Jazz suggestions?
Been trying iTunes to find some Jazz but am not having much luck. I was hoping some of you guys' could give some suggestions. I don't particularly care for Jazz that is less structured (if that makes any sense). And I definately prefer vocals. Thanks!!
6/25/2008 4:59:09 PM
You can never go wrong with Miles Davis' "Kind Of Blue". Coltrane's "Blue Train", "Giant Steps", and "My Favorite Things" is classic. Kenny Burrell's "Midnight Blue" is a good 'un. If you're looking for more accessible, blues guitar-like stuff, you could check out Larry Carlton's "Last Nite" disc.
Vocals tend to pull the improv out of jazz, so there isn't as much what might be considered "real jazz" with vocals. However, along those lines, Anything by Jon Hendricks, Mel Torme, Ella Fitzgerald, Manhattan Transfer, Cassandra Wilson, etc. works well.
Herbie Hancock did some great jazz/funk in the '70's, including "Headhunters", "Fat Albert Rotunda", "Man-Child", "Mwandishi- The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings", and "Crossings", along with his straight-ahead jazz recordings, such as "Maiden Voyage", or "The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions".
There's a lot of stuff. What type of jazz are you looking for?
6/26/2008 12:33:20 AM
That Asian keyboardist is turning me on!!!
6/26/2008 12:40:31 AM
Must be that Ginseng complex I'm been taking.......
Too much "royal jelly".....
6/26/2008 12:43:42 AM
I agree with Mike Crutcher.
It's a tad vague to say you're interested in listening to some "jazz".
Post-Rag - Art Tatum, Earl Hines, Django Reinhart, Fats Waller
Big Band - Goodman, Dorsey, Miller, Artie Shaw, Chick Webb
Be-Bop - Diz, Miles, Bird, Powell, George Shearing
Cool Jazz - Miles (Again), Bill Evans, Coltrane, Dexter Gordon
Avant-Garde - Ornette Coleman, Coltrane,
Acid Jazz - Jack McDuff, anything from "Bitches Brew", "Sketches of Spain", "Files De Kiliminjaro"
Fusion - Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, Steps Ahead, Mike Stern,
Smooth Jazz - Jeff Lorber, Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, Chris Botti
And about 34,000 others.
But that's the fun part!!!
6/26/2008 11:30:55 AM
John Scofield, Medeski Martin and Wood and Soulive are some personal faves, kinda funky/trippy stuff....
6/26/2008 11:32:21 AM
You know, by latching on with Sco (or him latching on with them), bands like MMW and Soulive have definately etched themselves a spot in the jazz cycle. Very "neo-bop" and accented with the funk/fusion thing (Herbie, Billy Cobham, etc)
6/26/2008 11:41:33 AM
I'll just name some songs. You check em out:
Birdland - Weather Report
a Night In Tunisia - Dizzy Galespie
The Black Messiah part 2 by George Duke
Killer Joe - Quincy Jones
Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock, or Jazz Fourplay
Pleasant Phesant- Billy Cobham
Solitude- Duke Ellington
Song With Orange- Charles Mingus
Goodbye Porkpie Hat- Charles Mingus
Stolen Moments- The Zappa version is my favorite
Tutu- Miles Davis
Chain Reaction - The Crusaders
Wade In The Water - Eva Cassidy
6/26/2008 12:01:20 PM
Cool vid.
Not really sure what I'm looking for to be honest with you. I'm going to be checking out all these suggestions and I'll let you know, hahaha. Thanks guys
6/26/2008 1:39:26 PM
hit up your local used record store. see if you can pick the guy's brain.
for vocals i'd go with "lambert, hendricks, and ross" and "eddie jefferson".
6/26/2008 4:14:50 PM
Whatever you do, avoid Kenny G. like the plague.
6/26/2008 10:24:22 PM
"Whatever you do, avoid Kenny G. like the plague"
Christ Mike, gimme some credit will ya??? hahahahahahaha
6/26/2008 10:31:04 PM
mike,
you might want to try john pizzarelli's "meet the beatles" album. he's the foxwoods guy. "the wonder of it aaaaaaallllllll!!!!"
