Face McDougal Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I searched for a thread, a jazz thread, there are none. I listen to most genres of music at least to a certain degree, and while I might not listen to jazz as much as I do more contemporary stuff, I have a real appreciation for certain artists and the genre in general. I really dig Miles Davis, I really dig Eric Dolphy (a great saxaphone player), and I've just recently found an artist whose music is the best in the genre within my limited palate... Charles Mingus. His discography has been rotting in my computer for over a year without much play, but in the past week it's all I've been listening to. The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady album is f*cking incredible. If you're open to jazz at any degree the possibility of you disliking the above rests in a very slim margin if you listen to it. At any rate, let the discussion begin (unless none of you like jazz... in which case I wont mind seeing this topic float away unmarked). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oblivionz Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I've been listening to a bit of Louis Armstrong lately, and I discovered an overdub of Radiohead and Louis Armstrong a few months back that I really enjoy. Although that isn't really jazz, Louis Armstrong warrants it enough I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blind Joe Death Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I haven't gone very far outside of the highly acclaimed jazz musicians circle. Miles Davis and John Coltrane being the obvious two, along with Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock, Sun Ra and Frank Zappa. All great music. I'll be looking out for Jazz musician mentions in here for me to check out, personal recommendations would be appreciated also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullet_Chris Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I like jazz but I dont really listen to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canoxa Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I like jazz but I dont really listen to it. That made no sense. I love jazz. I've been listening to it for the past years now and I've started studying it about a year and a half ago. Favourites are way too many to bother to list. I'd like to back up the praise to Charles Mingus, perhaps the greatest composer in jazz history, Miles, hailed as the greatest thinker and Dolphy for being awesome. Well, taking up this combo composer/thinker/awesome sax player, we spawn one of my favourites, Wayne Shorter. The man had more than 30 straight years of heightened creativity, both composing and playing in every imaginable genre within jazz. Unlike Coltrane, I can listen to any period of Shorter. That overdub, just like Kenny G's, is just plain weird. Does anyone listen to straight ahead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullet_Chris Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I meant that jazz is a good genre but I'm more focused on Electronic music.I did like the jazz in Mafia and other games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastGentleman24 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Just.... Just shut up, Bullet, okay? I think that'd be the best thing for all of us. Anyway, I really like Duke Ellington. His pieces can range from a happy, get movin' type tune, to somber, more moody song. He is a very versatile artist. John Coltrane's okay, albeit a bit overrated, but I think I like Miles Davis over him any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Face McDougal Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 The hottest jazz artist alive, Hiromi Uehara... I'd like to give her the sausage right on top of that grand piano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciabatta Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Amazing. With a line-up that included jazz greats like Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, and Kenny Dorham, you can't beat it. Just get the album, "Moanin'" and I guarantee you, you will be hooked. The Dave Brubeck Quartet and Ornette Coleman are amazing too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John The Grudge Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 (edited) I can really dig Jazz music. I just don't know all the names. It's more Nu-Jazz but I really like Jazztronik. I mainly listen to Jazz via podcasts. Edited July 6, 2009 by John The Grudge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canoxa Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Nu Jazz or Acid Jazz can be nice to relax for a bit, those times when I simply can't think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Ah, JAZZ... All That Jazz, Roy Schieder Well, I call New Age music the Modern Jazz... and I took a liking to it with George Winston, then Alex DeGrassi as well as William Ackerman and Liz Story, the list goes on. Good stuff, even from Starship guitarist Craig Chiquico. Worth mentioning even Neal Schon dabbled in guitar only Fusion jazz, as I recall I had been listening to radio broadcast on one of my Walkmans, scanning the dial and happened on electric guitar jazz, bass and drums... After that song concluded the DJ announced it as a 1967 or so recording of Wes Montgomery (IIRC again), I'd heard of him, don't know much other then what I heard seemed a HELL of a lot newer then the 60s, presentation and sound wise. He died in the 60s, not long after, again, I'm