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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 02:48 PM
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Looking for some jazz music suggestions...
I posted this last week but wasn't specific enough and ended up with some music I really didn't care for.

I'm looking for some old New Orleans style jazz that ISN'T Dixieland. I'm not real into that kind of stuff. I heard this song called "New Orleans Bump" from the soundtrack to "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson" and it was by Wynton Marsalis. Obviously this isn't an old recording, but I love the style Does anyone have any suggestions for more music like this? You can hear a little sample here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00069YEIY/qid=1113680841/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6390836-7142556

Thanks in advance for the wonderful suggestions I know are coming. You guys are so great about this kind of thing. ;)
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 02:49 PM
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1. Have you poked around at AllMusic.com?
http://www.allmusic.com

Find an artist in the genre you want and look for similar artists or the artists that were influences.
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 02:52 PM
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2. Good call. Thanks! (n/t)
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 02:52 PM
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3. n/p...AllMusic ROCKS!
No pun intended. ;)
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 03:11 PM
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13. Wow, you aren't kidding
I like!
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 08:37 PM
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20. yay - i am glad to hear it
my husband is one of the editors there! :D
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 02:53 PM
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4. what about Professor Longhair
There also is a strain of cajun that crosses pretty hard into jazz.
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 02:56 PM
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7. Ok, I'm on it.
Thanks!
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 02:57 PM
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8. Oh yeah! I like it!
Great. Thanks!
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 03:07 PM
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12. cool!
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 02:54 PM
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5. Damn, I should have just looked for more Marsalis
I've been aware of him for YEARS, but never really listened. I'm really diggin' what he does.

Also a big fan of Dave Brubeck. Not the same style, but definitely innovative.
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 02:56 PM
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6. A lot of Duke Ellington sounds like that.
Try "Black and Tan Fantasy."

--IMM
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 02:58 PM
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9. Funny you should mention it.
A friend at work recommended it so I downloaded it this morning. (legally) and I think it's great.
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 04:22 PM
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15. Hard to go wrong with Duke.
Edited on Sat Apr-16-05 04:24 PM by IMModerate
A lot of his music has that New Orleans flavor because of Russell Procope, the clarinet player. You might want to try "Rockin' in Rhythm" next.

--IMM
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 08:27 PM
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18. Consider it done
Thanks again
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 02:59 PM
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10. You should ask Progmom
She hosts a jazz show on the radio. A nice one.
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ralps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 03:04 PM
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11. You might like the soundtrack to "The Big Easy" Here is a site that lists
the tracks. http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/bigeasy.html

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
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hue Donating Member (571 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 03:13 PM
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14. Try John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
Edited on Sat Apr-16-05 03:13 PM by hue
It truly is one of the best jazz albums ever produced. No one has heard of it but evryone who's heard it falls in love and awe! It's the only time John Coltrane ever played with a singer. Johnny Hartman was eclipsed by white singers of his day--and what a shame as his voice cannot be matched!
The album includes 6 beautiful works; They Say Its Wonderful, Dedicated to You, My One and Only Love, Lush Life (no better rendition than this one ever), You Are Too Beautiful, and a remarkable gem, Autumn Serenade.

Pretty sure you can order it from Amazon by Impulse!
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mark414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 04:24 PM
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16. he wasn't new orleans, but you might like bix beiderbecke
and the early louis armstrong is alllll good
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 05:10 PM
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17. I would send a message to progmom - she
not only hosts a radio show, but has a job allowing her access to all sorts of information regarding jazz music. She is the 7th most important person in jazz. Seriously. :)
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Mugweed Donating Member (939 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 08:34 PM
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19. Oscar Peterson?
I can't remember names, I just listen to music.
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 09:47 AM
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21. Hard to go wrong here.
O.P. is one of the great piano players of all time. His trio was the "house band" for the JATP (Jazz at the Philharmonic) tours that brought jazz to audiences all over the world.

So Oscar is the piano player on hundreds of great jazz recordings, not to mention his own trio's sides, particularly on Verve Records.

--IMM
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