Somebody recommend me some jazz.

Please. :)

I already have quite a lot, y'know, the normal stuff. Miles. Trane. Bird. Ornette. Some Chet Baker. I want to get into some artists I'm not currently very familiar with. Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, Oscar Peterson come to mind...stuff like that, but I mean what of theirs is the way to go? Suggest away, aficionados!! :hi:

;)

I actually have some of his stuff as well, just forgot to list it. :)

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In particular I would recommend Homecoming:Live at the Village Vanguard. A virtuoso at the height of his powers.

Given your preferences, I's also recommend Sonny Rollins. Check out Saxophone Colossus or Tenor Madness.

Thanks! :hi:

I'm at work and my collection is at home. So it'll take a few minutes to collect my thoughts. What kind of stuff do you want to explore? More of the bebop era. Or more modern stuff. Also, what kinds of music do you enjoy? Sax? Quartets? Piano trios?

type stuff...I only say that because it's basically what I know. I like the combo stuff; trumpet, drums, piano, sax, bass kinda thing. Clearly I'm no connoisseur, but I know what I likes. ;)

edited for clairity as there is no form of music called *brebop* of which I'm aware...:eyes:

:D

Was the Mingus record you had Blues & Roots? If not, that would probably be a good one to get as well.

Shorty Rogers at the Lighthouse.

The Jazz Messengers (Art Blackey)

Cannonball Adderly

Mose Allison

Stan Getz

Marian McPartland

Why waste your time on no-marks when you can go straight to the source?

I knew it'd be you or the other smart-ass.

:P

Quite literally, she places the sleeve down and yells 'FUCKWITS' over and over again, for hours.

by any chance?

Diana Krall is good for something current.

Were do you start?

Miles Davis - "Sketches of Spain," "Bitches Brew," and "Kinda Blue."

Dave Brubek - "Take Five.:

John Coltrane "Blue Train."

Theo Monk.

"The Real McCoy". Best album from Trane's one-time pianist.

Do you have any Mingus? You need Mingus. "Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus" or "New Tijuana Moods".

Got Monk?

Get some Milt Jackson too. MJQ is good, but also his solo music. Or get his collaboration with Wes Montgomery called "Bags Meets Wes".

Also, Branford Marsalis, who is far more progressive and interesting than his stodgy brother. Try "Crazy People Music" or "The Dark Keys".

If you want some really out there stuff, John Zorn.

I used to have a brilliant disc of his...dammned if I can remember the name of it tho'. :(

I'll have to look into that as well.

Isn't John Zorn the one who did the 9 minutes of silence thingy? :shrug:

I'm going from memory, so I could be a few seconds off.

by Rasshan Roland Kirk.

Man, I dig him, but I'm drawing a blank on the record with the Eulipians song on it. It's in teh title but my brain has decided it doesn't want to play right now.

I think that was John Cage, the avant-garde composer. Zorn plays jazz sax in a combo with a thrash-metal fury.

I think you'd like the McCoy Tyner - it's a full combo.

Oh!! One of my VERY favorite jazz albums is Eric Dolphy's "Out To Lunch!" d'oh, I forgot to mention that above.

is pretty cool as far as bebop goes. He is an alto sax player.

Dex and Sonny Rollins are great suggestions. If you are into tenor players and like more contemporary stuff, check out Michael Brecker.

If you like more modern big-band type stuff, I love Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass.

Later,
JM

Any small ensemble record he makes is going to be excellent, particularly those with the Wynston Kelly Trio. One thought would be to get a hold of the Verve compilation, Introducing the Jazz Masters, which features one cut each from 16 Verve artists, including Wes and the aforementioned Oscar Peterson. The Montgomery number, a cover of Coltrane's Impressions that just flat smokes is what got me started on my own Wes journey. Is here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000046RS/102-6257411-9061722?v=glance
If you want to try out some younger artists, saxophonist Antonio Hart and bassist Christian McBride sort of leap to mind, though I guess they aren't so young anymore.

"Very Tall".

I would very highly recommend 'Exclusively for my friends', a 4 disc set. Disc 3 is unbelieveable...Green Dolphin, Summertime, Corcovado....man, its killer. Another great one is We Get REquests. I also like O.P Plays the George Gershwin Songbook.

How bout Ella? The live in Berlin disc is awesome.

You like Gypsy at all? There's Django (of course), and the Rosenburg Trio is awesome.

How bout Latin Jazz? Can't go wrong with Tito Puente.

Grant Green is pretty solid if you're into guitar.

