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Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Benny Golson, Herbie Hancock (a little younger), Chick Corea (noted Scientologist), just to name a few off the top of my head. All of them are still playing fairly regularly, too.
Don't forget Roy Haynes
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I am trying to think of who is left of Jazz's "Golden Age" of the late 50s and early 60s that is still with us? I grew up knowing my Grandfather was a Jazz Band Leader in NYC (He only had one recording and the last copy got destroyed decades before) and sadly he died when I was 7 so I didn't get to grow up to listen to his stories except through my mom and grandmother. He hated Charlie Parker and Billy Holiday, I thi…
Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Benny Golson, Herbie Hancock (a little younger), Chick Corea (noted Scientologist), just to name a few off the top of my head. All of them are still playing fairly regularly, too.
Put this on in the background: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbt9DDolcag