PigLick on 7/9/2011 at 02:14
haaha that desolate shore is great, reminds me of my jazz conservatorium days. No ones mentioned Chick Corea and Return to Forever yet, so I will, as its closest to that.
rachel on 7/9/2011 at 08:50
I'm trying to emulate Cannonball Adderley on the sax, I love his attitude and dynamism when playing. When playing with Miles, Coltrane was always the "serious" one, then came Adderley's turn and off we go! :) Just great.
heywood on 7/9/2011 at 12:22
Jazz is so broad. I have quite a bit of it, but still feel like I'm just getting started.
If you like standard / straight ahead jazz, the late 50s and early 60s was pretty much the pinnacle. To start you out, I'll suggest a few standards from around 1960 which give a sampling of the changing styles of the time.
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue (modal jazz)
Dave Brubeck: Time Out (cool jazz + experimentation with odd time signatures)
Thelonius Monk: 5 by Monk by 5 (one of the last classic bebop records)
Bill Evans Trio: Waltz for Debby (impressionism, lyrical interplay)
Going back from then -
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers for hard bop.
For big band / swing era try Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Benny Goodman or Glenn Miller.
For Dixieland, Louis Armstrong.
Ragtime - try Scott Joplin and Art Tatum.
Going forward -
For Bossa Nova try Getz/Gilberto and Vince Guaraldi Trio: Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus
Smooth jazz - Weather Report, Spyro Gyra, Rippingtons, Yellowjackets.
Funky jazz - Herbie Hancock's Head Hunters
For fusion, try Al di Meola's Elegant Gypsy, Return to Forever (Chick Corea), Miles' Bitches Brew, Brand X: Morrocan Roll, maybe even Zappa
Some modern stuff -
Brad Mehldau, as already suggested, except when he's doing pop music covers
Chick Corea and Gary Burton are old guys but still putting out good new stuff
Pat Metheny - specializes in a pastoral/ambient sort of electric guitar sound
Medeski, Martin, and Wood (love these guys, they do a unique sort of funk / fusion)
So many names/styles I could mention, but this is a start.
Ulukai on 7/9/2011 at 17:00
Quote Posted by demagogue
But it's such a huge field, might help if Ulukai was more specific about what he wants...
I've dabbled - for example, own several of Miles Davies' albums - I'm familiar with Charles Mingus, Louis Armstrong and I used to murder Fats Waller (usually, (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LK4tEA0oGc) Alligator Crawl) and Scott Joplin on Piano back when I would play every day.
But yeah, was just after things people have particularly enjoyed really.
Thanks for the suggestions so far, I'll feed back on some of them when I get an hour to myself.
Warren's Spectre on 7/9/2011 at 17:34
If you want something with a bit more of a rock edge then I heartily recommend Soft Machine.
SubJeff on 7/9/2011 at 19:47
I'm a big fan of (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acF8NtEKTWI) Lou Donaldson but it really strays into blues and is very funky. I love some of the crazy solos that break out though, with the switching instruments taking turns to do their thing.
The only modern stuff I'm into is, ahem, (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aue3NrdtzN0) Bohren & Der Club of Gore. Give it time. When the sax comes in you know you're there. The most perfect noir music, but don't listen too much or you'll end up shooting yourself in the head in some blind alley, with only the streets and the rain to not care.
I dig a bit of Ornette Coleman too, and some of it is so like the stuff on the Fast Show I chuckle at it. Sometimes.
Oh, and of course Herby Hancock.
I started liking a lot of this stuff via Blaxploitation tracks, many of which are awesome.
Ulukai on 9/9/2011 at 16:56
Sun Ra I'd never heard of, but that's great.
Quote Posted by demagogue
Can never go wrong with Herbie Hancock...
...If I had to recommend an album for someone getting into jazz, I'd say some Hiromi Uehara
I'm now the proud owner of Herbie's Takin' Off. Looked up some Hiromi and it's kinda different. Some of it almost seems a little too 'poppy' but I've only sampled a few tracks.
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Eight posts in and none of you faggots have mentioned Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" yet?
Dude please, doesn't everyone own that album? (Including me)
Quote Posted by heywood
Getz/Gilberto
Yeeeah! Added to shopping basket.
june gloom on 9/9/2011 at 19:09
Quote Posted by Ulukai
Dude please, doesn't everyone own that album? (Including me)
No, because most people don't have souls or taste.
demagogue on 9/9/2011 at 19:16
It's not a coincidence that global warming has become a problem in the world since Miles & Coletrane passed. The whole world was a few degrees cooler just for them being in it.