recalling the broadcast without any online research but I was impressed and enjoyed it too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciabatta Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Wes Montgomery is a jazz guitarist, some of his work reminds me of some Django Reinhardt. I found this little gem while trying to search for more stuff to add to my growing jazz collection. It's a piece by Bobby Hutcherson from his San Francisco album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canoxa Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Well, I call New Age music the Modern Jazz... f*ck no. Just... no. Wes was a great guitarist. Master of the groove, unparalleled in hard bop. Perhaps as influential as Django; I mean, his influence is felt everywhere today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panz Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 All I play on bass these days is jazz. The amount of improv you can do over simple jazz songs is crazy. I've been working a lot with the classic Miles Davis stuff lately, but I'll probably move on from him and to someone new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Well, I call New Age music the Modern Jazz... f*ck no. Just... no. Wes was a great guitarist. Master of the groove, unparalleled in hard bop. Perhaps as influential as Django; I mean, his influence is felt everywhere today. New Age is found in Jazz sections of stores, you know. Agree about Wes at least. Good stuff. I got hooked with the Windham Hill videos where nature scenes paired with the artists' music, and we're talking EARLY 1980s here, or up to the late 1980s. When the label formed they put out themed videos as well and they were fantastic as I recall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canoxa Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 New Age is found in Jazz sections of stores, you know. Ah, then, it must be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 It is, Instrumental as well as jazz and so is Fusion. It don't NEED TO BE OLD to be jazz, boy! haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The New Pollution Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I'm yet to find a jazz/fusion album that gives me nearly as much joy with each listen as this does: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciabatta Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Afrobeat but Afrobeat is basically an off-shoot of funk/jazz fusion. Great stuff for being recent. Jay-Z sampled this it seems almost after it came out in 2008 when he put it on his American Gangster album. If you want to know the future jazz, Leon Michels is one arranger you have to check out. His projects include Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings as well as his own band known as El Michel's Affair who have recently made a Wu-Tang tribute album which basically plays the instrumentals from various Wu-Tang hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The New Pollution Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Speaking of afrobeat, here's some wonderful Fela Kuti for those yet to be introduced to his brilliant music: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Face McDougal Posted July 22, 2009 Author Share Posted July 22, 2009 I'm yet to find a jazz/fusion album that gives me nearly as much joy with each listen as this does: Agreed. Bitch's Brew, its successor, was a pretty darn good album, but I'd give the edge to In A Silent Way any day. Very good sh*t. I especially enjoyed the drums and its interaction with the band. At New Pollution, you should check out Fela Kuti's album Expensive Sh*t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciabatta Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 (edited) Expensive Sh*t is brilliant. Two songs that do so much for Afrobeat. I got this collection of stuff from his Los Angeles sessions in '69, really great stuff. If you really want to check out some great funk/jazz fusion stuff, Gil Scott-Heron is amazing. He is a poet but a great singer and musician. I think his greatest contribution to music is his Winter in America album which features the break-out song, The Bottle. Edited July 22, 2009 by Ciabatta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canoxa Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Gil Scott-Heron is quite awesome indeed. Does anyone around here dig Sun Ra? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Face McDougal Posted July 22, 2009 Author Share Posted July 22, 2009 Gil Scott-Heron is quite awesome indeed. Does anyone around here dig Sun Ra? That short film Space is the Place is out there... now I'm listening to "Calling Planet Earth", good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciabatta Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 (edited) You should look up a song called Moonship Journey off of the album Cosmos. The Mystery of Two is great stuff too. Sun Ra was truly on another planet but his music was made for us to understand. edit: Cosmos used to be a rarity as I only had it on vinyl and could not find it in digital format at all. It is currently on iTunes for $6.93. I heavily recommend it for any jazz fans' album collection. Edited July 22, 2009 by Ciabatta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Pink Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Love these Jazzy numbers. ＲＵＢＢΣＲ░Ｊ♢ＨＮＮＹ （スオッ） Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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