Recomend me Jazz

Woow_Aqualung

Hey. I'm looking for the names of good Jazz albums/artists. I'm new to jazz and don't have any friends who are into the style (I'm swimming in trad.:(). My interest started from listening to Stevie Wonder. Currently I'm listening to Duke Ellington, Bille Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong , Stephani Grappelli and Cole Porter. I don't really like experimental Jazz but am open to suggestions. If anyone can recomend anything, I'd be very greatful.
Cheers.

Rigsby

No jazz collection is complete without Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" and John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme".

Other names you could check out on You Tube to see if you like them are :

Charles Mingus

Michael Brecker

Stan Getz

Eric Dolphy

Wayne Shorter

Bud Powell

Art Tatum

Bill Evans (piano) - There is a saxist by the same name who is good also.

"Cannonall" Adderly

Joe Lovano

Rick Margitza

John MacLaughlan

Kenny Garrett

Charlie Parker

Finally, dont forget to check out our very own Louis Stewart.

That should keep you going ... for a few years.


Happy listening !

equivariant

check this out

http://www.jazzonthetube.com/

subscribe and they send you a youtube clip every day - usually some dead great. The clips are usually excellent

wonton

give these a listen


swing jazz

benny Goodmen - sing,sing,sing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPMotEYk2-I

my favourite jazz group

Dave brubeck quartet - take five

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmDDOFXSgAs

Dave brubeck quartet - blue rondo a la turk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc34Uj8wlmE

wes montgomery - four on six

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqLDTKun4so

miles davis - so what

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEC8nqT6Rrk

Woow_Aqualung

wonton wrote: »

give these a listen


swing jazz

benny Goodmen - sing,sing,sing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPMotEYk2-I

I've always wondered the name of that song.
All very good suggestions.
@Rigsby I'm working my way down your list.

Rigsby

Woow_Aqualung wrote: »

Rigsby I'm working my way down your list.

Great !! Let me know how you get on.

abelard

I'm far from knowledgeable on Jazz but I do enjoy it and jazz fusion genres, and have come across a few bits that are kinda cool. Some of this might not be your cup of tea at all, but maybe worth a listen anyway.

I came across Japanese jazz through Yoko Kanno who writes a lot of music for video games and anime series in Japan. Don't let that put you off though, she writes some great Japanese jazz. You could try find the soundtrack to Cowboy Bebop, which is a mix of jazz tracks and blues tracks, youtube "the Seatbelts" to hear some of the stuff she's composed.

Soil & Pimp Sessions title themselves as "Japanese Death Jazz", so it's always pretty uptempo, sometimes quite jazzy, sometimes more a jazz/rock fusion, but worth a listen.

For more 'pure' jazz from Japan, try people like Toshiko Akiyoshi, Sadao Watanabe or Norio Maeda.



Not Japanese, but 'The Baldwin Brothers' do a kind of jazz/electro fusion. Again, some of the tracks are more Jazz than others, but there's some cool stuff.

Similar to that would be someone like Mr Scruff, but that's probably more electro than Jazz.


Like I said, maybe not your thing at all, but worth a shot I guess

franamico

I would suggest to check Carla Bley and Maria Schneider...amazing composers

Valmont

I really love Kind of Blue by Miles Davis and I have been listening to it a lot for the last year. My problem is that it is the only jazz/blues album I own. There seems to be so much out there I don't even know where to start. I tried some John Coltrane but it seems a bit fast, if you understand what I mean. Does anyone know of anything similar to Kind of Blue? It really is perfect from start to finish.

DublinWriter

It all began in 1959:

- Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
- Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
- Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
- Dave Brubeck - Time Out.

Valmont

Bingo! That Charles Mingus album is just what I've been looking for. Cheers.

Woow_Aqualung

Yeah I've got "Roots and Blues" and "Tonight at Noon" by Charles Mingus. I've also got an album called "Money Jungle" which is him, Duke Ellington and Max Roach. Very good.

d'Oracle

Woow_Aqualung wrote: »

Yeah I've got "Roots and Blues" and "Tonight at Noon" by Charles Mingus. I've also got an album called "Money Jungle" which is him, Duke Ellington and Max Roach. Very good.

All smashing stuff.
I also like "The Clown"



And this video which I have just listened to 4 times on the trot...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkTEfrmqxws

Fatgoogle

Theolonius Monk is what got me into jazz, and so i always go o him for some good playing.
Charles mingus
Dextor Gordon
Dave brubeck
Ocar peterson.

Those are some of my favourites anyway.

Hobknob

Some suggestions to give you a good round feel for the genre

Herbie Hancock - Fat albert rotunda
Dexter Gordon - Go
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Bill Evans - From left to right
Chick Corea - My spanish heart
Paul Desmond - Bossa Antiqua
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew, Kind of blue