Jazz Classics
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- mg330
Thought I'd resurrect this thread on account of just buying a turntable last weekend.
There's a group I really love called Colorlist - they're a current jazz group, and their style is probably my favorite type of jazz. Anyone have some recommendations for old or current jazz that's similar to this style?
- Cool - didn't realize that Josh Eustis (Telefon Tel Aviv and Nine Inch Nails) is part of Colorlist.mg33
- try The NecksFax_Benson
- damn, I like that! Thank you.mg33
- they're great live - one of them will pay a few random bars, and they build a 1hr set around it from nothingFax_Benson
- dMullins0
Thanks for all the recommendations so far, my internet is chugging along now, lol.
- Bluejam0
plus check out these blogs
http://orgyinrhythm.blogspot.com…
http://blackclassical.wordpress.…
- CyBrain0
Did anyone mention the man who set the first cornerstone: Louie Armstrong?
- desmo0
listen to anything by grant green or wes montgomery. great jazz guitar
- harlequino0
Louis Armstrong didn't set the first cornerstone at all. A genius and pioneer, yes. But he wouldn't have been what he became without the mentorship of King Oliver, as well as Freddie Keppard and Buddy Bolden. Those three guys in particular shaped the music from dixie and rag into the more recognizable blues and jazz that Armstrong pushed forward.
- Yeah, you're right. Louis was very innovative after those people.CyBrain
- dMullins0
Found a nice thread at 4chanarchive, lol.
Be ware, like I said, it's 4chanarchive -- http://4chanarchive.org/brchive/…
- pango0
i only know dave brubeck
- felizfeliz0
herbie hancock:
- RudyRudy0
Same here, listening to jazz most of the time.
Here are some classic albums I really like and would recommend to anyone:
Bill Evans Trio - Waltz For Debby (1961) {Analogue Productions}
Bill Evans Trio - Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958) {2007 Keepnews Collection}
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (JVC XRCD)
Thelonious Monk - Live At Monterey Vol. 1 and 2 (MFSL)
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Great Reunion (MFSL 514)
John Coltrane - Blue Train (MFSL)
Duke Ellington - Jazz Party In Stereo (MFSL UDCD719)- Posted albums as they are in my music folder, sorry for the labels and catalog numbers.RudyRudy
- felizfeliz0
and not forgetting this master piece of cool, with it's super awsome video of 70's NY:
and of course:
some quite 'modern' synth playing in that version.
- felizfeliz0
the perfect sunny city saturday music:
- harlequino0
Old school hard bop:
Studied with Jackie for a while. Great player, and he was a real advocate for bringing together jazz and classical musicians to learn from one another. We had a long conversation about Stravinsky once in his office. Was sad when he died a couple years ago.
Some new school:
Went to college with Jimmy. Helluva horn player and the nicest guy on the planet.
- BaskerviIle0
I was going to write all the albums here but, I've just put a whole bunch onto a collaborative Spotify playlist, so far it's just some really famous 'must own' albums that I love, but feel free everyone to add to it:
http://open.spotify.com/user/jos…
so far:
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue, Miles Smiles, In a silent way
Coltrane: Giant Steps, A love supreme
Thelonius Monk quartet with john coltrane at carnegie hall
Bill Evans: Waltz for Debby, Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Chick Corea: Now he sings, now he sobs
Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out
Herbie Hancock: Cantaloupe Island, and headhunters stuff but it's not on spotify
Pat Metheny: Bright Size Life
Keith Jarrett: Köln Concert
McCoy Tyner: The real McCoy
Thelonius Monk: Rhythm-A-Ning, Monk's Dream
Wayne Shorter: Speak No EvilThat list is limited by spotify's catalogue, I've kept it pretty old school for now, since a lot of those guys are required listening, but literally 100s more guys I'd recommend, lots of older guys (parker, gillespie, mingus) and even more newer guys.
just everyone keep adding, I feel like some new jazz to listen to
- Thanks, this is what I was really looking for -- a sort of definitive best-of.dMullins
- utopian0
- Great cover design tooItalianStallion
- I bet this is awesome.CyBrainX