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Re: Jazz recommendations???
I dont know anything about jazz, but someone in a recent thread recommended Miles Davis. And on amazon.com the first album that came up was "Kind of Blue". The editorial review said "This is the one jazz record owned by people who don't listen to jazz, and with good reason."
Anyway I got the album and have been listening to it constantly. I just put it on repeat and forget about it. For a MTT on saturday, I listened to it for 9 hours straight. It's really soothing and consistent...a good anti tilt measure. |
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Re: Jazz recommendations???
McCoy Tyner - Expressions, The Real McCoy
Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain, Kinda Blue, Bitches Brew Errol Garner - Body and Soul Anything by Toshiko Akioshi and Lou Tabaken Jerry Mulligan |
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Not sure if it's been mentioned, and you may not be able to find it for download, but "Charlie Parker With Strings" is pretty insanely good.
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Wow, for a guy who is trying to get into jazz, your guys are gonna scare him away with things like Bitches Brew. If you are just getting into Jazz, I would recommend some things that are a little easier to listen to the first time around.
Art Blakey - Moanin' Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack Dave Brubek - Time Out These are all really great jazz albums with a strong sense of melody and form that will allow you to ease into listening to jazz and prevent you from hating it. Much like you will go broke if the first poker game you play in is $100/$200, no one should have their fist jazz experience be something like A Love Supreme or Bitches Brew. One step at a time. |
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everyone is ignoring that the OP said he wanted to stay away from bebop and free jazz. I love art blakey too, but not exactly chill music!
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Herb Ellis, my favourite laid back jazz guitarist. Check out his 'Nothing but the blues' album with Stan Getz and Dizzy.
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everyone is ignoring that the OP said he wanted to stay away from bebop and free jazz. I love art blakey too, but not exactly chill music! [/ QUOTE ] hell, if we are recomening the guy moanin, we might as well recomend indestructible and free for all, but, that isn't what the guy is looking for( [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img], I just wanted to pimp those albums for anyone who is interested in blakey) |
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Wes Montgomery, George Benson, and Pat Martino are all excellent jazz guitarists. Also give Horace Silver, Tony Williams, Buddy Rich, and Dizzy Gillespie a try.
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Bill Evans is a great jazz pianist. Check out Live at Montreaux, Waltz for Debby, or the Village Vanguard disc.
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Re: Jazz recommendations???
I think Anniversary (Stan Getz) would suit you well. It's my favorite jazz album FWIW.
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