Here is an interesting artist that's new to me, and I wanted to share his music.

AAUGH !!!!!!!!!!!    Not THE FROGMAN !  Just when we thought it was safe to talk about jazz.   AAUGH !!!!

As usual you people are not thinking about it the right way.   The question was the most important instrument in Jazz.   Not in it's development or it's history.   I took that to mean most important TODAY.

If I were to say, we can have Jazz, but you can only have one instrument to play it on.  Human voice not counted.   Which instrument would that be?

Listening to Trane, Bird, or Miles,  playing solo would be cruel and unusual.   After a while. :)

The most important does not mean the most popular.

Cheers

Gee, thanks for the warm welcome; and don’t worry....

**** Listening to Trane, Bird, or Miles, playing solo would be cruel and unusual. ****

For you. That explains much.

Enjoy.  Cruel and unusual punishment? :

https://youtu.be/qPCBqSy3lwk

Your clip makes my point.   Thanks.

Cheers

More important than the instrument is the musician playing it. When any new musician comes along on any instrument, and he's good enough to be compared to all the greats before him, he's good.

While I heard of "Gregory Porter", since male vocalist wasn't a niche in my collection that I was trying to fill, I didn't pay much attention; and besides, how could somebody who dressed like that sing? What possessed him to wear that hat, it was a mistake; I just knew that the next time I saw him, he would have corrected it.

Well, the next time I saw him, he still had on that goofy looking hat. Hat or no hat, it's time to listen and hear whether or not he can sing. This guy can sing, when I compare him to all the great male vocalists that went before him, he compares to the best.


          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFsChbwsbmo


I like this, but no matter what he sings, he sounds good; you can hear his mastery of music, and know that he has a lot of formal education.

He has a good voice, but you are correct, that hat has to go.
My favorite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBt9DQJOO-4

Cheers

btw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnshBIuu97Q