• Who Should I Listen To???

    (this is a very incomplete list, only 10 for each instrument - look these players up on YouTube and find out why they are included on this list)

     

    Flute
    Jean-Pierre Rampal
    James Galway 
    Herbie Mann
    Ian Anderson
    Jasmine Choi
    Robert Dick
    Julius Baker
    Paula Robison
    Emmaneul Pahud
    Jeanne Baxtresser

    Oboe
    Eugene Izotov
    Albrecht Mayer
    Heinz Holliger
    Elaine Douvas
    Richard Woodhams
    Jonathan Kelly
    Maurice Bourgue
    Francois Leleux
    Nicholas Daniel
    Elizabeth Priestly Siffert

    Clarinet
    Benny Goodman
    Artie Shaw
    Richard Stoltzman
    Julian Bliss
    Sabine Meyer
    Eddie Daniels
    Larry Combs
    Martin Fröst
    Sharon Kam
    Stanley Drucker

    Bass Clarinet
    Bob Mintzer
    Louis Sclavis
    Eric Dolphy
    Kathyrn Ladano
    Dennis Smylie
    Michael Lowenstern
    Jason Alder
    Michel Portal
    Rudi Mahall
    John Surman

    Bassoon
    Albrecht Holder
    Klaus Thunemann
    Milan Turkovic
    Gustavo Nunez
    Bill Douglas
    Judith LeClair
    Julie Price
    Asger Svendsen
    Paul Hanson
    Garrett McQueen

    Saxophone
    http://mikekeepe.com/recommended_recordings.php  (A wonderful list of classical players)
         Jazz Saxophone Players:
         Alto
         Charlie Parker
         Johnny Hodges
         Phil Woods
         Cannonball Adderley
         Lee Konitz
         Paul Desmond
         Benny Carter
         David Sanborn
         Kim Richmond
         Ornette Coleman

         Tenor
         John Coltrane
         Sonny Rollins
         Coleman Hawkins
         Lester Young
         Chu Berry
         Ben Webster
         Illinois Jacquet
         Dexter Gordon
         Stan Getz
         Hank Mobley

         Baritone
         Gerry Mulligan
         Harry Carney
         Pepper Adams
         Cecil Payne
         Nick Brignola
         Bob Gordon
         Charles Davis
         Gary Smylyan
         Hamiet Bluiett
         Joe Temperley

    Trumpet
    Wynton Marsalis
    Adolf Herseth
    Alison Balsom
    Harry James
    Miles Davis
    Maurice Andre
    Arturo Sandoval
    Tine Thing Helseth
    Matthias Hofs
    Dizzy Gillespie  

    F Horn
    Hermann Baumann
    Stefan Dohr
    Sarah Willis
    Dale Clevenger
    Dennis Brain
    Barry Tuckwell
    Philip Farkas
    Radovan Vlatkovic
    Alan Civil

    Trombone
    Christian Lindberg
    Joseph Alessi
    Glenn Miller
    Tommy Dorsey
    Jack Teagarden 
    Frank Rosolino 
    Arthur Pryor
    Bill Watrous
    JJ Johnson
    Ian Bousfield
    Jay Friedman
    Douglas Yeo

    Euphonium
    Steven Mead
    Brian Bowman
    Leonard Falcone
    David Childs
    Demondrae Thurman
    Misa Mead
    Earle Louder
    Robert Vos
    Derick Kane

    Tuba
    Jim Self
    Sam Pilafian
    Roger Bobo
    John Fletcher
    Carol Jantsch
    Dene Pokorny
    Charles Daellenbach
    Alan Baer
    Patrick Sheridan
    Yasuhito Sugiyama

    Percussion
    Evelyn Glennie 
    Neal Peart
    Steve Gadd
    Phil Collins
    Alex Acuna
    Buddy Rich
    Gene Krupa
    Vic Firth
    Cindy Blackman
    Martin Grubinger

     

    Violin
    Itzhak Perlman
    Jascha Heifitz
    Davis Oistrakh
    Yehudi Menuhin
    Sarah Chang
    Hilary Hahn
    Isaac Stern
    Joshua Bell
    Anne-Sophie Mutter
    Maxim Vengerov

    Viola
    Paul Hindemith
    William Primrose
    Tabea Zimmermann
    Yuri Bashmet
    Lionel Tertis
    Pinchas Zukerman
    Helen Callus
    Antoine Tamestit
    Kin Kashkashian
    Nobuko Imai

    Cello
    Yo-Yo Ma
    Jacquiline du Pre
    Mstislav Rostropovich
    Pablo Casals
    Julian Lloyd Webber
    Gregor Piatigorsky
    Janos Starker
    Lynn Harrell
    Natalia Gutman
    Mischa Maisky

    Bass
    Esperanza Spalding
    Edgar Meyer
    Gary Karr
    Dave Holland
    Victor Wooten
    Ron Carter
    Ray Brown
    Stanley Clarke
    Jaco Patsorius
    John Patitucci

  • Famous Band Members

    "All-Star” Band Members

    All of these famous people played in band!
     
