The first 20 of 100 Greatest Vocalist and selected singers from the list are:ġ. Interestingly, there are 15 women in the first 20, and some 60 women in the top 100 vocalists. Whereas men dominates as greatest players of instrument women vocal capability gave them an edge in a male dominated music industry.īehind the three great ladies are great crooners of early times, the velvet voice Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong and the Chairman of the Board Frank Sinatra occupying fourth, fifth and eighth places respectively. Jazz historians consider Parker one of the greatest jazz musicians, along with other pioneers such as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington Jazz critic Scott Yanow endorsed that 'Parker was arguably the greatest saxophonist of all time” and there is a memorial to Charlie Parker at the American Jazz Museum in Kansasīillie Holiday heads the list of six female vocalists ( Sarah Vaughan (#2), Ella Fitzgerald (#3), Nina Simone (#6), Dinah Washington (#7) and Carmen McCrea (#9) as the all-time greatest jazz vocalists. The shortened form 'Bird' remained Parker's nickname for the rest of his life, and inspired titles of many Parker compositions, such as 'Yardbird Suite' and 'Ornithology'. Early in his career Parker acquired the nickname 'Yardbird'. (Aug– March 12, 1955) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer, widely considered one of the greatest and most influential jazz musicians. The all time greatest saxman Charles 'Bird' Parker, Jr. No Jamaican musicians, so far, has made the 100 greatest jazz musician lists so do not expect to see today’s top saxophonists Dean Frazier and Tony Green, pass greats Tommy McCook, Lester Sterling (Skatalites) or the younger, promising players, Phillip ‘Doc” Martin and Tafane in their compilation. Below are their 100 Greatest Trombonist.ġ, Louis Armstrong, 2.

Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, one of the most famous jazz musicians of the 20th century, he was first known as a cornet player, then as a trumpet player, and toward the end of his career he was best known as a vocalist and became one of the most influential jazz singer.ĭigital cites Louis Armstrong not only as the #5 Greatest Singer, the Greatest Jazz Artist of all-times but also to that website voted Satchmo as the Greatest trombonist ever ahead Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie. Offbeat must mention a promising young and upcoming trumpeter Craig Henry. Another illustrious Jamaican trumpeter is the self-taught Mickey Hanson and remember the highly acclaimed Bobby Ellis, then there is the celebrated UK based, septuagenarian Jamaican trumpeter Eddy “Tan Tan” Thornton, and Don Drummonds. Jamaica’s most renowned trumpeter is unquestionably Sonny Bradshaw OD, a bandleader since 1950 who founded the famed Jamaica Big Band.

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