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I'm going to merge your thread with one started by @Rimbaud82 a while back that has a lot of great Jazz posted.I've listened to music since I was a kid , but could never get into jazz. Could some of you post some good songs to listen to that I might enjoy?
I've listened to music since I was a kid , but could never get into jazz. Could some of you post some good songs to listen to that I might enjoy?
Have you heard any you like that might give some indication of the type of stuff you might like to hear more of (e.g. big band, swing, soul jazz, cool jazz, bebop, hard bop etc.)
Personally, I like a lot of stuff, but other than some fusion stuff I would probably say hard bop is my favourite, especially stuff that swings seriously hard. Like so:
hm ha this might sound square but i like kind melodic stuff without really weird chord changes. that post i liked with sharrock i really dug cause it kind of reminds me of the 70s isley brothers. I like stuff that sounds like it influenced rnb or rock.
btw i really dug that song. its soothing. I might be getting old cause I can't just listen to pop songs anymore. I need something that calms my soul.
Maybe some Pharoah Sanders then
or Yusef Lateef
It can be a tough listen, but George Lewis' Homage to Charles Parker is beautiful
wow i loved that Sanders track. I'm actually a big fan of jazz influenced music like burt bacharach and steely dan, so i def dig stuff like this. I also like brazilian music too.
@Jimmy Jazz this is some random obscure Japanese jazz lp I found on youtube a few years ago but it's great and you might like this sort of stuff more so than hard bop
Or a master like Bill Evans of course
"The only tune Don Ellis plays in 4 is 'Take Five'"
-Charlie Haden
Wht do you think of Charlie's daughter Petra? I saw her with Bill Frisell two yrs ago at the Village VAnguard.
Don't really know her, to be honest. My knowledge of jazz is pretty weak after the 80s. Even the "young" jazz musicians I know are old now like Chris Potter and James Carter. Hell, even wunderkind Julian Lage is 30 now.
hm ha this might sound square but i like kind melodic stuff without really weird chord changes. that post i liked with sharrock i really dug cause it kind of reminds me of the 70s isley brothers. I like stuff that sounds like it influenced rnb or rock.
btw i really dug that song. its soothing. I might be getting old cause I can't just listen to pop songs anymore. I need something that calms my soul.