    Flute
    • Alanis Morrisette, singer
    • George Eastman, founder of Kodak 
    • Halle Berry, actress
    • Celine Dion, singer
    • Calista Flockhart, actress
    • Gwen Stefani, singer
    • John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States
    • Knute Rockne, Legendary Notre Dame Football Coach
    • Alyssa Milano, actress
    • Noah Webster, US Founding Father/writer/publisher (Webster's Dictionary)
    Oboe
    • Chester Pitts, NFL offensive lineman 
    • Julia Roberts, Actress
    Bassoon
    • Sir Edgar Elgar, composer 
    • Rainn Wilson, actor (Dwight from The Office)
    Clarinet
    • Jimmy Kimmel, comedian
    • Eva Longoria, actress
    • Woody Allen, director
    • Gloria Estefan, singer
    • Julia Roberts, actress
    • Alan Greenspan, ex-chairman of the Federal Reserve 
    • Steven Spielberg, director
    • Rainn Wilson, actor (Dwight from The Office)
    • Tony Shaloub , actor ("Monk")
    • Dr. Michael DeBakey, pioneering heart surgeon
    • Robert Reid - NBA Basketball Player (former Houston Rocket)
    • Amy Acuff (US Olympic High Jumper & Model)
    • Joseph Mascolo – actor (Clarinet for the Metropolitan Opera & Stephano Dimera from “Days of Our Lives”)
    Bass Clarinet
    • Zakk Wylde (Guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne)
    Saxophone
    • Jennifer Garner, actress
    • Vince Carter, basketball player
    • Lionel Richie, singer
    • Bill Clinton, 42nd US President
    • Tom Selleck, actor
    • Pamela Anderson, actress
    • Teddy Bruschi, NFL New England Patriots linebacker
    • Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve Chairman (Tenor Sax at Julliard)
    • Roy Williams, NFL Football Player (Detriot Lions)
    • Vince Carter, NBA Star
    • David Robinson, Retired NBA Star (San Antonio Spurs)
    • Fred McMurray, actor
    • Bob Hope. comedian/actor/entertainer
    • Tyler Wright, NHL Hockey Player (Anaheim Ducks) 
    Trumpet
    • Richard Gere, actor
    • Steven Tyler, singer (Aerosmith)
    • Drew Carey, comedian, actor, gameshow host
    • James Woods, actor
    • John Glenn, astronaut, senator
    • Michael Anthony (Bass player for Van Halen and Chickenfoot)
    • Prince Charles of England (future King of England)
    • Montel Williams, talk show host
    • Peter Weller, actor ("Robocop")
    • Steve Earle (Nashville bad boy)
    • Darcy Hordichuk, NHL Hockey Player (Nashville Predators)
    • Shania Twain, singer
    • Flea, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (All-State HS Player in California)
    • Jackie Gleason, actor
    • Eric Lindros, NHL Hockey Player (Dallas Stars Forward)
    • Brandon Routh, actor (Superman Returns)
    French horn
    • Ewan McGregor, actor
    • Vanessa Williams, singer
    • Samuel L. Jackson, actor
    • Otto Graham, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback
    • Henry Cisneros (former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development)
    Trombone
    • Jarrett Bush, NFL Football Player (Green Bay Packers cornerback)
    • Ryan Howard, MLB Baseball Player (Philadelphia Phillies first baseman)
    • Tony Stewart, NASCAR driver
    • Nelly Furtado, singer
    • Bill Engvall, comedian
    • Conrad Janis, actor
    • Jonathan Frakes, actor/director
    • Fred Rogers, a.k.a. "Mr. Rogers" 
    • John Pankow, actor ("Mad About You")
    Baritone/Euphonium
    • Neil Armstrong, Astronaut (first man on the moon)
    Tuba
    • Jarrett Bush, NFL Football Player (Green Bay Packers cornerback)
    • Andy Griffith, actor (The Andy Griffith Show, Mattlock)
    • Aretha Franklin, singer
    • Dan Ackroyd, actor
    • Harry Smith, CBS Morning show host
    • Malik Rose, NBA player
    • Tony Stewart, NASCAR driver
    • Thomas F. Wilson, actor ("Biff" from the Back to the Future)
    Percussion
    • Tommy Lee, musician (drummer for Motley Crue)
    • Dana Carvey, comedian
    • Johnny Carson, talk-show host
    • Trent Reznor, musician (Nine Inch Nails)
    • Mike Piazza, MLB Baseball Player
    • Emeril Lagasse, chef
    • Rosie O'Donnel, comedienne
    • Tipper Gore, Wife of former Vice President Al Gore
    • Ben Folds, Singer/Songwriter
    • Mike Anderson, NFL Football Player
    • Tracy Simien, NFL Football Player
    • Eddie George, retired NFL Football Player
    • Vinnie Paul, musician (Pantera)
    • Andy Schneider, NHL Hockey Player (Pittsburgh Penguins)
    • Walter Payton, NFL Hall of Fame running back (Chicago Bears)
    Other
    • Warren G. Harding,  The 29th president of the United States, organized the Citizen’s Cornet Band. He once remarked that, “I played every instrument but the slide trombone and the E-flat cornet.”
     
    Sources: Pittsburgh Tribune, mandarinband.com, MENC.org, and others