Jazz anyone?

[Jackal Iscariot]

Im after some crazy unpredictable jazz, Im talking like.. intro song of Cowboy Bebop wild. An orgie of trumpets and sax, yeah, that would be nice.. :jackal

[Dr. Boskov Krevorkian]

I need some straight laced, upbeat Big Band Jazz.

Like, Super Buck II by Estradasphere, jazz, just fun, upbeat and complex jazz.

:3

[Bad Milk]

guys i havent met anyone who worships jazz in the forum yet, which is wrong TERRIBLY wrong! use this thread to talk about all the greats lousi armstrong, miles davis, trane, mingus, dolphy and dave burbeck, and my personal goddess Norah jones. Tlak about your fav tracks and such. you all now the drill :) .

Personally my fav (and first) jazz track which defines the whole genre for me is dave burbeck's Take ive. that song is such a masterpiece. what do you think?

I saw him play live a year or two ago. I have to say, it was a wonderful expirience. It got me to go out and purchase a lot of his music.

Speaking of which, I was looking in on getting a new record player. Anyone have suggestions/presonal prefferance as to what kind I should get?

[Kikira]

Hey has anyone heard Paul Anka's jazz version of Oasis' Wonderwall? It's fab

[sel]

I havent, neither have i heard of it. You have a link to it?

[Kikira]

No, unforunantely I don't, nor do I know who to get one. Sorry ^^;;

[sel]

Now if anyone has any Eric Dolphy, send that my way.


and yes, thread needs Dolphy. Dolphy is fuck asweeome, not enough love.

Hehe. Yesterday managed to get my Hands on Vintage Dolphy which is just a colelction of live songs. Only got the chance to listen to one thoguh so waiting to see how the rest of it pans out

And Yusef too X3

[mow]

you gotta spin the following

Out There
Out to Lunch
At the Five Spot, Vol. 1
At the Five Spot, Vol. 2
Softly, As in a mornign Sunrise
Far Cry
Iron Man
Stockholm Sessions

Out To Lunch & AtFS Vol.1 are his best works. such a shame he passed away so young =/

[sel]

I tried to find Iron Man and Out to Lunch actually but that was the only one I could find.

I did inadvertently come across links to Coltrane's Ascension and Blakeys Moanin in the process of trying to do so which I had not been able to find previously, so wasn't completely worthless

[mow]

haha. let me know what you think after you spun Ascension, kay? So far you've been more modal jazz, cant wait to hear your thoughs when you absorb hiss first "well, fuck it." record

[pek]

Fela Kuti anyone?

[mow]

he's afro-beat. :sag

have you spun any king Juju tuens pekep? try Juju music for size

[pek]

lol thought he was considered afrobeat/jazz . seen him several times in the jazz category.

edit: he's actually in the jazz collection my dad has and i am quite certain I read about him on some jazz page a while ago.

[mow]

he is, but i can let a md elitist moment pass ungrasped :zaru

he's more jazz fusion really i supose. but who cares. he's fuckawesome. Water no get enemey is the greatest tune ever, possibly

[BlueCheese]

It's put in jazz by people who have never heard of afrobeat. Or because most shops don't have an afrobeat section and have to put him somewhere.

[sel]

haha. let me know what you think after you spun Ascension, kay? So far you've been more modal jazz, cant wait to hear your thoughs when you absorb hiss first "well, fuck it." record

Haha. Well of the 3 Trane records I have, 2 of them are post-ascension Kulu se Mama and First Meditations so know what you mean about the whole free "fuck this" Jazz.

FM was actually my first non-Blakey record having listened to three of em. Imagine that xD.

And I think I'm more of a post-bop kinda guy :LOS

Edit: I had been meaning to pimp Kulu Se Mama for ages but hadn't got round to it and only remembered to now XD

[Perverse]

Hey guys, this thread is in DESPERATE need of revival. A friend of mine (the jazzhead I introduced you to, moe) put me onto Red Garland. He is a beautiful pianist. All Mornin' Long is an absolutely sensational album. I recommend it to all of you. Links for those who would like 'em.

