[Fintan]

Lionel Hampton. Miles Davis. Muddy Waters. Howlin' Wolf. Frank Sinatra. Elvis Presley. Robert Johnson. The list goes on...And add your names.

And all we have left is...nothing.

[freedomson]

Jazz lovers bump

[Mr. Mojo]

And all we have left is...nothing.

Well, we still have, uh,.......

Yeah, I guess you're right. John Lee Hooker was the last of the great bluesmen, and he died last year. A lot of great jazzmen are still around, but no absolute legends (other than perhaps Oscar Petersen....not one of my personal favorites).

Well, we do have Bob Dylan.

[BluesDuke]

Just imagine all the people Hampton can now pick to play with...me, I'd love to hear some snappy duets between the Hamp and Milt Jackson (his only real superior on the vibraphone), with maybe Connie Kay of the Modern Jazz Quartet to percuss anything and everything that could be percussed, perhaps Mr. Ellington to punch out a few short piano chords and runs, maybe Lester Young to kind of nudge his way in with the lyric tenor sax and Johnny Hodges to break out the alto sax...shall we invite Wes Montgomery to strap on his guitar, urge Miles Davis to clip the Harmon mute onto his trumpet, get Jack Teagarden and his trombone and maybe convince him to sing a round of the blues if he can get Satchmo to shaddap for a few choruses...bring in T-Bone Walker for the slinky blues guitar...over here, Ms. Fitzgerald, we need some scat, cat...and perhaps you'd care to bring your soprano sax to the party, Mr. Trane...and yes, bring Messrs. Goodman, (Jimmy) Hamilton and (Russell) Procope (Duke Ellington's best of the reedmen who doubled on clarinets) and his clarinet along for the ride...and, by all means, Messrs. Monk and Tatum, you'll be taking some turns at the piano...?

Right about now, I'm thinking this is the only time I'd even think about wishing I were God. That's some band he can bring himself together...

[BluesDuke]

And all we have left is...nothing.

I wouldn't go that far...not if Diana Krall is working among us...and Horace Silver and Sonny Rollins are still alive and well...