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Anyone like jazz?
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I listen to Jazz when I do my hw... It really helps me concintrate or calm down... I love it.
I found some old Kenny G Cd's so thats what I have been listening to lately... but Miles Davis is the norm.
I found some old Kenny G Cd's so thats what I have been listening to lately... but Miles Davis is the norm.
joe passalaqua, or joe pass (stage name)
coltrane
charlie parker
branford marsalis
some more traditional george benson stuff
but not so much kenny g, ragtime, or light (yuppie) jazz for me...but just about everybody in the jazz world will have something i like though so i try to keep an open mind and see what happens
coltrane
charlie parker
branford marsalis
some more traditional george benson stuff
but not so much kenny g, ragtime, or light (yuppie) jazz for me...but just about everybody in the jazz world will have something i like though so i try to keep an open mind and see what happens
always amusing to me to listen to people talk about jazz... something... not sure how to phrase it... stuck up? elitest? not sure... about how people describe jazz to other people...
let me try to explain...
if someone likes a rock and roll band- they say: "man, they're great"
if someone likes a jazz artist- they say: "you have to reflect and understand the under/overtones, you can't appreciate it fully until you understand this other guy, etc."
don't get me wrong, i enjoy jazz and blues, spends lots of time in the few clubs here in dc that specialize in it...
just cracks me up to hear people talk about it
thanks for the suggestions of new artists though
let me try to explain...
if someone likes a rock and roll band- they say: "man, they're great"
if someone likes a jazz artist- they say: "you have to reflect and understand the under/overtones, you can't appreciate it fully until you understand this other guy, etc."
don't get me wrong, i enjoy jazz and blues, spends lots of time in the few clubs here in dc that specialize in it...
just cracks me up to hear people talk about it
thanks for the suggestions of new artists though
Time to get busy...yenko said:Like wine, you have to taste it. It's good if you like it, bad if you don't.
Check out some clubs in your area and take a listen. You seem to know what you like to hear.
Go to iTunes music store and sample some. You're bound to find something you'll like.
:highlight off of macrumors->drag->drop->visit iTMS:
Thanks guys
Miles davis,
Thelonous Monk
louis armstrong
Dave bruebeck
herbie hancock
and for something really good but still modern
check Medeski Martin and wood. They're awesome
and unrelated. check My morning Jacket. They're awesome too!
Thelonous Monk
louis armstrong
Dave bruebeck
herbie hancock
and for something really good but still modern
check Medeski Martin and wood. They're awesome
and unrelated. check My morning Jacket. They're awesome too!
As someone who has fallen in love with Jazz only recently (I used to be mostly into indie rock, brit-pop and psychedelic music), my advice would be to start with the less "crazy" stuff first. For example I would stay away from Charles Mingus for now!
You also need to find out what kind of jazz is your thing: the more traditional one (try some Duke Ellington) or the more "creative" one (start with Miles Davis' very popular "Kind of Blue", then move on to Coltrane). Do you like vocals (Nina Simone, Billie Holiday)? How about some cool piano (Thelonious Monk)?
Also, beware that some Jazz artists have changed their style big time through the years. Miles Davis in the late 50s or early 60s was very different from his late 60s or 70s output, when he turned to (or even invented?) jazz-rock, which personally I don't like. Herbie Hancock's late 60s stuff (which I adore) is very different from his mega-hit Rock It (early 80s "synth-hip hop").
Hope this helps! Let us know about your discoveries!
You also need to find out what kind of jazz is your thing: the more traditional one (try some Duke Ellington) or the more "creative" one (start with Miles Davis' very popular "Kind of Blue", then move on to Coltrane). Do you like vocals (Nina Simone, Billie Holiday)? How about some cool piano (Thelonious Monk)?
Also, beware that some Jazz artists have changed their style big time through the years. Miles Davis in the late 50s or early 60s was very different from his late 60s or 70s output, when he turned to (or even invented?) jazz-rock, which personally I don't like. Herbie Hancock's late 60s stuff (which I adore) is very different from his mega-hit Rock It (early 80s "synth-hip hop").
Hope this helps! Let us know about your discoveries!
mashinhead said:
MMW is damn good, but I have a hard time dropping them into a Jazz bucket. Before I left Atlanta, I went to several concerts of theirs. Awesome, amazing stuff. Damn, I have to see them again live at some point. When I was heavily into eTree ftp concert trading, I probably built a collection of over 100 concerts from them that were recorded off the sound boards, etc. Really great stuff. They are very friendly to the trading community and allowing people to tape their concerts.
slimflem said:You saved yourself by throwing Miles in there at the end. You almost got a beating for even mentioning Kenny G.