[mow]

i was talking to him about Red, you dont see many fancy of that guy. Check out Ahmad Jamal (http://forums.narutofan.com/showthread.php?t=130359) if you fancy more piano. or cecil taylor if you want a mind fuck.

[Lord Yu]

Mind fuck is always good in my book.

[mow]

grab Unit Structures, the Tree of Life, Silent tounges and One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye. Espically the last one, it's more metal than metal.

[sel]

I've heard wonders about Jamal since quite a while ago but never got to getting any of his stuff ><

[Perverse]

i was talking to him about Red, you dont see many fancy of that guy. Check out Ahmad Jamal (http://forums.narutofan.com/showthread.php?t=130359) if you fancy more piano. or cecil taylor if you want a mind fuck.

I saw that pimp, and I was/am indeed interested. Any chance of an upload?

Mingus on Oh Yeah = <333

Oh, and I didn't especially love Duke Ellington, to be honest :|

[sel]

Could you Hook me up with Oh Yeah if tha's possible?

[delirium]

Been pluggin this dude for a while but..

Stanley Cowell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pZWSAWiKiM

Props if you catch the sample.

[Perverse]

Could a few of you compile like a top 10 essential jazz albums, Because I have a feeling I'm missing out on loads. No Kind of Blue or A Love Supreme, I've heard 'em. Or Mingus. Or Take Five, I'm downloading it now.

[sel]

Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch is pretty damn good. I'll rack my brains for whatever else I can

(Assuming you hit yourself up with the 3 trane's i pimped)

[abstract]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coCAN8BJ-3E


the whole things amazing.

[Dr. Boskov Krevorkian]

Shawn, if you haven't listened to it, get Bitches Brew by Davis. <3

[Trias]

Does Jazz/Fusion Influenced Metal also count? :LOS

[Perverse]

I've been meaning to get that for ages, Andrew.

Yes, I checked 'em, Abbas. And sending the Oh Yeah to you now. I ripped it off my CD copy so it's very high quality. :del

Sure thing, Trias.

[sel]

Thank you very much <3

[Dr. Boskov Krevorkian]

Trias, do you still have that other CD you pimped awhile ago?

I really liked that other CD by theTurkish Jazz Rock band, but I didn't get the other one 'cause you messed up the links. :pek

[Trias]

Trias, do you still have that other CD you pimped awhile ago?

I really liked that other CD by theTurkish Jazz Rock band, but I didn't get the other one 'cause you messed up the links. :pek

What "other CD" ? O-o

I had pimped Blues band named Istanbul Blues Kumpanyasi, is that what you mean? Two albums there were.

And I don't mess up the links, kid, a wizard never messes up the links. :pek

[Desmonthesis]

www.myspace.com/thecaseybrefkajazzorchestra

My band, featuring my original compositions and arrangements.

[Batman]

I don't listen to much contemporary Jazz. I tend to stick to the more classic stuff, but I do like these guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWNiFw_W3mA

Who else listens to Bela Fleck & the Flecktones?

[sel]

www.myspace.com/thecaseybrefkajazzorchestra

My band, featuring my original compositions and arrangements.
Oh sweet, I'll give it a listen mate
I don't listen to much contemporary Jazz. I tend to stick to the more classic stuff, but I do like these guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWNiFw_W3mA

Who else listens to Bela Fleck & the Flecktones?

Haven't heard them much before, but I've been meaning to check his collab with Chick Corea for quite a while

[Trias]

I hope denizens of this thread gave a listen to one of my latest pimps, a jazz (and lots of other genres) influenced band, Gordian Knot.

:pek

[(\/)ugen]

George benson (Fusion/Smooth Jazz)

[mow]

Ahmed Abdul-Malik is one of the most incredible musicians ever. i wish he had a giant music orgy with yuseef latef. this shit is way too good.

[sel]

What's he play? :wtf

[Dr. Boskov Krevorkian]

Ok, so I really like Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and Art Blakey for contempory(ish) Jazz, and stuff such as the myriad of modern fusion bands. Where do I go for more beautiful contemporary Jazz? :pek

[mow]

miles aint all that.

[Dr. Boskov Krevorkian]

D:

Bitches Brew is love. LOVE.

