Almost every major jazz instrument has had a group created in what is called Summit format. Though these recording often feature other musicians, the main instrument is focused upon in a celebratory way.
Several of these groups released albums on MPS Records and Moers Music.
The saxophone quartet has since become a somewhat common format, and to a lesser extent the bass clarinet quartet. All-percussion ensembles, acapella groups have remained common and focus upon a single instrument in a similar way.
Overview
- Clarinet Summit
Perry Robinson, Gianluigi Trovesi, Bernd Konrad, Theo Jörgensmann, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Didier Lockwood, Stan Tracey, Eje Thelin, Kai Kanthak, Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Günter Sommer, Aldo Romano. [1] (MPS)
- Saxophone Summit
2008: Joshua Redman, Michael Brecker, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, George Garzone[2]
- Flute Summit
1974: Jeremy Steig, James Moody, Sahib Shihab, Chris Hinze (Atlantic)[3]
- Percussion Summit
1984: Urszula Dudziak, Johnny Dyani, Okay Temiz, Gunter Sommer, Ed Thigpen, John Purcell (Moers Music)[4]
- Vocal Summit
Lauren Newton, Urszula Dudziak, Jeanne Lee, Jay Clayton, Bobby McFerrin
- Trombone Summit
Steve Turre, Slide Hampton, Delfeayo Marsalis, Wycliffe Gordon
- Trombone Workshop
Albert Mangelsdorff, Bill Watrous, Jiggs Whigham, Kai Winding
- Trumpet Summit
Bobby Shew, Allen Vizzutti, Vincent DiMartino together also released albums as Summit Reunion, for Chiaroscuro Records .[5]
- Soprano Summit
Kenny Davern, Dick Hyman, Bucky Pizzarelli, Bob Wilber, Marty Grosz, George Duvivier, Bobby Rosengarden[6]
- Alto Summit
1968: Lee Konitz, Pony Poindexter, Phil Woods and Leo Wright (and pianist Steve Kuhn, bassist Palle Danielsson and drummer Jon Christensen) [7]
1968: Lee Konitz, Leo Wright, Pony Poindexter, [8] (MPS)
1996: Phil Woods, Vincent Herring, Antonio Hart, (with Carl Allen on drums, Anthony Wonsey on piano, and Reuben Rogers on bass) Milestone Records[9]
- Violin Summit
Stephane Grappelli, Stuff Smith, Svend Asmussen (MPS)
- New Violin Summit
Jean-Luc Ponty, Michal Urbaniak, Don "Sugarcane" Harris[10] (MPS)
References
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