If you could get any musicians, dead or alive, and put them together in a band. Who would you choose. To avoid confusion, put the band that the player is in, and you can't have yourself in it either. Also, what kind of music would they play?
Here's an example:

Singer : Kurt Cobain (nirvana)
Backing : James Hetfield (metallica)
Lead guitar : Brian May (queen)
Rhythm Guitar : Chris Shifflet (foo fighters)
Bass Guitar : John Entwistle (the who)
Drums : John Bonnham (led zepellin)
Keyboards : Beethoven

Music: a fusion of classical music and glam rock!

Singer: Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Bassist: Gabriel Nelson (Cake)
Guitarist: Jimi Hendrix (The JH Experience)
Drums: Joey Jordison (Slipknot)
Rhythm Guitar: Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
Keyboard: 2-D (The Gorillaz)
Backup Singer: Henry Rollins (Black Flag)

Yeah man that would be so cool.
 

Jimi + Gorillaz + Slipknot sounds to me like a recipe for disaster... maybe this thread should be more like your x favorite players... not just best but your favorites...

just cuz a person is good and you like them doesn't mean they will work well with the other musicians you like or even if they do, doesn't mean they'll produce good music... sure we can speculate on it... but mixing personalities like this spells trouble. whatever, it's a fun idea... go with it... I'm probably being too much of an uptight nit-picky mofo... Bahhh Humbug!

I'll put my few cents in by throwing a shout out to all the kats I'd like to see at an informal Jam Session where any member can tag-team another member of his instrument and hop in.

Guitar:
John Scofield
Stanley Jordan
Trey Anastasio (Phish)
John Mclaughlin (Mahavishnu)
Carlos Santana
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Jimi Hendrix
Charlie Hunter (Garage A Trois)
Eric Krasno (Soulive)

Keys:
Herbie Hancock
Chick Corea (Return to Forever)
John Medeski (MMW)
Bruce Hornsby (Grateful Dead)
Ramsey Lewis
Jan Hammer (Mahavishnu)
Oscar Peterson
Billy Taylor
Jimmy Smith
Neal Evans (Soulive)

Drums:
Billy Martin (MMW)
Adam Deitch (Lettuce)
Billy Cobham (Mahavishnu)
Stewart Copland (Police)
Ringo (Duh)
John Fishman (Phish)
Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead)

Bass:
Jaco Pastorius
Oteil Burbage
Mike Gordon (Phish)
Victor Wooten (Flecktones)
Les Claypool (Primus)
Charlie Hunter
Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Billy Sheehan (Van Halen)

Vocals:
Joan Osborne
Joni Mitchel
Norah Jones
Any of The Beatles (except Ringo)
Bobby McFerrin
Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon)
Carol King
Aimee Mann
Jeff Buckley
Neil Young
Eddie Vetter (Pearl Jam)
Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)

Other:
Skerik (Saxophone)
The Blues Traveler Guy (Harmonica)
Jake Shimabukuro (Ukulele)

Hey Man, What band was Ringo in?!!! (lol)
Guitar Van Halen, Bass Billy Sheehan, Drums Neil Pert, Vocals Ronnie James Dio

Wow, 8-o You'll need a big stage

and a lot of plugs too!

Lead Guitar : Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) / Carlos Santana
Lead/Rhythm Guitar : Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd) / Ritchie Proudmore (Deep Purple)
Bass : Marcus Miller / Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Drums : Jack Irons (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Vocals : Michael Stipe (R.E.M) / Sting (The Police)
Keyboard : Ray Charles
Trumpet : Robert Miles / Louis Armstrong

Roodies and mediocre musicians : Tom Delonge (Blink 182) and Yannick Noah ! ^^

That's a great melting pot, I don't know what it would make but there are in my opinion the bests in their instruments (excepting the two loosers quoted higher    )

guitar & lead vocal-   Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy)
lead guitar-   Chad Gilbert (New Found Glory)
vocal-   Adam Lazzara (Taking Back Sunday)
piano &vocal- Andrew McMahon (Something Corporate /  Jack’s Mannequin)
bass-   Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy)
drums-   Travis Barker (Blink182)

that's my pick   i'm obviously more modern pop-punk-emo-rock-ish

it was between Adam Lazzara (Taking BAck Sunday), Dan Marsala (StoryOfTheYear) or Jesse Lacey (Brand New) for the second vocal.  if Jesse Lacey would be my second pick.  i couldn't decide.