[mow]

miles aint all that.

i 123 your opinion good sir.

[sel]

I dunno. Apparently he was influential as hell and Kind of Blue makes it on all of these Top 100 lists, but in my opinion there wasn't any defining thing about it that made it stand out.

Boskov, you tried 'Trane out of chance?

[Dr. Boskov Krevorkian]

I think the only 'Trane I've got is A Love Supreme; basically, just his Free Jazz era comps.

[mow]

god, Kind of Blue is the msot overrated piece of tripe ever. what a laughign stock. ony rweason its worth while was bill evans piano work. i mean christ, even coltrane sounds unispried. dont get me started about that record, I made a giant 3 page rant about it recommendign 3 more records that are eons more infleunential and soulful that that hacksack recording

Doc; you need Sun Ship and Expressions. It's mopre avant gradfe than anythign avnt grade-ish pimped in the md. ever

[Dr. Boskov Krevorkian]

Bitches Brew > A Kind of Blue

I do, I love Avant Jazz. :3

[KentaLjung]

I've been playing trombone for about 12 years, been in a jazzband half of that time, and for me Count Basie and his orchestra was the most fun stuff to play, and the most enjoyable to listen to at that.

I quit playing last year though, the bands been dissolving slowly but surely...no fun people left in the group...really few concerts too...its all meh

[Hangatýr]

You could always try being a one-man big band.

[KentaLjung]

haha yeah good idea, I'll try that out and see how it goes

[Novalis]

I'm quite fond of Jazz. On the one hand it's kinda relieving, and on the other hand thought-provoking. ^___^

[Haruka]

Yum. I love Jazz. Main favorites are, Dizzy, Miles Davis, Maynard Ferguson, and a tad bit of Armstrong.
Right now i've been into a more new wave Jazz. I'm addicted to Soil & Pimp. :D

[(\/)ugen]

North Sea Jazz is coming up in Holland 11, 12 & 13th of July!!

My programm:

Victor Wooten >> Herbie Hancock >> Chaka Khan >> Marc Broussard >> George Benson >> Tower of Power

[horsdhaleine]

hey would anyone know a good jazz midi site? and a good jazz music on the piano...

anyway i find it weird that most jazz music on piano methos books are full of rags and kiddy sounding titles...

and sorry for a very idiotic question: how do i know if it's jazz or not? i know gershwin's music is jazz, but i didn't know diana krall is...

thanks!

[Dr. Boskov Krevorkian]

Cuong Vu, anyone?

It's experimental Jazz, without being wholey inaccessible. The Trumpet is fire, and music sounds Zorn influenced, at least with the almost rock feel to the drums and guitars. It's awesome. Get it, now.

[Lord Yu]

So I dled Lucifer by Bar Kohkba.

[Dr. Boskov Krevorkian]

...and you're going to hit me with a link?

[Lord Yu]

Google it, I don't remember where I got it.

[Dr. Boskov Krevorkian]

Shit, Lars Danielsson is some chill electronic Jazz.

[CrazyMoronX]

I like Jazz. How can I stay hip to the scene and what should I download?

[mary no jutsu]

Samantha-Sammy Nestico

An effin beautiful ballad must have. I always get a little hot and bothered when I play it.

[The Faint Smile]

There is a jazz thread, awesome.

So my ipod died and I'm missing some of my absolute favorite albums. So, does anyone have:

Miles Davis- Kind of Blue(Don't bite my head off Moe)
Live at Massey Hall(I had just stumbled on this and it's Godly)
John Coltrane- Giant Steps
Also anything by Dave Brubeck or Charles Mingus

i'll pay you back with reps or I could trade some other music/media.

[Honzou?]

wen I find a way to get all the stuff from my Ipod onto the cpu I'll get at you for that Miles Davis.

but anyways, I'm a big Miles Davis Fan, I have probably every CD he has along with John Coltrane collabs. TuTu would probably be the very best album.

[Hangatýr]

There is a jazz thread, awesome.

So my ipod died and I'm missing some of my absolute favorite albums. So, does anyone have:

Miles Davis- Kind of Blue(Don't bite my head off Moe)
Live at Massey Hall(I had just stumbled on this and it's Godly)
John Coltrane- Giant Steps
Also anything by Dave Brubeck or Charles Mingus

i'll pay you back with reps or I could trade some other music/media.

