Author Topic: The Jazz Thread (Read 113041 times)

Marvellous G · « **Reply #315 on:** June 12, 2011, 09:33:28 AM »

Yeah, Headhunters has a really nice groove to it. Also checked out Duke Ellington's Far East Suite yesterday; I really enjoyed it, but I'm not really desperate to hear it again or anything.

jsem · « **Reply #316 on:** June 12, 2011, 09:39:20 AM »

All Blues on the Kind of Blue album is such a WIN track.

Entrancing song, with epic soloing by Trane...

Volk9 · « **Reply #317 on:** June 12, 2011, 09:52:13 AM »

Quote from: jsem on June 12, 2011, 09:39:20 AM

All Blues on the Kind of Blue album is such a WIN track.

Entrancing song, with epic soloing by Trane...

Blue in Green is my favorite track on there

Marvellous G · « **Reply #318 on:** June 12, 2011, 10:03:38 AM »

Blue In Green is my favourite as well, Bill Evans is just so damn good.

antigoon · « **Reply #319 on:** June 12, 2011, 10:33:38 AM »

Word. Listening to Oscar Peterson's Night Train. Great record; thanks rich!

SPNKr · « **Reply #320 on:** June 12, 2011, 08:10:21 PM »

I have Duke's Far East Suite too! The clarinet is one of the things in the album I really like. I've only heard it twice in the 6+ months I've had it, hehe.

Been getting into Weather Report and Jaco Pastorius lately. They're soooo great.

ytserush · « **Reply #321 on:** June 14, 2011, 03:47:46 PM »

Quote from: SPNKr on June 12, 2011, 08:10:21 PM

I have Duke's Far East Suite too! The clarinet is one of the things in the album I really like. I've only heard it twice in the 6+ months I've had it, hehe.

Been getting into Weather Report and Jaco Pastorius lately. They're soooo great.

I love Jaco, Zawinul, and Shorter, but Weather Report does nothing for me.

I still keep Heavy Weather around hoping that it will click.

OskarSluring · « **Reply #322 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:36:45 PM »

So i've been listening to some Coltrane in the last few days, and i think i finally "get" Jazz. I was hoping you could give me a few recommendations for good albums. Anything works.
I'm hoping for some good ones

TY

bout to crash · « **Reply #323 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:43:32 PM »

Well, what have you been listening to that you like?

OskarSluring · « **Reply #324 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:51:37 PM »

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
John Coltrane - Blue Train
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

jsem · « **Reply #325 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:59:13 PM »

Those are a GREAT batch of albums.

May I recommend:
Miles Davis - Milestones
Art Blakey - Moanin'
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus

True gem:
John Coltrane & Duke Ellington - Ellington & Coltrane

Just a few albums..

SPNKr · « **Reply #326 on:** June 23, 2011, 05:09:48 PM »

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman is also a really good album. Johnny Hartman sings over here, and maybe was Coltrane's only collaboration with a vocalist as I believe. Fantastic, and RARE, performance.

Here's more recommendations for Coltrane:
Coltrane Jazz
Africa/Brass
John Coltrane & Don Cherry - The Avant-Garde (this can be a fun album)
--- though I can't say you'll dig A Love Supreme easily, it's hard to take in considering it's unlike his first styles of jazz. You'll see eventually.

jsem · « **Reply #327 on:** July 13, 2011, 09:54:54 AM »

Bumping this thread by saying that the tune Strode Rode by Sonny Rollins might be the best tune of all time.

darkshade · « **Reply #328 on:** July 13, 2011, 11:28:07 AM »

Sorry, I go here https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/forum/default.asp when I want to discuss jazz-related things. It's cool that we have a thread here, but honestly I think JMA is more resourceful. Not to mention I'm a collab over there (which is just a step below admin

)

Sonny Rollins is the man BTW.

jsem · « **Reply #329 on:** July 13, 2011, 12:15:22 PM »

Ugh. It's a jazz copy of prog-archives. And I always hated the forum on PA.

darkshade · « **Reply #330 on:** July 13, 2011, 12:23:32 PM »

Quote from: jsem on July 13, 2011, 12:15:22 PM

Ugh. It's a jazz copy of prog-archives. And I always hated the forum on PA.

it's a lot friendlier there (I keep everyone in line

), plus me and some of the other collabs and admins are always happy to help people find new music, or discuss without going into snobbish remarks.

jsem · « **Reply #331 on:** July 13, 2011, 02:42:47 PM »

Quote from: darkshade on July 13, 2011, 12:23:32 PM

Quote from: jsem on July 13, 2011, 12:15:22 PM
Ugh. It's a jazz copy of prog-archives. And I always hated the forum on PA.

it's a lot friendlier there (I keep everyone in line ), plus me and some of the other collabs and admins are always happy to help people find new music, or discuss without going into snobbish remarks.

I meant the layout of the forums. DTF is way more structured imho.

darkshade · « **Reply #332 on:** July 13, 2011, 02:46:01 PM »

Quote from: jsem on July 13, 2011, 02:42:47 PM

Quote from: darkshade on July 13, 2011, 12:23:32 PM
Quote from: jsem on July 13, 2011, 12:15:22 PM
Ugh. It's a jazz copy of prog-archives. And I always hated the forum on PA.

it's a lot friendlier there (I keep everyone in line ), plus me and some of the other collabs and admins are always happy to help people find new music, or discuss without going into snobbish remarks.
I meant the layout of the forums. DTF is way more structured imho.

I see you are the newest member over there. Unless there's another jsem

Hope you enjoy it over there.

