Jon Faddis
USA
Born: 24 July 1953
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Bop
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When Jon Faddis burst on the jazz scene as a teenager, observers were amazed by his technique and his ability to sound like an identical twin of Dizzy Gillespie (whose complex style had never been successfully duplicated before). After a period, he was typecast as a Dizzy imitator but Faddis' remarkable range (hitting higher notes than Gillespie ever could) and the gradual development of his individual sound have helped him overcome the early fault. In fact, Faddis can now also imitate Roy Eldridge and Louis Armstrong quite well, too. Gillespie...
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Influenced by
- Duke Ellington (169)
- Dizzy Gillespie (83)
- Louis Armstrong (73)
- Charlie Parker (58)
Followers
- Bob James (62)
- Michael Brecker (20)
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Performed Songs By
- Steve Turre (5)
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