Recommend Some Good Jazz Music [Archive]

iLikeMyiMac

Sep 5, 2004, 03:51 PM

Thanks :)
I just bought Four in One - Thelonious Monk (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=1132408&selectedItemId=1132380) and Eleanor Rigby - Chick Corea (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=20006150&selectedItemId=20006181)

Flowbee

Sep 5, 2004, 04:12 PM

I'm really into Dave Douglas' latest album Strange Liberation (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=5119671&selectedItemId=5119583).

Also, take a look at Ornette Coleman. I'd start with Tomorrow is the Question! (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=2783411&selectedItemId=2783378)

Lastly, don't overlook McCoy Tyner (Coltrane's frequent pianist). Can't go wrong with any track from The Real McCoy (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=1015818&selectedItemId=1015779).

Flowbee

Sep 5, 2004, 04:24 PM

Just found a new release featuring my favorite drummer, Paul Motian, with pianist Enrico Pieranunzi. Doorways (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=16374335&selectedItemId=16374305). More of a 'free-jazz' vibe.

iLikeMyiMac

Sep 5, 2004, 05:22 PM

I bought double excursion 2, doorways, and no waltz for paul from the doorways album.
They're good songs. Thanks for the recommendation.

Loge

Sep 5, 2004, 07:01 PM

Some modern jazz I recommend

Al di Meola - guitar
Keith Jarrett - piano
Jan Garbarek - saxophone
Stan Getz - saxophone
John Surman - saxophone/clarinet
Stanley Clarke - bass guitar

Abstract

Sep 5, 2004, 07:05 PM

I have two Bad Plus albums, and they both kick as$. Not really jazz....well, sort of, but not really. There are jazz elements, but its not something my grandfather listens to. They're a bit loud.

continuum

Sep 6, 2004, 12:59 PM

I've heard some Bad Plus. They're cool. I'm a bass player so I listen to Jaco Pastorius a good bit. His first studio album (self titled) is incredible. There are some rare/hard to find albums out there with him too such as Twins I & II Live from Japan and of course there are the Live in NYC bootlegs. If you can get your hands on the re-release of Joni Mitchell's Shadows and Light album/DVD, you'll probably enjoy that. I have the DVD which I got through Audiophile Imports. They are based out of Maryland and shipped in the DVD for me from Japan. Great customer service and a HUGE jazz collection. So, this DVD has Joni Mitchell singing, Jaco playing bass, Pat Metheny on guitar, Michael Brecker on sax, Lyle Mays on keys and Don Alias on drums. Excellent performance and crazy wacky clothes. It's from the 80s.

Vector

Sep 6, 2004, 01:05 PM

Here are the main Jazz artists that i listen to.

Miles Davis
Charlie Parker
Herbie Hancock
John Coltrane
Thelonious Monk
Cannonball Adderly
Ella Fitzgerald
Nina Simone
Louis Armstrong

continuum

Sep 6, 2004, 01:12 PM

Oh yeah, Dennis Chambers, Lincoln Goines and Mike Stern are a good trio if your into fusion.

wowser

Sep 6, 2004, 08:19 PM

I recently got into listening to the music of Miles Davis and John Coltrane. Can anybody recommend other good artists or songs to listen to?

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue / On The Corner
Stan Getz - Yours and Mine (Live in Glasgow)
Dexter Gordon - Go!
Dave Brubeck - Time Out

Awesome CDs, as like you I have just started getting into jazz

trebblekicked

Sep 11, 2004, 02:01 AM

this thread is a couple of days old, but i wanted to weigh in...

"old" jazz
"time out" is a great album. i think it's brubeck's best.

anything by Nina Simone. "Mississippi Goddamn" is one hell of a tune.

i'm a big fan of Louis Jordan. he's not really jazz, more like the big-band/jazz pop that was floating around in the 40's and 50's, but "azure te" is a solid jazz ballad.

stan getz did some cool stuff (one album i'm fond of is "groovin' high", a live set). same for herbie hancock and the other elder statesmen (charlie parker, john coltrane, miles davis, rosemary clooney, les paul) i'm big on them, too.

some fusion stuff
it's not everyone's cup of tea- the bad variety ends up as background music at jc penney- but there were some really interesting things done with jazz with more diverse arrangements, modern instrumentation and such. good examples:

new york voices
chick corea
the crusaders
larry carlton

throwback
john pizzarelli is one of the few throwback jazz guys i really like. i saw him on the tonight show a few years back, and his chops are jaw dropping. he usually plays with a trio (him on guitar/vocals, a piano and a bass), but he put one album out with a big band ("our love is here to stay"). i think "kisses in the rain" is an incredible document.

cluthz

Sep 17, 2004, 08:54 AM

I recently got Pat Metheny and Charie Haden: Missoiuri Sky.
It's great, soft guitarbased jazz, gets you in a good mood.

