Summit (groups)


The Summit format is used in jazz to bring together performers on a particular musical instrument. Though these recording often feature other musicians, the main instrument is focused upon in a celebratory way.
The :Category:Saxophone quartets|saxophone quartet has since become a somewhat common format, and to a lesser extent the bass clarinet quartet. Additionally, all-percussion ensembles and a cappella groups are common and focus upon a single instrument in a similar way.
German MPS Records produced several albums of this type, including New Violin Summit, Alto Summit, Vibes Summit, The Gypsy Jazz Violin Summit, The String Summit, Trombone Summit and
You Better Fly Away by Clarinet Summit.

Clarinet

Saxophones

;Saxophone Summit
2008: Joshua Redman, Michael Brecker, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, George Garzone
;Soprano Summit
Kenny Davern, Dick Hyman, Bucky Pizzarelli, Bob Wilber, Marty Grosz, George Duvivier, Bobby Rosengarden
;Alto Summit
1968: Alto Summit by Lee Konitz, Pony Poindexter, Phil Woods and Leo Wright
1996: Phil Woods, Vincent Herring, Antonio Hart,
;Baritone
Baritone Madness is a 1978 album from saxophonist Nick Brignola, featuring Pepper Adams, Ted Curson, Derek Smith, Dave Holland, Roy Haynes.

Flute

;Flute Summit
1974: Jeremy Steig, James Moody, Sahib Shihab, Chris Hinze

Percussion

;Percussion Summit
1984: Urszula Dudziak, Johnny Dyani, Okay Temiz, Gunter Sommer, Ed Thigpen, Mariusz Maurycy, John Purcell

Vocal

;Vocal Summit
Lauren Newton, Urszula Dudziak, Jeanne Lee, Jay Clayton, Bobby McFerrin, Bob Stoloff

Trombone

;Trombone Summit
1980: Albert Mangelsdorff, Bill Watrous, Jiggs Whigham, Kai Winding
;Trombone Workshop
1980: Albert Mangelsdorff, Bill Watrous, Jiggs Whigham, Kai Winding, with Allan Ganley, Horace Parlan, Mads Vinding

Trumpet

;Trumpet Summit
Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry and Freddie Hubbard recorded in 1980 an album called The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4, also featuring Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Ray Brown and Bobby Durham. Outtakes from this session were released on The Alternate Blues. Both albums were produced by Norman Granz and published by Pablo Records. Gillespie, Terry, Peterson and Durham previously recorded a live album at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival called Oscar Peterson Jam - Montreux '77, which featured Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Bobby Shew, Allen Vizzutti, Vincent DiMartino together also released albums as Summit Reunion .

Vibes

;Vibes Summit
1978: Dave Friedman, Karl Berger, Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Tom Van Der Geld

Violin

;Jazz Violin Session
1963: Svend Asmussen, Stéphane Grappelli, Ray Nance
;Violin Summit
1966: Svend Asmussen, Stéphane Grappelli, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stuff Smith
;New Violin Summit
1971: Don "Sugarcane" Harris, Jean-Luc Ponty, Nipso Brantner, Michal Urbaniak
;Texas Jam Session Featuring Four World Champion Fiddlers
1977: Benny Thomasson, Terry Morris, James Chancellor, Mark O'Connor
;Gipsy Jazz Violin Summit
1979: Nipso Brantner, Zipflo Reinhardt, Shmitto Kling, Hannes Beckmann
;Fiddle Fever
1984: Matt Glaser, Evan Stover, Jay Ungar
;Jazz Violin Celebration
1985: Matt Glaser, Mike Marshall, David Balakrishnan, Darol Anger
;Rhythm and Blu
1986: Michal Urbaniak, John Blake, Didier Lockwood
;Fiddlers 4
2002: Michael Doucet, Bruce Molsky, Darol Anger
;Celtic Fiddle Festival
Kevin Burke, Christian Lemaitre, Johnny Cunningham
Kevin Burke, Christian Lemaitre, André Brunet,

Other instruments

;Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza
1999: Sam Bush, David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Jesse McReynolds, Bobby Osborne, Ricky Skaggs, Frank Wakefield, Buck White
;The Great Dobro Sessions
1994: Mike Auldridge, Curtis Burch, Jerry Douglas, Josh Graves, Rob Ickes, Bashful Brother Oswald, Stacy Phillips, Tut Taylor, Sally Van Meter, Gene Wooten
;Rounder Banjo Extravaganza Live
1992: Tom Adams, Tony Furtado, Tony Trischka