Jimi Hendrix: Guitar
Miles Davis:Trumpet
Brain(Primus):Drums
Flea:Bass
Mike Patton(Mr. Bungle, Tama Hawk):piano/keyboards
John Coltrane:sax
Jim Morrison:vocals, poetry, drunken rants

Insane funk/fusion.

This has been done before, namely in Miles Davis's "Bitches Brew". But I'll put in my idea of a good time.

John McLaughlin: Electric Guitar
Charles Mingus: Bass Guitar
Herbie Hancock: Keyboards
Wayne Shorter: Saxophone
Jean-Luc Ponty: Electric Violin
Billy Cobham: Drums

And then, halfway through the song, all the parts switch to:

Al DiMeola: Electric Guitar
Ralphe Armstrong: Bass Guitar
Chick Corea: Keyboards
John Coltrane: Saxophone
Jerry Goodman: Electric Violin
Michael Narada Walden: Drums

lead vocals: James Brown + Issac Hayes
Backing vocals: The I Threes (Bob Marley And The Wailers)
Bass: Flea (T.R.H.C.P.)
Lead guitar: Jimmy Page (Led Zepplin)
Backing guitar: Sid Vicous (the sex pistols)
Drums: Carlton Barrette (Bob Marley And The Wailers)
Keyboard: Motzart  (Not Beethoven!!)

Lead Guitar: Angus young (ACDC) or Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)

Rhythm Guitar: John Deacon (Queen) or Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) Also Backup Vocals

Bass Guitar: Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) Also Backup Vocals or Larry Junstrom (Lynard Skynard)

Durms: Jon Bonham (Led Zeppelin) or Keith Moon (The Who)

Lead Vocals: Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones) or Jimmy Morrison (The Doors)

That would be a crockpot full of blues and rock and roll.

OK, OK, so I like LTE.  What can I say?


Vocals:
Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
Chris Cornell (Audioslave)

Guitar:
Joe Satriani (Joe Satriani)
John Petrucci (Dream Theater/Liquid Tension Experiment)

Bass:
David Larue (Steve Morse Band)

Drums:
Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater/Liquid Tension Experiment)

Keys:
Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater/Liquid Tension Experiment)


That right there would be some insane music with some angry vocals.

this'd be like a super-big-electric band of some sort.

David Clayton Thomas, vox
John Scofield, guitar
John McLaughlin, guitar
Jonny Greenwood, guitar
Bruce Cockburn, acoustic guitar
Dave Douglas, trumpet
Miles Davis, trumpet
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet
Kevin Turcotte, trumpet
Steve Grossman, soprano sax
Kenny Garrett, alto sax
Greg Osby, alto sax
Wayne Shorter, tenor sax
Phil Dwyer, tenor sax
Michael Brecker, tenor sax
Ravi Shankar, violin
Herbie Hancock, piano
Brad Mehldau, piano
Dave Holland, bass
John Pattitucci, bass
Brian Blade, drums
Tony Williams, drums

...and they'd play Thad Jones /Mel Lewis and Dave Holland big band stuff. and Radiohead covers.

whee. this is fun.

Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys, LARD) - Vocals
Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day, Pinhead Gunpowder, The Network) - Vocals/Guitar
Jade Puget (AFI) - Guitar
Matt Freeman (Rancid) - Bass
Travis Barker (Blink 182, Box Car Racer, Transplants) - Drums

And they'd do Attention Deficit covers and sound like a mega cool rock n roll outfit