6/26/2008 11:17:39 PM
Is it Beatles tunes??? I'm gonna get my head ripped off for this one, but, I don't care for 'em.
>>>ducking<<<
6/26/2008 11:27:12 PM
Look up a song called "Cadillac by Gary Willis." The album is called "Bent."
Have a listen to that one. Most people never heard about this song, but it grooves in a large way. Trust me.
"Cadillac by Gary Willis."
Look it up.
6/26/2008 11:34:01 PM
Skunk Funk by the Brecker Brothers is a fuzion classic.
6/26/2008 11:35:43 PM
Yeah, I know, just wanted to put a head's up out there for the newbies. Not only is G's music bad, it's decidedly *not* jazz. Every read Metheny's rant on Kenny G? It's classic:
allaboutjazz.com/articles/arti...
6/27/2008 12:48:11 PM
wow pat metheney has some issues. sure kenny g sucks. but pat metheney is a jelous, pompus jack hole. i dont care for his music at all, even before he let me know how highly evolved it is, and that i must be a moron for not accepting his greatness.
Pat Metheney should join Lowellrocks, he'd do well here.
6/27/2008 1:26:14 PM
I had a Pat Metheney album called New Chautauqua. I used to use it to put me to sleep when I was in strange hotel rooms on the road. It was good for that. Ten minutes into it I'd go out like a light.
6/27/2008 1:33:22 PM
But I'll bet that Kenny G outsells Pat Metheney.
Seriously, both of those guys can play really well, but it's not my cup of tea. Doesn't move me at all.
6/27/2008 1:34:54 PM
kenny g probably out sells him 10-1.
they both bore the everliving sh*t out of me.
but Pat Metheny is so learned.
6/27/2008 1:37:25 PM
This is not a joke.
The TOP selling jazz saxophone players EVER is Kenny G.
I'm sure Kenny can swing if he had to, and he definately has the chops, but he chose a different avenue and made (makes) ALOT of money. That Metheny interview was in bad taste, and I'm sure alot of the 'cats' feel the same way, and I did lose a little respect for him after that article, but purists are purists, and artists are artists.
We only have 12 notes to work with, whether it's jazz, rock, pop, classical, or country. Why is one any better, easier, harder, confusing than the other?
When someone says "I don't like jazz, because I don't understand it." I don't even bother having the conversation, because it's not "jazz" that they don't understand, it's obviously "music" that they don't understand. Music is a language like English, Greek or Urdu. The more you use it, the better you'll be able to converse.
6/27/2008 2:07:21 PM
Urdu?
What's an Urdu? Isn't that a giant bird from Australia they make shoe polish out of?
And Kenny G is a great mathematician also.
6/27/2008 3:26:45 PM
Sorry. I had to.
6/27/2008 3:26:59 PM
for the record i love jazz. just not pat metheney or kenny g.
6/27/2008 3:39:06 PM
but after reading that rant, i am pulling for kenny g to sell a few more platium records.
6/27/2008 3:39:34 PM
You need to do more crossword puzzles Ken!
Urdu is the language of Pakistan I believe.
6/27/2008 3:40:05 PM
They have baby Urdus at the Stoneham zoo.
6/27/2008 3:54:53 PM
I got a new urdu at J. Christopher salon in Urndover.
6/27/2008 3:58:00 PM
Pat Metheney has this Urdu farm in upsate New York.
6/27/2008 4:00:29 PM
Wow. They even named a language and a musical instrument after this bird.
6/27/2008 4:08:09 PM
So Kenny G walks into a bar with an Urdu on his head... and the bartender (who looks amazingly like Pat Metheney) says "You're in the wrong thread."
6/27/2008 4:10:09 PM
Urdus of a feather....
If it looks like an urdu and sounds like an urdu.....
An urdu in hand is worth.............
How is your urdu?
6/27/2008 4:11:06 PM
and a Nightingale Sang In Barkley Square...
6/27/2008 4:13:43 PM
Charlie "Urdu" Parker just doesn't have the same "zip" to it.
6/27/2008 4:17:33 PM
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