I was a jazz trumpet player at school so I'm really into the trumpet players like Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Clifford Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Bix Beiderbeck, Harry James and Wynton Marsalis.
Of course, It's not the only instrument I listen too. Art Blakey, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald and Charles Mingus would be my favourite drummer, saxophonist, vocalist and bass player respectively. And Duke Ellington is one of the greatest band leaders.
At the moment I have the following albums on rotation in my CD player (links to Amazon.com):
1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000000YJX/qid%3D1070027609/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-5214147-4722220">Clifford Brown - The Clifford Brown Quartet in Paris</a>
2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000008RL9/qid=1070027536/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/103-5214147-4722220?v=glance&s=music">Dizzy Gillespie - Lady Be Good</a>
3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000G4SD/qid=1070027398/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/103-5214147-4722220">King Curtis - Live at Fillmore West</a>
4. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000007N70/qid=1070027300/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-5214147-4722220?v=glance&s=music">Paul Robeson - Ol' Man River</a>
5. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000001TN/qid=1070027378/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_6/103-5214147-4722220?v=glance&s=music">Arturo Sandoval - Danzon</a>
God, Jazz is awesome.
