What's your favorite instrument to listen to....

Tough question, but a good one, Tim. Being a trumpet player, I have usually gravitated to jazz,pop, or rock with some good brass, but as my system improves, I have a craving for so many instruments,piano,vocals,woodwinds,violins,etc. Give me a good jazz quartet with a fairly close-miked piano, a clarinet,a nice set of drums loaded with all the cymbals, and last, but no least, a good vibraphone player,a la " Jazz at the Pawnshop" and I'm in Heaven.

Tim: If I were absolutely forced to choose only one favorite instrument, it would be the guitar -- no, wait a minute, it would be the piano -- no, it would be the guitar... You understand the problem. The other "favorite instrument" in a jazz group is the alto sax -- no, wait, the tenor sax -- or maybe the piano. Damn, I'm sure glad there is more than one kind of musical instrument.

Scott C-

I sympathize w/ Scott, and can't even narrow it down to three, blame it on bass clarinet, baritone sax, cello, and tablas or is it vibes, bass, trombone and bassoon? Gotta' have the guitars and drums too. Oh yeah, and (probably most important) the musicians have to be incredibly talented or at least inspired and discovering something. I guess if you can't have your cake and eat it too, a piano gives you more options than most instruments.