Kenny G is to Jazz as McDonalds is to food. Sorry I couldn't help it..
slimflem said:You saved yourself by throwing Miles in there at the end. You almost got a beating for even mentioning Kenny G.
lol! i no... i no... its some of my parents stuff... I prefer Miles.
Lacero said:
Dood, what you sayin'? Is Norah Jones jazz then?
xsedrinam said:
Yeah, but it doesn't sound like Jazz to me. It just doesn't. I'm not a jazz guy myself (not at all), so I really have no idea. However, that new John Mayer album isn't very "jazz-y" to me, from what I imagine jazz to be. It doesn't sound much different to Mayer's other music.
Anyone else listen to The Bad Plus? I have 2 of their albums, and they're the only (faux) jazz albums I own. How "real" they are.....I dunno.
I haven't read all the suggestions here, but I'd say that you can't go wrong with anything from the Tzadik label: http://www.tzadik.com/ This is John Zorn's label. Definitely not the kind of thing you hear in coffee shops though. Anyway, who cares, you don't want to be a starbucks clone..
Well it all depends how you wish to "get into it". Do you play any instaments? Guitar doesn't count if you can't read music. I myself play trumpet and can recogmend a couple good jazz (rather all around) jazz trumpet players: Maynard Ferguson-If you haven't heard this guy, go spend some itunes money, it is good suff
Chuck Mangione-Not exactly trumpet, but a sort of bass trumpet (forgotten actual name, someone plz help) and he is quite good.
At this point (i don't know how old you are) if you cannot play and instament, you prolly won't ever be able to get into it enough to be performance good.
Chuck Mangione-Not exactly trumpet, but a sort of bass trumpet (forgotten actual name, someone plz help) and he is quite good.
At this point (i don't know how old you are) if you cannot play and instament, you prolly won't ever be able to get into it enough to be performance good.
pivo6 said:
OMG THANK YOU. It slips my mind because you don't really use it much in regular wind band and or marching band. I have played one though and it doesn't really sound that different from trumpet at first, but the more you play the more it sounds different. Conceptually, it is the same style and method of playing, but the intrament feels much diffrent in the hand and is a joy to play. High notes don't have the same tamber as on the trumpet, but screaming on it just isn't the same. My loyalties lie with the trumpet and more or less the entire brass section.
GO BRASS!!! I used comic sans there just make some ppl mad because i could
Jumpin' Jahoosafix! A thread ressurection!
I'm one of those people who Jazz lovers make fun of...I love jazz music, and consider myself a rising Jazz musician...but I really know almost no jazz. Ask me about Jazz artists, and I'll give you the basics: Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Joseph Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius, et cetera...In other words, I don't listen to a lot of Jazz, but I do love it. There is nothing I love more than jazz music, and I wish I had more to listen to (I do listen to quite a bit, even if I can't name a lot of artists). My favourite jazz musician is of course, though, Jaco Pastorius. I'm a bass player, so it's probably obvious But I love Jaco's music. So pure, so innovative, so...amazing. Jazz in general is wonderful, though. It's a wonderful artform, and playing it feels like the greatest thing to me. One of my favourite things to do is listen to like 20 different versions of the same song (or however many I can), just to hear the differences in the style, and more particularly, the improvise solos. Man!
Some of my favourites include:
Duke Ellington, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, Jaco Pastorius, Joseph Zawinul, Stanley Clarke, Tower of Power (If Jazz/Funk can be considered for this thread), Miles Davis, Weather Report, Charlie Parker, and so many more.
I'm one of those people who Jazz lovers make fun of...I love jazz music, and consider myself a rising Jazz musician...but I really know almost no jazz. Ask me about Jazz artists, and I'll give you the basics: Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Joseph Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius, et cetera...In other words, I don't listen to a lot of Jazz, but I do love it. There is nothing I love more than jazz music, and I wish I had more to listen to (I do listen to quite a bit, even if I can't name a lot of artists). My favourite jazz musician is of course, though, Jaco Pastorius. I'm a bass player, so it's probably obvious
But I love Jaco's music. So pure, so innovative, so...amazing. Jazz in general is wonderful, though. It's a wonderful artform, and playing it feels like the greatest thing to me. One of my favourite things to do is listen to like 20 different versions of the same song (or however many I can), just to hear the differences in the style, and more particularly, the improvise solos. Man!Some of my favourites include:
Duke Ellington, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, Jaco Pastorius, Joseph Zawinul, Stanley Clarke, Tower of Power (If Jazz/Funk can be considered for this thread), Miles Davis, Weather Report, Charlie Parker, and so many more.