Jazz

[SonofJud]

Hi, I recently discovered a huge resource in my school's music library. I am trying to listen to as much jazz as possible, and was wondering who to check out. I know the most obvious(and probably already own them) but was curious about some TBer's more obscure favorites. I am especially into avant garde and third stream type stuff(big Dolphy fan), feel free to suggest some classical artists as well.
Thanks

[JimK]

Andrew Hill...since you mentioned Dolphy.
Hill's Point Of Departure is a "companion disc" to Dolphy's Out To Lunch.

Classical?
Charles Ives..."The Gong On The Hook & Ladder" sounds like '60s Free Jazz (Ives' piece was composed in 1911).

[Jim Campbell]

anthony braxton,ornette,trane,sonny sharrock,terge rypdal......most ecm stuff.........but i always end up coming back to duke ellington ,mingus,monk,miles...........

[Zombbg4]

Don Ellis had a killer big band that played far out kinda stuff.

[gwx014]

Aaron Parks, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Avishai Cohen, Ben Allison, Dave Douglas.

[RHFusillo]

Andrew Hill is an excellent suggestion. His Blue Note recordings are uniformly excellent. I might also recommend:

Cecil Taylor

Sam Rivers

Jason Moran (young pianist from Houston)

[Jim Campbell]

keith jarrett,roland kirk,sonny rollins,ahmad jamal,paul bley,bill frizzell,its rare but spaces by larry coryell/w john mclaughlin is killer,john mclaughlin's extrapolation,mahavisnu orchestra,shakti,did i mention john mclaughlin,al dimeola,and while its not avant gard dont forget django reinhart,fripp........art tatum........

[pretaanluxis]

check out:

Kimiko Itoh - River of Crystals

Trilok Gurtu - Balahto, Dea, Fes