I'll up Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & the Sinner Lady for ye, if you want.

[Republican]

Yeah what do you want. I'm here.

My favorites are Charles Mingus, Joe Beck and Yusef Lateef.

But really most jazz is cool, hardly matters who made it for me.

I like Jazz. How can I stay hip to the scene and what should I download?

The beauty of jazz is that it's really hard to find actually bad stuff, and also it's pretty much timeless, so just look for a few of the names posted in the thread and branch out from there. Last.fm and stuff like that are pretty good if you wanna expand your range of artists.

[mow]

^ what Rep sai.d the cool thing about jazz is the fact that, the guys who started it (we're talking from the 20s thru 70s here) were such a tight knit that they popped in each other's sessions all the freaking time. you'd have the Charles Mingus quartet jamming at Atlantic Studios for example, and Max Roach would just happen to be around and joins in. and bam; new record.

even the most hardcore jazz collectors never have enough time to collect these sessions and records. And the hing about jazz is the moment you're into it, you're hooked. you'll turn into a jazz freak not just getting the "essential" records, but searching for special appearances and jam sessions. it's gorgeous.

Im currently enjoying this very awesome euro jazz troupe. Ambient/jazz and my my what a charmer it is. def gonna pimp it when i can, ill be sure to link you guys.

FYI; Miles still blows.


My favorites are Charles Mingus, Joe Beck and Yusef Lateef.


i love you already <3

[Cell]

I like fusion the most, tbh. Right now I've really been digging Hadrien Feraud, a little bit of Jaco, Allan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin, Bob James, some Stanley Jordan, Gary Husband's piano stuff, Paul Jackson Jr., and even some smooth jazz like Al Jarreau.

I also dig some of the older stuff, and I especially loved Dianne Reeve's soundtrack of Good Night and Good Luck. But, I like fusion/smooth jazz a lot more than old school, as it really does put images of cities and romance into my head.

Fuck, jazz is amazing.

[Lord Yu]

I still love free jazz. I need more Peter Brontzmann, I only have Nipples.

[Hangatýr]

And it only took you, what, three years to get here? :zaru

[The Faint Smile]

I'll up Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & the Sinner Lady for ye, if you want.
That would be awesome, Mingus is one of my favorites.
^ what Rep sai.d the cool thing about jazz is the fact that, the guys who started it (we're talking from the 20s thru 70s here) were such a tight knit that they popped in each other's sessions all the freaking time. you'd have the Charles Mingus quartet jamming at Atlantic Studios for example, and Max Roach would just happen to be around and joins in. and bam; new record.

even the most hardcore jazz collectors never have enough time to collect these sessions and records. And the hing about jazz is the moment you're into it, you're hooked. you'll turn into a jazz freak not just getting the "essential" records, but searching for special appearances and jam sessions. it's gorgeous.

Im currently enjoying this very awesome euro jazz troupe. Ambient/jazz and my my what a charmer it is. def gonna pimp it when i can, ill be sure to link you guys.

FYI; Miles still blows.



i love you already <3
Yeah, I love all the collaborations from the jazz greats early on. You can find almost any combination if you look for it. I'm really appreciating it now that I'm taking a class on Jazz history. Btw, Comparing your current posts to your posts on the 1st page is hilarious.

@Rep, I'm not as familiar with the latter two so maybe you could give me a sample of that?
wen I find a way to get all the stuff from my Ipod onto the cpu I'll get at you for that Miles Davis.

but anyways, I'm a big Miles Davis Fan, I have probably every CD he has along with John Coltrane collabs. TuTu would probably be the very best album.
There's a program for that..Probably several actually. Just type in like "Ipod to cpu" on Google. The only Miles I have now is Sketches of Spain and Birth of the Cool. So pretty much anything is welcome.

[Republican]

@Rep, I'm not as familiar with the latter two so maybe you could give me a sample of that?

