One quiz at a time

[jdaw1]

John Coltrane

No, but a fine guess.

Bix Beiderbecke?

Not in my collection.

Bonus question for JDAW only - If you had 20 CDs and there were 12 tracks on each, how many tracks would that be in total?

Not your question.

[djewesbury]

Miles Davis

[jdaw1]

Miles Davis

Another guess both excellent and incorrect.

Clue: Derek.

[flash_uk]

Fats Waller

[djewesbury]

Fats Waller

Unkind.
I am having trouble with the clue. Perhaps it relates to our Derek; he is Scottish and lives in England, has connections with Edinburgh, Derbyshire and London, is an amateur astronomer, likes Port, likes Pork… none of which leads me to any jazz players. Or maybe Derek is a reference to someone else. Derek and Clive. Derek and the Dominoes.
I'm disregarding the 'clue' until it's actually framed in a useful way.
In the meantime, if performers who have had some connection with be bop / hard bop during their careers constitute 'good answers', I'll say Charlie Parker.

[flash_uk]

Fats Waller

Unkind.

Merely my supposition as to what Julian would find amusing, not my view

[jdaw1]

Fats Waller

Of course. Your question.

I am having trouble with the clue.

Flash didn’t have trouble.

“Just to let you that I paid my alimony, and I ain’t misbehavin’. … I’m saving my love for you.”

[jdaw1]

Merely my supposition as to what Julian would find amusing, not my view

Established fact, acknowledged by man who knows it needs to change. And who is, slowly, changing it.

[flash_uk]

And to continue the Jazz theme, who is my favourite Jazz musician?

[djewesbury]

To answer JDAW, I could have gone as far as Tubby Hayes but any further would have seemed gratuitous.

Tubby Hayes?

[flash_uk]

Tubby Hayes?

No

[jdaw1]

John Surman?

[flash_uk]

John Surman?

Nope. I suppose I'd better start thinking of some hints.

[djewesbury]

Duke Ellington?

[flash_uk]

Not the Duke.

[djewesbury]

Julian wants to guess Charlie Mingus.
Thanks Julian.
Charlie Christian?

[flash_uk]

No and no. Both slightly earlier than my fav.

[jdaw1]

Lou Donaldson?

[djewesbury]

Stanley Turrentine?

[PopulusTremula]

Bleeding Gums Murphy?

[djewesbury]

Bleeding Gums Murphy?

An inspirational hero.
Sun Ra?

[flash_uk]

Lou Donaldson?

No

Stanley Turrentine?

No

Bleeding Gums Murphy?

No

[flash_uk]

My fav is primarily a piano guy.

[djewesbury]

The great Stan Tracey? Seen him at the Bull's Head in Barnes many times..

[flash_uk]

The great Stan Tracey? Seen him at the Bull's Head in Barnes many times..

No. My guy is still breathing.