List your favorite musicians by instrument!

[Yumi_and_Erea]

Basically what is says in the title, make a list of instruments and then add who you think is the best player.
They can be dead or alive, but it might help if you add what band they're from.
Like this:

Guitar: Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendrix Experience).
Bass: Tim Commerford (Rage Against The Machine).
Drums: Dominic Howard (Muse).
Keyboard: Tuomas Hollopainen (Nightwish).
Singer (male): Zac de la Rocha (Rage Against The Machine).
Singer (female): Brody Dalle (The Distillers).
Saxophone: Lou Marini (The Blues Brothers).

 

[Doitpow]

Guitar: Tom morrello (RATM).
Bass: Daron Malakian. Shavo Odajian
Drums: Shavo Odajian John Dolmayan
Keyboard: *slap! NO! ahem...Piano: Serj Tankian (System of a down, the FCC)
Singer (male): Tom Waits.
Singer (female): Regina Spektor.
Saxophone TRUMPIT: Louis Armstrong.

Leave me alone, I'm tired

 

[Yumi_and_Erea]

Just as a heads-up, you don't have to include the saxophone.
Just pick any instrument besides the six basic ones that you think is cool.
Just clearing that up.

 

[Latinidiot]

Guitar: John Petrucci, Dream Theater (has anyone noticed that many good guitarists have a name that starts with a J?)

Bass: FleaRHCP
Drums: Mike Portnoy, Dream THeater
Keyboard: Jordan Rudess, again Dream THeater
Singer (male): Michael Äkerfeldt, Opeth
Singer (female): The crazy woman from Arch Enemy
Saxophone: Don't know Sax players.

Edit: oh right, let's see.

The Violin player from Unexpect.

 

[Latinidiot]

Guitar: Tom morrello (RATM).
Bass: Daron Malakian.

I believe Daron Malakian plays the guitar.

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

Keyboard: Motoi Sakuraba (VG musician for Golden Sun, the Tales of games, and many others)
Guitar: Eric Johnson (from the song Cliffs of Dover)
Singer(male): David Draiman (Disturbed)
Singer(female): Hayley Williams (Paramore) (<- also the hottest one )

 

[lukemdizzle]

keyboard: roger waters (pink floyd)
guitar/vocals: david byrne (talking heads)

 

[Styphax]

This could be one long list.

Drums: Tomas Haake (Meshuggah)
Guitar: Omar Rodriguez Lopez (The Mars Volta)
Bass: Justin Chancellor (Tool)
Vocals: Daniel Gildenlow, Mikael Akerfeldt, Hansi Kursch (Pain of Salvation) (Opeth) (Blind Guardian)
Keyboard: Rick Wakeman (Yes)

 

[Rhayn]

Guitar: Alexi Laiho, Children of Bodom
Bass: Marco Hietala, Nightwish
Drums: Inferno, Behemoth
Keyboard: Tuomas Hollopainen, Nightwish
Singer (male): Roy Khan, Kamelot
Singer (female): Simone Simmons, Epica

Those are just the first that popped into my head. There are many as equally talented as them.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

Guitar: John 5 (Solo and Rob Zombie)
Bass: Cliff Burton (Metallica)
Drums: Joey Jordison (Slipknot)
Keyboard: Janne Wirman (Children of Bodom)
Singer (male): Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity) or Anders Fridén (In Flames)
Singer (female): Tori Amos

 

[zen5887]

Bass: Daron Malakian.
Drums: Shavo Odajian (System of a down).
Saxophone: Louis Armstrong.

I lol'd

Bass: Me (I couldn't choose just one person so I cheated)
Guitar: Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth)
Drums: Questlove or Gavin Harris
Vox: Fiest
Piano: Bill Evans
Turntables: Buck 65

 

[Arcticflame]

Guitar: Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, Kyuss).
Bass: uuuh... Chris Wostelnhome is the only one that comes to mind. (Muse).
Drums: Chris Adler (Lamb of God).
Keyboard: Tim Friedman (The Whitlams).
Singer (male): Serj Tankian (System of a Down).
Singer (female): Björk Guðmundsdóttir (Bjork).
Synth: Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails)
Buchla 200e (Cheating ): Allessandro Cortini (Modwheelmood).

 

[SomeLameStuff]

Singer(female): uhhh... ummm... Hayley Williams (Paramore) Only one I can recall from the top of my head sorry =P

Singer(male): tie between David Draiman (Disturbed) and Chester Bennington (Linkin Park)

Scat Singing: Scatman John

Guitar: Tom Morrello (Rage Against The Machine)

Bass: Les Claypool (Primus)

Drums: Dave Mackintosh (Dragonforce)

Trumpet: Louis Armstrong

 

[nick n stuff]

lead Guitar: either Hendrix or Nuno Bettencourt, it would have to ge a fight to the dea... oh.
Rhythm guitar: Dave Mustaine, good sense of timing and doens't play solos that get Boring, also F*** Metallica. always wanted to do that
Drums: keith moon, the only way you can disagree is if you have no idea who he is
Bass: Mark king or Phil lynott
Keyboards: Don Airey
Vocals: Dio, the dude was in Rainbow before they sucked

 

[aruseusx]

Singer(male): Rob Halford (Judas Priest) he can do a death growl as well as sing really high.
Singer(female): Don't know its harder to get a good female singer than a male so copout answer is Christina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil)
Bass: Dave Ellefson (Megadeth)
Guitar: Muhammed Suicmez (Necrophagist), Marty Friedman or Chris Poland (both Megadeth), or Chuck Schuldiner (Death/Control Denied)
Drums: Inferno (Behemoth)
Keyboard: Michael Pinella (Symphony X)

 

[SpAc3man]

Vocals: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (Makaha Sons of Ni&#699;ihau, Solo) and Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)

Guitar: Jimmy Page (Led Zep)

Bass: Paul Simonon (The Clash)

Drums: Tre Cool (Green Day)

Keyboard: Ray Manzarek (The Doors)

 

[Poketom]

Guitar: Steeve Vai (Steeve Vai).
Bass: Matt Freeman(Rancid).
Drums: Travis Barker (Blink-182).
Keyboard: Sean Lemon (Saving Aimee).
Singer (Male): Godforbid (That Handsome Devil).
Singer (Female): Brody Dalle (The Distillers).

That took much longer than I expected...

 

[Violet 10]

Vocal (Female):Karen O-Yeah yeah yeahs
Vocal (Male):Issac Brock-Modest Mouse
Drums: Brian Chase-Yeah yeah yeahs
Keyboard:Kate Nash
Guitar:Jack White-White Strips
Synthesizer:Ben Goldwasser-MGMT

 

[BonsaiK]

Uh oh music industry guy is here. Get prepared for weirdness.

Singer - male: David Tibet (Current 93)
Singer - female: Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance)
Singer - other: Genesis P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle)
Guitar: Blixa Bargeld (Einsturzende Neubauten)
Bass: Naomi Yang (Damon & Naomi/Galaxie 500)
Drums: Dave Lombardo (Slayer)
Percussion: John Murphy (Death In June, NON, SPK, Max Q, Naevus, etc etc)
Keyboard/piano: Tori Amos
Samples/sequencing: Nic Endo (Alec Empire, Atari Teenage Riot)
Violin: Annabel Lee (Blood Axis)
Double-bass: Kim Nekroman (Nekromantix, Horrorpops)
Trumpet: Andreas Ritter (Forseti)
Saxophone: John Zorn
Theremin: Lydia Kavina