Jazz is nothing without a great soloist. Without a great soloist, you’ve got a boring recording. Here is a list of 25 of some of the greatest soloist of all time in chronological order and the most popular.
1. Louie Armstrong who play the trumpet and cornet, and as we’ve already learned, Louie Armstrong basically invented jazz by being the first man to play swing 8th notes on his horn.
2. Lester Young on the saxophone.
3. Max Roach on the drums.
4. Charlie Parker also known as “Bird” on the saxophone.
5. Miles Davis on the trumpet.
6. Buddy Rich on the drums.
7. Charlie Mingus on the bass.
8. Bill Evans on the piano.
9. Elvin Jones on the drums.
10. McCoy Tyner on the piano.
11. John Coltrain on the saxophone who by the way someone argued is the greatest instrumentalist of all time to play any instrument.
12. Dizzy Gillespie on the trumpet.
13. Tony Williams on the drums.
14. Ron Carter on the bass.
15. Herbie Hancock on the piano.
16. Steve Gadd, drums.
17. John Scofield, guitar. John Scofield is really well known for helping to truly bring guitar into the fusion game throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s.
18. Chick Corea who play piano.
19. Pat Metheny on guitar.
20. Billy Martin on the drums.
21. Bela Fleck on the banjo.
22. John Medeski on the piano.
23. A DJ logic on the turntables who remains to the stay—one of the only the DJ’s out there who plays really well with the live musicians in the jazz setting.
24. Chris Wood on the bass.
25. Victor Wooten as well on the bass.
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