Recomend me Jazz

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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

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.

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

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...