Joe Beck (http://www.joebeckmusic.com/) plays the jazz guitar, put simply, and Yusef Lateef (http://www.yuseflateef.com/) plays... almost everything. He does a fancy job of incorporating different world influences and exotic instrumentals into his jazz. You could almost call him a jazz scientist.

[Lord Yu]

Yusef Lateef is so wonderful.<3

[sel]

FYI; Miles still blows.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't like KoB at all. That said I'm not gonna knock the guy completely yet since I've only listened to that one.

Edit: Mingus <3

[adee]

Hiromi Uehara can't be beat. She's Thelonious Monk but only much better (musically) and she has tits.

[Lord Yu]

^Give me.

[sel]

that does sound bloody appealing. Hook me up?

[BlueCheese]

Hiromi Uehara can't be beat. She's Thelonious Monk but only much better (musically) and she has tits.

From someone that follows Japanese jazz closely, I think Hiromi is overrated.

[adee]

From someone that follows Japanese jazz closely, I think Hiromi is overrated.
If you have better than her, I'm mighty interested. Tell me more?

[Lord Yu]

I would believe BlueCheese has.

[BlueCheese]

Check out my Japanese music thread in the pimp section, there is a lot of jazz there.

Edit:
But just to add, Hiromi does get a lot of good reviews, so I might be on my own on this. Just my personal taste.

[adee]

Yeah, a lot of people that have heard it from me around here (IRL) say that it's just speed and not technical enough, but I seem to differ on that.

[BlueCheese]

I don't think it's a matter of technique, I'm sure she is very gifted. Ahmad Jamal considered her good enough to mentor. She has done some nice stuff and I haven't listened to all her albums but yeah, what I have heard I was a bit surprised that there was such a big fuss about her.

[adee]

Have you heard Another Mind? 'tis my personal favorite.

[BlueCheese]

I haven't, I've heard Time Control and Spiral.

[adee]

I can give you link if you want to give it a shot. Time Control was pretty good too. But not as much as this one and Brain, another awesome piece.
Have you seen any live performances of hers? Her fingers are mesmerizing and peculiarly moving. Which make me reference her to Monk.

[BlueCheese]

Yeah sure, I'd definitely give it a listen. I can't say I have seen any lives of hers.

[adee]

Sent.
I just look up random stuff on youtube and ran across a few of her sessions.

But as per what you said, you know some other artists of similar genre that you would rate higher than her. I'll try to find them in your pimp thread, and I'll comment on them there, but if it is not too much trouble for you, would you mind sending me everything you have in that thread other than Soil & Pimp which I already got from you? Thanks =)

[BlueCheese]

Thanks for that.

I can certainly do that, will take some time though. Looking through my sent items I also sent you, What's Up? and Hajime Yoshizawa. It's not all strictly like Hiromi, jazz is a broad genre but hopefully you will like some of it. I'll have a look and see what links are active and send you them straight away. I have a couple of other things that I don't think I have uploaded before that you might like I'll look into that as well.

[adee]

Good going man. Started down on one of them but it says I can only use free dling limited :lmao

Oh well, there's always tomorrow. And I'm attracted to most any jazz, yet to find anything which I haven't loved, so I'm sure I'll like this as well.

[The Faint Smile]

I didn't know japanese jazz was a big scene.
Joe Beck (http://www.joebeckmusic.com/) plays the jazz guitar, put simply, and Yusef Lateef (http://www.yuseflateef.com/) plays... almost everything. He does a fancy job of incorporating different world influences and exotic instrumentals into his jazz. You could almost call him a jazz scientist.

Sounds very interesting, I'll definitely be looking for them now.

[Hokage Naruto]

Hello Jazz folks, how's it going?

Lets get down to business. The college semester is over and I am going to have a lot of free time. I think I wanted to take the time to work on my Jazz collection. I have listened to Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds, John Coltrane - Lush Life and Giant Steps I listened to a few random songs by Lateef and I could not really get into. I really like the chillout-style Jazz, maybe that is all Jazz, but I do not know any artists and would hope you cool cats could help recommend and hook me up with some artists to listen to.

Thank you.

[Lord Yu]

Soil & Pimp Sessions

[BlueCheese]

Hello Jazz folks, how's it going?