I'm also a big fan of Eumir Deodato and jazzfusion like Mahavishnu Orchestra.
There are tons of great jazz out there!
If you're into electronick jazz, listen to Jaga Jazzist!!!!
Heard that Jan Garbarek was mentioned, he's great , ut som of the earlier stuff is a bit avantgarde.. I would recomend to get ssomething from when he played with Bobo Stenson Quartet ex the Wichi-tai-too album.

yellow

Sep 17, 2004, 09:10 AM

Victor Wooten.
Jacko Pastorius.
Herbie Hancock.

cluthz

Sep 17, 2004, 09:35 AM

Who is Victor Wooten?

Jaco is a legend. I liked the Weather Report era best. (Haven't heard much from his later career, before he was killed)

jackieonasses

Sep 17, 2004, 09:41 AM

Who is Victor Wooten?

Jaco is a legend. I liked the Weather Report era best. (Haven't heard much from his later career, before he was killed)
victor has been called the greatest bass player of the century... pick up "a show of hands" his latest solo and you will be awe-struck!!!!

yellow

Sep 17, 2004, 09:43 AM

victor has been called the greatest bass player of the century... pick up "a show of hands" his latest solo and you will be awe-struck!!!!

Darn Skippy!!!

kjgnola

Sep 21, 2004, 03:35 PM

Second the Nina Simone recommendation.

Definately try her double cd 'Sing the Blues & Nuff Said'

jbembe

Sep 22, 2004, 12:20 AM

NOBODY SAID CHARLES MINGUS!?!?

Mingus Ah Um (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=483174&selectedItemId=801545)

First of an album full of great tunes.

I'd also go with Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Sonny Rollins. Anybody heard of Poets of Rythm?

wowser

Sep 24, 2004, 06:25 PM

continuum

Sep 24, 2004, 06:27 PM

Victor Wooten.
Jacko Pastorius.
Herbie Hancock.

There you go!! I've seen Vic with the Flecktones twice. What a great show. Jaco, gotta love him being a bass player myself. And Herbie, who played on Jaco's debut album, is incredible!

continuum

Sep 24, 2004, 06:31 PM

victor has been called the greatest bass player of the century... pick up "a show of hands" his latest solo and you will be awe-struck!!!!

has anyone listened to Vic with Bela and the Flecktones? amazing stuff with the time signature changes and the grooves. i have a video of vic at a bass day show in NYC.. he jams with his brothers and they do a cover of return to forever. it's pretty tight. later, oteil burbridge (aquarium rescue unit, vida blue, allman brothers) comes out and jams on his 6 string bass with them.

Mac Lad

Oct 3, 2004, 11:18 AM

victor has been called the greatest bass player of the century... pick up "a show of hands" his latest solo and you will be awe-struck!!!!

Yes... I tend to agree that Victor Wooten is one of the best jazz/funk bass players out there... Stan Clarke and Marcus Miller are also great. I'm personally a bass player... so I listen to these guys a lot. I like Jaco a lot too....I watched Wooten and his brothers' concert twice, and it was the most entertaining concert I've ever seen. These guys can just jam for hours...After seeing Victor played, I just lost hope on improving my bass skill... he's THAT good.

Anyway, besides Miles Davis, Coltrane, Mingus, Monk, and Parker, I highly recommend a genre of jazz that's not really popular in US, namely acid jazz. Artists like Incognito & N'Dea Davenport are really great...

If you really wanna be open-minded, you should listen to Krakatau. They are a progressive Indonesian band that combine traditional gamelan and upbeat jazz on some of their songs... really really great stuff, IMHO. I can't recommend it highly enough. Of course, some lyrics are in Indonesian... and some are instrumental.....

Enjoy!!!! :D

kwaite2

Oct 10, 2004, 11:56 PM

Jimmy Smith is a great blues/jazz listen. Also, the newly-released Medeski Martin and Wood album "End of the World Party (Just In Case)" is good. I've heard good things about the new Ray Charles release as well.

Mac-Xpert

Oct 11, 2004, 02:54 AM

I like to add:

Oscar Peterson, He is one of the best piano players from the '60s and '70s. I recently purchased a remasterd copy of "Tall" on which he plays with Milt Jackson on vibes.

