Date:	06-Aug-2001 15:57:55
From:	Kevin
	Oakland/SF. Because it has Yoshi's. Need I say more?

 

Date:	06-Aug-2001 16:28:23
From:	Diki
	Seems like Detroit and Philadelphia have turned out extraordinary musicians. Any locals out there who could elaborate?

 

Date:	06-Aug-2001 20:22:19
From:	Gerard Cox (stacked4th@hotmail.com)
	Paris, Tokyo, Berlin, Vancouver, Barcelona, Havana, London, Madrid, Montreal, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Toronto, and Shanghai in roughly that same order.

 

Date:	07-Aug-2001 18:35:05
From:	Andreas
	Los Angeles' contributions to jazz are often neglected, but in fact there is a long list of great musicians who either come from LA, or who spent at least part of their careers in the LA music scene. Until the 1950's there was a very vibrant jazz scene on south Central Ave., which is attempting a comeback. Among the numerous who came out of the LA music scene are: Dexter Gordon Gerry Mulligan Art Farmer Ornette Coleman Billy Higgins Harold Land Bobby Hutcherson Charlie Hayden Horace Tapscott Buddy Collette Benny Carter Gerald Wilson Teddy Edwards and on and on... You get the point!

 

Date:	08-Aug-2001 02:21:36
From:	Ann
	Seattle-- We have Dimitriou's Jazz Alley where you can go to hear the very best names in jazz. Each week there are people like Roy Hargrove, Dianne Schur, Red Garland, Ray Brown, Lionel Hampton, Terrence Blanchard, & soon, Oscar Peterson. Great atmosphere, great food & great respect for our wonderful artists. Seattle/Tacoma/British Columbia areas all have fantastic local musicians as well.

 

Date:	08-Aug-2001 12:40:37
From:	Andreas
	In addition to the historical significance of LA's jazz scene, there's a plenty of oportunities to hear live jazz. One aspect of LA is that the scene never stands still. The great performance spaces have come and gone, The two places that have drawn nationally recognized talent on a regular basis in the past decade or so are Catalina's in Hollywood and the Jazz Bakery in Culver City. Both are very enjoyable places to check out some great music. For stuff that's more cutting edge you can go to the now reopened Rocco's, which is now in Holywood. Lavele in the S.Fernando valley offers mostly Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova, etc. The World Stage, the late great Billy Higgins' club offers a showcase for local talent. There's a website that lists a lot of the jazz clubs in just about every part of the country and the world: http://www.jazz-clubs-worldwide.com/index.htm

 

Date:	08-Aug-2001 21:42:48
From:	Greg
	Detroit-Ann Arbor area. The live music scene is very good here and there is lots of jazz history from southeastern Michigan

 

Date:	10-Aug-2001 19:06:10
From:	Maxim (anykey@pisem.net)
	I think Kansas City is quite obvious choice because of Count Basie and Charlie Parker.

 

Date:	14-Aug-2001 14:57:22
From:	willie
	If you look at the history of Jazz, you must move New York City to the forefront.

 

Date:	20-Aug-2001 09:30:31
From:	Kiki
	Jazz musicians came/come from Detroit? Like who? Detroit?

 

Date:	20-Aug-2001 14:31:54
From:	Dee Dee (Greatmusicco@aol.com)
	An extraordinary group of jazz musicians honed their brilliance in Detroit, Michigan - also proudly known as Motown and The Motor City Some of the Jazz Greats that came out of this area of Michigan, born or raised in or around Detroit are: Gene Harris (pianist - Battle Creek) The McKinney Cottonpickers Kenny Burrell (Guitar) Abbey Lincoln Geri Allen (pianist) Marcus Belgrave (Trumpet) Rodney Whitaker (bass) Harold McKinney (piano) Art Blakey (Drums) Donald Byrd (trumpet) Betty Carter Ray McKinney (bassist) James Carter (Reeds) George Davidson (drums) Bill Dowdy (drummer with & only living member of the Three Sounds - Battle Creek) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Claude Black (Pianist) Red Calendar (bass) Regina Carter (jazz violinist) Teddy Harris Jr. (piano) Milt Jackson (Vibes) Barbara Morrison Don Mayberry (bass) George Bohannon (trombonist) and so many more .... including me, Dee Dee McNeil who just won the BET Jazz Discovery Nationwide Contest in the vocalist category

 

Date:	21-Aug-2001 13:25:37
From:	James J.
	Isn't Philadelphia just a suburb of New York City? It has its own jazz scene?

 

Date:	21-Aug-2001 16:25:01
From:	Kiki
	Dee Dee - thanks. Wow, what a list!

 

Date:	21-Aug-2001 16:29:37
From:	Hal
	James J: A suburb? Like there's a whole state (New Jersey) between New York and Philadelphia - don't take my word for it, look at a map. And yes, Philly has quite a jazz history, worthy of a book or two, at least.

 

Date:	23-Aug-2001 06:31:48
From:	James J.
	Who's from Philadelphia?