Lets get down to business. The college semester is over and I am going to have a lot of free time. I think I wanted to take the time to work on my Jazz collection. I have listened to Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds, John Coltrane - Lush Life and Giant Steps I listened to a few random songs by Lateef and I could not really get into. I really like the chillout-style Jazz, maybe that is all Jazz, but I do not know any artists and would hope you cool cats could help recommend and hook me up with some artists to listen to.

Thank you.

Soil & Pimp Sessions

Chill out with S&P? Haha. Well they are great though.

I think to chill out I can't think of much better than Kira Neris and Jose James. Both of their recent albums are fantastic.

[Dr. Boskov Krevorkian]

Hello Jazz folks, how's it going?

Lets get down to business. The college semester is over and I am going to have a lot of free time. I think I wanted to take the time to work on my Jazz collection. I have listened to Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds, John Coltrane - Lush Life and Giant Steps I listened to a few random songs by Lateef and I could not really get into. I really like the chillout-style Jazz, maybe that is all Jazz, but I do not know any artists and would hope you cool cats could help recommend and hook me up with some artists to listen to.

Thank you.

Naked City
Peter Brontzman Quartet
Rova
Kids Eat Crayons
Jaga Jazzist

[Lord Yu]

Chill out with S&P? Haha. Well they are great though.

I think to chill out I can't think of much better than Kira Neris and Jose James. Both of their recent albums are fantastic.
It is my duty to trap newbies.

[BlueCheese]

It is my duty to trap newbies.

Haha good point. I like your thinking.

[Caia]

Hmm jazz... - No, thanks. :hehe

[BlueCheese]

Then don't post muppet.

[Lord Yu]

Hmm jazz... - No, thanks. :hehe

JOIN US! JOIN US! JOIN US!

[adee]

I need to read more blue cheese.

also, bumping coz doc is going to pimp some panzer soon and i remembered jazz.

also, someone talk to me about jazz guitarists. I'm on a download spree of them.

1. Wes Montgomery
2. Django Reinhardt
3. Pat Metheny
4. Joe Pass
5. Charlie Christian
6. John McLaughlin
7. Al di Meola

what I dled till now.

tell me any female jazz guitarists you know of.

also, jazz bassists.

other than Tal wilkenfield.

[mow]

Jazz bass: Charles mingus, Ron Carter, Jaco Pastorius, Anthony Jackson, Cecil Mcbee, Stanley Clarke, so damn many too list man

[adee]

ok i'll download those after i've finished the guitarists, but recommend me (or link me) something by one of them so i can give a hear for now please :beg

[mow]

Charles mingus - The black saint and sinner lady

my vote for the greatest jazz album of all time, pimped it, if you do dl bump the thread

[Lord Yu]

I dunno, there are a few albums I'd put over that one. =/

[mow]

no my opinion is more right than you :hmpf

i can see people placing The last concert or Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come ahead of it, or even Out To Lunch, but that mingus album hits all the right chords with me, and is perfection in it's pursuit.

That reminds me, have you heard Cecil Taylor's Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come yet Alex? You'll love this baby

[adee]

But I already have that album :awesome

and right now i'm really enamored by this dude, find him better than mingus!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels-Henning_%C3%98rsted_Pedersen

check him out man:

Vm8HUqRSfHY

[sel]

If you're looking for Jazz Guitarists, you can't go wrong with Grant Green.


also, jazz bassists.

Not renowned specifically for her ability as a bassist (she's not bad, but better known as a vocalist since she's done Soul & Hip-Hop as well), but taking this chance to introduce you to Me'Shell Ndegeocello. You should def check out her stuff, but since we're on Jazz at the moment I'll point you towards Dance of the Infidel. Sent it around ages ago but don't think I can help you with the link since it was that long ago.

[adee]

I found a link and bookmarked it.
Shall be downloaded once I'm done with NHOP.

Please tell me more about bassists.

Or should I make a thread to get a better response?

[whitecrowz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvL-i0VE7Co

[Thomaatj]

Haven't got lots of experience with it but i'm pretty interested, could anyone give me some good modern jazz names. I like ambient and calm music

[Dr. Boskov Krevorkian]

Bohren and Der Club of Gore.

