Guitar

Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, Jim Hall, Tal Farlow, Attils Zoller, Pat Martino, Mick Goodrick, Larry Coryell, John McLaughlin, Grant Green, George Benson, Jerry Hahn, Jimmy Raney, Doug Raney

Piano

Lennie Tristano, Mary Lou Williams, Thelonious Monk, Hampton Hawes, Roland Hanna, Al Haig, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, Keith Jarrett, Paul Bley, Wynton Kelly, Red Garland, George Cables, George Duke, Denny Zeitlin, Bud Powell, Phineas Newborn Jr., Ahmad Jamal, Kenny Barron, Tommy Flanagan, Horace Silver, John Lewis

Bass

Ray Brown, Scott LaFaro, Oscar Pettiford, Charlie Mingus, Paul Chambers, Richard Davis, Ron Carter, Rufus Reid, Eddie Gomez, Monk Montgomery, Chuck Rainey, Carol Kaye, Miroslav Vitous, George Mraz, Stanley Clarke, Bob Crenshaw, Jimmy Garrison, Percy Health, Steve Swallow, Buster Williams, Cecil McBee, Jimmy Blanton, Red Mitchell, Sam Jones, Isreal Crosby, Jaco Pastorius, Milt Hinton, Slam Stweart, George Duvivier, NHOP

Drums

Connie Kay, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette, Roy Hanes, Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach, Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Paul Motian, Billy Higgins, Billy Cobham, Lewis Bellson, Buddy Rich, Grady Tate, Micky Roker, Ed Blackwell, Bobby Moses, Joe Chambers, Alphonse Mouzon, Shelly Manne, Stan Levy, Danny Richmond, Billy Hart, Lenny White, Al Foster

Vibes

Milt Jackson, Gary Burton, Dave Friedman, Roy Ayers, Lynn Blessing, Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo, Bobby Hutcherson, Cal Tjader, Terry Gibbs, Dave Pike

Organ

Jimmy Smith, Larry Young, Jack McDuff, Richard “Groove” Holmes, Jimmy McGriff, John Patton

Big Bands

Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich, Don Ellis, Gerald Wilson, Thad Jones-Jel Lewis, Bill Watrous, Francy Boland, Louis Bellson, Gil Evans, Rob McConnell, Maynard Ferguson

Vocalists

John Lucien, Roy Kral, Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Lou Rawls, Ray Charles, Mose Allison, Billy Eckstine, Leon Thomas, Grady Tate, Joe Williams, Sarah Vaughn, Carmen McCrae, Peggy Lee, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Jackie Cain, Dakota Staton, Anita O’Day, Chris Connors, June Christy, Betty Carter

Violin

Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith, Ray Nance, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stephane Grappelli, Michael White, Jerry Goodman, John Blake, Randy Sabien