 

Date:	23-Aug-2001 08:25:15
From:	Pamela Jordan (niceonepj@msn.com)
	For you jazz enthusiasts, you should purchase the book called the "JazzKeepers: A Pictorial Tribute and Memoir: Cleveland, Ohio". This excellent book is filled with historical information and rare photographs, and it can be purchased at "Barnes And Noble" or "Amazon.com". As a native Clevelander, I am proud of the contributions Clevelanders have made to jazz. Follow the link to Barnes and Noble: http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=JazzKeepers&userid=4L9EFDC855

 

Date:	23-Aug-2001 09:36:54
From:	Joanna
	So, who's from Cleveland?

 

Date:	23-Aug-2001 14:12:12
From:	me (me)
	philly cats: trane, lee morgan, benny golson, mccoy tyner, odean pope, grover washington jr., the brecker brothers, jimmy smith, sam dockerty, papa john and joey defrancesco,ray bryant, bobby timmons, jymie merritt, richie powell, kenny and jafar barron, jaco pastorius, mike boone, john swana, dave burrell, chris mcbride, jaleel shaw, eddie lang, and im sure this list could keep going on and on

 

Date:	23-Aug-2001 20:04:20
From:	Eddie from Pittsburgh
	Pittsburgh is a great jazz town, just read on down: Art Blakey, Ahmad Jamal, Maxine Sullivan, Billy Eckstine, George Benson, Ray Brown, Al Aarons, Erroll Garner, Roy Eldridge, Earl Hines, Mary Lou Williams, Eddie Safranski, Joe Pass, Joe Harris, Dodo Marmarosa, Kenny Clarke, Paul Chambers, Stanley Turrentine, and Tommy Turrentine (to list a few).

 

Date:	26-Aug-2001 13:20:46
From:	Pam From Cleveland, Ohio
	Clevelanders who have made their contributions to jazz include: Benny Bailey Tadd Dameron Jimmy Scott Joe Lovano Vanessa Rubin Eddie Baccus SR. Eddie Baccus JR. Greg Bandy Willie Smith David Johnson John Fedchock Ernie Krivda Ken Peplowski and many many more....

 

Date:	27-Aug-2001 13:43:49
From:	Barry Fleming (barry@johnnykudos.demon.co.uk)
	I think great jazz is where you happen to be at the time you are listening. Detroit, LA, the Big Apple etc are all very well, but if you are not there, and as I live in UK it's quite an expensive bus ride.... nobody mentioned New Orleans, surely a great place to be pre early twenties, just as Chicago was a place to be a bit later. For myself, London in the fifties took some beating, with blokes like Tubby Hayes, Don Rendell, Ronnie Scott, Stan Tracey, Phil Seamen, Joe Harriott et al all blowing their socks off - and for peanuts by all accounts.... but I was there, and it was marvellous.... and of course I got a lot of the source material second-hand literally and metaphorically, through a couple of good record shops, Dobell's being the principal.

 

Date:	30-Aug-2001 21:18:10
From:	Cory Weeds (cweedsjazz@home.com)
	Vancouver is one of the dark horses of North America as far as jazz is concerned. The scene itself struggles a bit because of a lack of venues but the local players are absolutely amazing. Check out the"Live At The Cellar" comilation CD for a taste the incredible talent in Vancouver. Philly seems to have turned out some heavy musicians to. There is a great young trumpeter there named John Swana

 

Date:	31-Aug-2001 20:50:31
From:	Greg
	Miles Davis made his mid fifties comeback in Detroit, and he also lived here for a while prior to that. That's not to say that he is from here, but the area served him well during his comeback. Also from the Detroit area (Pontiac): Elvin Jones. Didn't Coltrane grow up in Philly?

 

Date:	02-Sep-2001 21:48:42
From:	Ignatz Welk
	The following musicians have been associated with Kansas City & Kansas City band, and a fine list it is: Bennie Moten Walter Page Jo Jones Lester Young Buster Smith Count Basie Buck Clayton Dickie Wells Harry Edison Freddie Green Herschel Evans Andy Kirk Mary Lou Williams Jay McShann Gene Ramey Gus Johnson Charlie Parker Pete Johnson Hot Lips Page

 

Date:	02-Sep-2001 21:51:48
From:	Ignatz
	I meant "with Kansas City & Kansas City bands"

 

Date:	08-Sep-2001 20:32:36
From:	David Stacey (des11@humboldt.edu)
	Kansas City has the first jazz museum in the country, down in the old 12th and Vine section of town. Here are a few more names to associate with KC, some of them not mentioned above: Karryn Allison Kevin Mahagoney Pat Metheney Mike Metheney Sons of Brazil Jay McShann Carmel Jones Jay............. I can't remember his last name!!! He played with Stan Kenton and was with the Bill Chase Band at the time of the fatal crash. He lives in Overland Park now, and still plays a lot around town.

 

Date:	11-Sep-2001 22:25:03
From:	David Stacey (des11@humboldt.edu)
	Sollenberger. His name is Jay Sollenberger. And while we're back at it: isn't Bobby Watson originally from KC? And James Zollar?

 

Date:	24-Oct-2001 15:59:55
From:	Dave Sherman (dsherman772@earthlink.net)
	Check out the Providence RI area. Hal Crook appears at the AS220 every Tuesday night with his group UM. On Monday nights at Bovi's Tavern in East Providence its the John Almark Big Band (except the 1'st Monday of each month its the Duke Belaire Band which has appeared at Bovi's for over 30 years). Also there is Jazz at CAV, Jazz Masters, Capriccio's, and Chan's in Woonsocket (15 minutes from Providence.)