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help wanted | how to get into Jazz? hey,
I was hoping for a little peice of advice from y'all here. I've always tried to discover new things when it comes to music and I would really like to get familiar with the genre of Jazz-music, but besides miles davis's 'round about midnight' and 'milestones' ( Two albums I am in complete awe of) I've never listened to anything close to Jazz, so I have absolutely no idea how to get started. What's a good startingpoint? What cd's should I check out? greetz Kev1n It was not in vain...it was in Minneapolis! | |
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Buy these, listen and come back and tell me what you think (they are noted as being some of the best jazz albums of all time):
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um "he don't want me to whoop his hero, Eric Clapton, but i'm a get in that azzz!!"
- Prince, "Glam Slam Boogie". IceTen, the orger AKA mrdespues, who has obviously run out of replies in that account. | |
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Miles Davis - 'Kind Of Blue' & 'Miles Ahead' are sure shots! | |
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Sonny Rollins- Saxophone Colossus
Miles Davis-Porgy & Bess and Kind Of Blue Patrice Rushen-Prelusion/Before The Dawn Sarah Vaughan-Swingin' Easy Billie Holiday-Everything you can put yo hands on. Echos Of An Era Duke Ellington-Live At Newport(1956-this is a wild record) Mary Lou Williams-Any of her compilations will do. Art Tatum-Try finding his "After Hours" rare albums cuz they're the wildest. Charlie Parker-Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Collection(this is his most consisted compilation) Thelonious Monk-Brilliant Corners Bud Powell-The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 Clifford Brown-The Beginning and the End Ahmad Jamal-Ahmad's Bluse(My FAVE album from him) Herbie Hencock-Maiden Voyage & Head Hunters Idris Mohammed-Power of Soul & House of the Rising Sun This will get you started! | |
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Pat Metheny Group
Miles Davis John Coltrane And any of the previously mentioned. I will do today what you won't, so tomorrow I can do what you can't. | |
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A few albums/compilations for your consideration:
Thelonious Monk -- Genius of Modern Music Vol. I Horace Silver -- Horace Silver Trio (Blue Note) Bill Evans -- Sunday at The Village Vanguard Dave Brubeck Quartet -- Time Out Wayne Shorter -- Speak No Evil Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie -- Bird & Diz Charlie Parker -- Bird's Best Bop on Verve Duke Ellington -- Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits [This message was edited Fri Jun 4 15:00:56 2004 by namepeace] Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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SteamForest said: Pat Metheny Group
wasn't he singing on bowie's 'this is not america'? It was not in vain...it was in Minneapolis! | |
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kev1n said: SteamForest said: Pat Metheny Group
wasn't he singing on bowie's 'this is not america'? It was Pat Metheny Group composition. (Pat played guitar/ and guitar synthisizer). Bowie sang, and He and Pat wrote the lyrics. (for "The Falcon and the Snowman" Soundtrack - The Pat Metheny Group did the score for the film) [This message was edited Fri Jun 4 15:52:28 2004 by paligap] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Almost everybody's mentioned it already, but this does deserve emphasis. Kind of Blue by Miles Davis is an album that anybody can enjoy. Every time someone tells me they hate jazz, I say "No you don't, you just haven't heard Kind of Blue yet". It's musically sophisticated without being difficult or abrasive. I couldn't imagine a better album with which you could begin to build a jazz collection.
I think it's the greatest album ever released. | |
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flipwilson said: Almost everybody's mentioned it already, but this does deserve emphasis. Kind of Blue by Miles Davis is an album that anybody can enjoy. Every time someone tells me they hate jazz, I say "No you don't, you just haven't heard Kind of Blue yet". It's musically sophisticated without being difficult or abrasive. I couldn't imagine a better album with which you could begin to build a jazz collection.
I think it's the greatest album ever released. second Sketches of spain was sheere genuis | |
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Harlepolis said: Sonny Rollins- Saxophone Colossus
Miles Davis-Porgy & Bess and Kind Of Blue Patrice Rushen-Prelusion/Before The Dawn Sarah Vaughan-Swingin' Easy Billie Holiday-Everything you can put yo hands on. Echos Of An Era Duke Ellington-Live At Newport(1956-this is a wild record) Mary Lou Williams-Any of her compilations will do. Art Tatum-Try finding his "After Hours" rare albums cuz they're the wildest. Charlie Parker-Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Collection(this is his most consisted compilation) Thelonious Monk-Brilliant Corners Bud Powell-The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 Clifford Brown-The Beginning and the End Ahmad Jamal-Ahmad's Bluse(My FAVE album from him) Herbie Hencock-Maiden Voyage & Head Hunters Idris Mohammed-Power of Soul & House of the Rising Sun This will get you started! Damn, looks like I need to get m'self started. | |
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Dexter Gordon - "Our Man In Paris" I've suggested this on similar threads. I love the recording and, IMHO, a must have in any jazz collection. a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on | |
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kev1n said: hey,
I was hoping for a little peice of advice from y'all here. I've always tried to discover new things when it comes to music and I would really like to get familiar with the genre of Jazz-music, but besides miles davis's 'round about midnight' and 'milestones' ( Two albums I am in complete awe of) I've never listened to anything close to Jazz, so I have absolutely no idea how to get started. What's a good startingpoint? What cd's should I check out? greetz Kev1n Ornette Coleman - "Free Jazz"  There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently | |
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