Im not sure if you can get anything from him in the states but I would also recommend Jesse van Ruller. He is a really good jazz guitarist from the Netherlands. He has played with several famous young jazz musicians like Roy Hargrove, who is one of the best new trumpet players from the states.

wowser

Oct 11, 2004, 08:00 AM

i think Theo Jorgensmann & Eckard Koltermann may also be Dutch, and they are superb musicians

Mac-Xpert

Oct 14, 2004, 03:11 AM

i think Theo Jorgensmann & Eckard Koltermann may also be Dutch, and they are superb musiciansNo, they are german. I didn't know them, but their names "..mann" gave it away. ;) The double "nn" in mann is typical for german names. In dutch there is only "man" or "mans" like in "Erik Vloeimans" who is a dutch jazz trumpet player.

cusp

Oct 14, 2004, 10:45 AM

Cal Tjader----best jazz to design to. I like his version of Gimme Shelter especially.

iLikeMyiMac

Oct 14, 2004, 11:45 AM

Cal Tjader----best jazz to design to. I like his version of Gimme Shelter especially.
I just bought Soul Sauce (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=44233&selectedItemId=44225) by him. Thanks for the recommendation.

bennok

Oct 14, 2004, 10:36 PM

I know you said you've been listening to Coltrane, but really, A Love Supreme. The album is soo incredible.
And yeah, Mingus.

Also, and this goes for everyone who reads this, the book But Beautiful By Geoff Dyer is an amazing book. Fictional, but an extremely imaginative and a really cool look at some great jazz musicians. I could go on, but I hope at least someone takes the suggestion and checks it out.

But Beautiful at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0865475083/qid=1097811007/sr=8-2/ref=pd_csp_2/104-5889974-7343105?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)

chanoc

Oct 16, 2004, 04:48 PM

Check out:

Bebel Gilberto (http://bebelgilberto.com): "The Brazillian Nora Jones"

Helena "Azul" CD (http://www.dym-brasil.com/cd/helena-azul.html): Amazing chilled Jazz/Bossa Nova!

Cibelle (http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=657036-10912-4&Category_Code=bebel): Chilled Jazz

Redboy

Oct 27, 2004, 01:26 PM

If you're a Coltrane fan, check out

Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch

Ornette Coleman is probably my favorite right now, but he's not for everyone.

I recently watched "Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog," which I borrowed from the library. I'd recommend that to most people.

Early Cecil Taylor stuff is pretty cool, too, and a nice intro to more free stuff, and if you follow the line of people he played with and their lines, you'll end up with some cool music - David S. Ware, Susie Ibara, Assif Tsahar, Matthew Shipp, William Parker (I LOVE William Parker!), etc.

Macaddicttt

Oct 28, 2004, 10:43 PM

I'm pretty sure no one has said this yet, but I'll say that you'll really like Wayne Shorter. He's really good. I play tenor sax (as does Wayne Shorter), and I always love playing his stuff. My friend had a book of transcriptions of his solos and everything, and while I could by no means come even close to playing them note-for-note, they were really cool to look at while playing. They gave really good inspiration for solos. Well, now I've sort of gotten off topic. Anyway, check him out. He was in the last great Miles Davis group.

Proteinaceous

Dec 4, 2004, 01:42 PM

victor has been called the greatest bass player of the century... pick up "a show of hands" his latest solo and you will be awe-struck!!!!

I'll second this! He's amazing! I saw him recently with the Flecktones and his bass solo was nothing short of unbelieveable.

For more Victor Wooten try his solo album "A Show of Hands" and/or his stuff with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. The live Bela Fleck album "Live Art" is fantastic.

Proteinaceous

Dec 4, 2004, 02:02 PM

I was in the same boat as you a few years ago and have been slowly discovering some amazing jazz artists. I'm far from an aficionado but here are some suggestions based on my tastes:

Art Blakey (Drums)
Art Tatum (Piano)
Bela Fleck (banjo) and the Flecktones (jazz/bluegrass)
Brad Mehldau (Piano) ("Art of the Trio", "Anything Goes")
Charles Mingus (Upright Bass)
Charlie Hunter (Guitar)
Chick Corea (Piano)
Dave Brubeck (Piano) (I LOVE Brubeck, "Time Out", Live "At Carnegie Hall")
Dexter Gordon (Sax)
Joshua Redman (Sax)
Pat Methany (Guitar)
Stan Getz (Sax)
Thelonious Monk (Piano)
Victor Wooten (Bass)
Weather Report

wowser

Dec 4, 2004, 02:20 PM

Dave Brubeck's 'Time Out' is one of those records that makes you smile all the way through. A decent jazzer, still around is Anthony Braxton (alto sax)

palusami

Dec 5, 2004, 02:41 PM

Dave Brubeck's 'Time Out' is one of those records that makes you smile all the way through.

couldn't agree more. brubeck is a must have for any jazz collection.

also, did anyone mention bud powell? collard greens and black eyed peas is one of my favorites. a night in tunisia is also pretty good.