I cant comment on the structure of DTF or at PA/JMA/MMA, as both have their pros and cons. But it's good to have different opinions and discussions on more than one site

SPNKr · « **Reply #333 on:** July 13, 2011, 05:02:03 PM »

Say.. Did that Oskar ever check out our recommendations? I've still been collecting Weather Report's discography, up to Sportin' Life. It's alright but I'm on the first track so... Could get worse. They didn't have Jaco anymore at that point. I think I must go back to finishing off Coltrane's discog too.

EDIT: HOLY FUCKING SHIT YOU GUYS HAVE TO HEAR JOHN COLTRANE'S OM

OskarSluring · « **Reply #334 on:** July 14, 2011, 04:59:42 AM »

Quote from: SPNKr on July 13, 2011, 05:02:03 PM

Say.. Did that Oskar ever check out our recommendations?

To be honest, i didn't

But i intend to do it soon, when i'm in a jazz-mood

In The Name Of Rudess · « **Reply #335 on:** July 14, 2011, 11:46:46 AM »

Any fans of Jacques Loussier here? He's a pianist who merges classical with jazz, usually in a trio setting. He's done Bach, Chopin, Satie, Debussy, Händel, Vivaldi and more. Very cool stuff.

MasterShakezula · « **Reply #336 on:** July 14, 2011, 02:45:55 PM »

I'm really into Weather Report, though I only have a few of their albums:
-The 2 self titled ones
-I Sing the Body Electric
-Heavy Weather, Mr. Gone, 8:30, and Night Passage.

What other of their albums would you guys recommend most?

Also, what albums from Zawinul's solo stuff would you say are most like Weather Report?

SPNKr · « **Reply #337 on:** July 14, 2011, 05:45:40 PM »

^ You need Sweetnighter and Mysterious Traveller. I remember them being their most funky and Black American sounding albums, stuff you'd hear in those 70s crime movies for i.e.
If you really want there's Black Market and the other "commercial" thing that sits pretty much next to Heavy Weather which is called [Procession]. Don't touch Domino TheoryEDIT:, Sportin' Life and This Is This.

Quote from: OskarSluring on July 14, 2011, 04:59:42 AM

Quote from: SPNKr on July 13, 2011, 05:02:03 PM
Say.. Did that Oskar ever check out our recommendations?
To be honest, i didn't But i intend to do it soon, when i'm in a jazz-mood

Haha, it's okay. I'll just mention that he's got a "very" worthwhile and rewarding discography.

darkshade · « **Reply #338 on:** July 15, 2011, 09:33:33 AM »

Quote from: MasterShakezula on July 14, 2011, 02:45:55 PM

Also, what albums from Zawinul's solo stuff would you say are most like Weather Report?

Get the Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate "World Tour" album

In The Name Of Rudess · « **Reply #339 on:** July 17, 2011, 02:32:31 AM »

Nyan Cat Jazz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaEmCFiNqP0

PuffyPat · « **Reply #340 on:** July 24, 2011, 04:26:54 PM »

I've just recently really got into Jazz, I've listened to the essentials. I've got your Davis, Coltrane, Brubeck and others. However I've recently hit a road block on where I want to go next. I just don't know what to get. Any help?

SPNKr · « **Reply #341 on:** July 24, 2011, 05:23:59 PM »

What do you know most? The older styles and more traditional forms of jazz?

PuffyPat · « **Reply #342 on:** July 24, 2011, 05:47:02 PM »

I've been really into fusion, a lot of stuff from the late 60's and early 70's. I'm not to familiar with anything pre-1960 to tell you the truth.

SPNKr · « **Reply #343 on:** July 24, 2011, 05:57:13 PM »

okay, that's okay with me then. i have recently obtained more and more fusion stuff. you should check out weather report. the main stars of that band included joe zawinul and wayne shorter. both fantastic jazz musicians of the older times, and eventually they too evolved into a completely different breed of jazz. that's what part of the whole jazz fusion period was about.
start with their first album and work your way up to maybe mysterious traveller. you should also maybe get live in tokyo, big double live album from 72.

a lot of people would also recommend herbie hancock - head hunters, miles davis - in a silent way & bitches brew. ya know, the critically acclaimed stuff. also i should recommend you check out pat metheny if you dig 70s jazz guitar/bass stuff, many people love this guy. look for bright size life

i could list many other stuff, but really you can't go wrong with anything you find if you don't ask around. you'll eventually hear the "best" stuff anyways.

PuffyPat · « **Reply #344 on:** July 24, 2011, 06:13:32 PM »

I've been meaning to check out Weather Report for a while now, and I actually just listened to In a Silent Way, and Bitches Brew a couple days ago, and I really dig what's going on there. Head Hunters is actually what got me into fusion. It's such a great album.

SPNKr · « **Reply #345 on:** July 24, 2011, 06:19:09 PM »

hmm i forgot jaco pastorius. LOOK UP JACO. YOU MUST DO IT. but yeah, that's awesome you've gotten yourself into those sorts of fusion.

PuffyPat · « **Reply #346 on:** July 24, 2011, 06:30:04 PM »

I think the reason I've gotten into this stuff is because I've listened to the traditional stuff because of my dad, and I wanted to see what else was out there in jazz, and it just so happened to lead me to the world of fusion.

DarkEternalNight · « **Reply #347 on:** July 24, 2011, 06:37:42 PM »

I need some big band Jazz album suggestions.

SPNKr · « **Reply #348 on:** July 24, 2011, 06:40:47 PM »

^ duke ellington - far east suite
charles mingus - the black saint and the sinner lady
G-O

yeah that's sort of the same with me, i think. and whenever i hit "roadblocks" i just get more of a musician's/band's discog, at least half the time, that i'm actively into so i can see what happens after that. you need a nice relaxing flow sometimes.

PuffyPat · « **Reply #349 on:** July 24, 2011, 06:44:33 PM »

There's just so much out there it can be hard to decide where to go next sometimes.

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