An album called "Dizzy Atmosphere" which is made up of a bunch of Dizzy Gillespie alumni absolutely kicks ass. Swinging and hard blowing. I'll have to check to see sho's name it's under.

"Go" by Dexter Gordon. (Also "Our man in Paris")

Sarah Vaughn "sassy Swings the Tivoli" If you only buy one sarah album, this should be it. Incredible. Her take on "Mistie" is hilarious complete with fake bawling at the end.

MJQ-The two disc set called something like "Live in Lubiana, Yugoslavia" is a great place to start with this group. "Django" is good to, as is all the stuff Milt Jackson recorded with his own groups.

Tommy Flannagan "Lady be Good-For Ella" is remarkable. Excellent piano and excellent group. Also "Let's...play the music of Thad Jones" is a fine album.

Basie Black = best jazz album EVER!

(er... in my eversohumble opinion, of course)

And, of course, there's always Quincy Jones...

Joe Henderson - Inner Urge

Wayne Shorter - Night Dreamer

Art Tatum, Ornette Coleman, Cannonball, Bobby Hutcherson, etc,etc...

Miles Davis in particular.

Sun Ra is often overlooked because his later stuff is kinda inaccessible. But a good one from the fifties is "Jazz in Silhouette". It is very listenable. I bought it unheard and was amazed that it isn't on more lists.

Charles Mingus is also very good. I like "Mingus Ah Um" and "Mingus Dynasty". Also "Changes One".

There's also some good Eric Dolphy on "Out to Lunch".

Ahmad Jamal is really good. And you can still see him live.
And Bud Powell. Amazing stuff.

Have you ever heard "Jazz at Massey Hall"? The lineup: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Bud Powell, and Max Roach.
It was originally a double album, titled "The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever". First album, the complete lineup: second album Mingus, Powell and Roach. Now one CD, "Jazz at Massey Hall" with just the complete lineup, but the whole show is excellent.

Happy Listening! :hi:

And it was recorded in 1957-and incredible year for jazz.

ON EDIT - I didn't see Trane in the post. DOH!!!


John Coltrane - THE MAN.

Check any of these albums:

A Love Supreme
Crescent
My Favorite Things
Africa Brass
Blue Train - good 1st choice for Trane
Giant Steps

Then I'd check out Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Mingus, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Sun Ra, Weather Report (Wayne Shorter), Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock.....

Davis and Coltrane were a given.

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May the jazz gods forgive you.

except I'm cheesed that another DUer thought of a Thelonius Monk screen name before I did.

a bookmark feature on this here website...:D

Thanks for all the great info guys!! :hi:

He could make a chainsaw sound beautiful.

Or anything by him

...you might think about the "Ken Burns Jazz" boxed set that came out in conjunction with the PBS miniseries three years ago.

At least I noticed one in the Thelonious Monk recordings, and I think one other not long ago.

The man was born on Saturn!

Gene Ammons, Sonny Rollins, Gene Krupa

It's beautiful, weird, cool and life transforming.

If you dig it, find the Monk/Coltrane recording of Ruby My Dear. Wow.

is called Ruby...I may have to look that up for that reason alone! ;)

And The Modern Jazz Quartet

is the single most spiritual work of art I've ever experienced. I love that A side. I've worn out several LPs, its out of print, and I tried to find a library recording: there are seven copies in libraries in the U.S., and none for loan.

The only MP3 I ever downloaded off the Internet (not feeling guilty, as I owned several unplayable copies (good pressing destroyed in fire; all subsequent bought here and there in terrible shape).

Duets recorded live in Paris, shortly before Stan died of lung cancer. A must have recording. "Serenity" and the recording he did with Bill Evans are very good too. He actually recorded two with Evans and neither musician wanted the one released, but the record went ahead and released it anyway. The good one is called "The Peacock" I think.

Jazz violinist. Her latest CD is called "Pagannini: After a Dream". She went to Italy to record on Pagannini's violin, a gem made by Guanari del Gesu. The sound quality is excellent and the music is just sort of dreamy and sweet.

Blistering hot live album...one of my favorite jazz CDs.

waltz for Debby

But if you're already listening to Chet Baker, you may already be listening to him...

Permit me to "toot my own horn." Here's a CD I recorded with a group last summer (a "reunion jam"--we used to perform together during the late 1970s). I didn't realize it would appear on the Internet! Please be aware it was a casual session, and many of us hadn't played in years/decades.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bopstonia

Enjoy! :hi:

It's sort of Trad, but kicks some butt, my dad used to have it.

They were Disney animators.

I'm a Miles guy but I would get this if it turned up in the shops in an instant.

Keith Jarrett - My Song, and Survivors Suite.