[Disco_Juan]

Bohren and Der Club of Gore.
Yes, quite.

[sel]

Haven't got lots of experience with it but i'm pretty interested, could anyone give me some good modern jazz names.

Recommending two of my favourite contemporary Jazz artist's who I've had the pleasure of seeing live.

Portico Quartet & Jose James are both great, definitely check them out.

[Thomaatj]

Thanks, i'll be sure to check them out.

[Thomaatj]

Recommending two of my favourite contemporary Jazz artist's who I've had the pleasure of seeing live.

Portico Quartet & Jose James are both great, definitely check them out.

Jose James is realy awesome, laidback music. I love it. If you have more lik that, tell me :D

[sel]

Purely going on "awesome, laidback" jazz -- I'd recommend trying some Bill Evans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjZ9nq64EEE

Milano, from Live at Montreux Vol. 3. Been meaning to pimp it actually so could uplaod it if you'd like. Moe also sent round Sunday at the Village Vanguard which was great too.

But I don't actually have any albums on my PC by other Jazz vocalists really, I'd welcome some rec's too actually

[Schneider]

Anyone here a fan of Souljazz Orchestra?

This is their song Insurrection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kFHY8_gfAA&fmt=18

[Lord Yu]

no my opinion is more right than you :hmpf

i can see people placing The last concert or Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come ahead of it, or even Out To Lunch, but that mingus album hits all the right chords with me, and is perfection in it's pursuit.

That reminds me, have you heard Cecil Taylor's Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come yet Alex? You'll love this baby

I haven't.

As for The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady, I much prefer Pharaoh Sanders Karma over it. The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady is too low key for me.

[frozenfishsticks]

Charles mingus - The black saint and sinner lady

my vote for the greatest jazz album of all time, pimped it, if you do dl bump the thread

I'm going to have to agree with you here :nod

It used to be Coltrane's A Love Supreme before I discovered Mingus.

[Quincy James]

Anyone here heard Eldar? I really admire his skills, and I love his chord progressions. He's rather like Oscar Peterson, who I like too. :iria

Haven't got lots of experience with it but i'm pretty interested, could anyone give me some good modern jazz names. I like ambient and calm music

Bossa nova in general is a very good genre for calm music. (It's sort of a kind of a Portuguese take on jazz.) Antonio Carlos Jobim is, of course, the best, but some of his compatriots are quite good too. There's some more modern remakes of classic songs and new artists, too.

[breakbeat oratory]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOu5iWhexE0

[Vanthebaron]

Jazz is good I like the non-vocal jazz just the sound and rythem relaxes me so

[adee]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGfGF3o5rAI&feature=related

I used to think there wasn't a way I could love jazz more

And now I think there's no way I could have a wife in my life with all that jazz :(

[Bad Milk]

Take Five is an amazing song which I was fortunate enough to see played live by Brubeck himself a couple years back.

Lately I've been listening to some Eddie Harris. For those not framiliar with his work I recomend Listen Here, it's an awesome tune which has also been covered in a more fusion oriented version by Gene Harris (No relation:wink).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MLxgcn4XBY

Anyone here heard Eldar? I really admire his skills, and I love his chord progressions. He's rather like Oscar Peterson, who I like too. :iria



Bossa nova in general is a very good genre for calm music. (It's sort of a kind of a Portuguese take on jazz.) Antonio Carlos Jobim is, of course, the best, but some of his compatriots are quite good too. There's some more modern remakes of classic songs and new artists, too.

Eldar is a pretty good pianist, very talented from a musical skill standpoint, and I like some of his covers. And he was what, 15 when his first album came out? Rediculous.

[Satori katsu]

Listened to A Love Supreme the other day and It is still a complete masterpiece. I miss playing and listening to jazz, the tunes were always really fun to play. And Improvising to a really fast swing or bebop tune is amazing... Ahhh good times:pleased

[Lord Yu]

I wish I could get the recording of Coltrane at Olatunji off my old computer.:(

[Mister B]

Jazz is a good genre, relaxing and calm. Out of jazz musicians, I like Miles Davis. His 'Kind of Blue' album is the only 50's album I ever listen to lol.