Let's Talk Jazz

[YouEnjoyMyself]

I was surprised to see in the top ten albums thread how much jazz was mentioned, so I thought I'd start a thread about it. Post your favorite albums and just talk about jazz in general.

But to start out the thread I would like help, I nee more jazz. I currently only have the following Albums:

Miles Davis-
Birth Of The Cool
Bitches Brew
Get Up With It
Kind Of Blue
Sketches Of Spain
Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet

John Coltrane-
A Love Supreme
Blue Train
Giant Steps
My Favorite Things (I don't know if this is an album or something put together by a seperate person)

Medeski Martin & Wood-
Farmer's Reserve
Friday Afternoon In The Universe
Uninvisible

Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane-
At Carnegie Hall

Wes Montgomery-
Compact Jazz

Django Reinhardt-
Crazy Rhythm and a bunch of random songs

EDIT: Dave Brubeck
Take Five


So pretty much I would like you guys to recommend some albums for me to check out, I'm also curious to hear some more modern jazz. Thanks.

Discuss.

[Slug Moses]

Good stuff there. Django is my idol.

Few classics off the top of my head:

Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow
Charlie Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Art Blakey - Moanin'
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Live Art

[YouEnjoyMyself]

Yeah I am a big Vic Wooten fan, I should check out the Flecktones.

Thanks

[NightStalKeR]

Check this out. Dave Brubeck playing Take Five with Carmen McRae singing...

http://media.putfile.com/Dave-Brubeck-Vocal-Encounters---18---Carmen-McRae---Take-Five

[reigenborn]

I used to play jazz all the time on my Bari and Tenor Saxophone. It's really, really, really fun. We are constantly learning new funk, blues, and jazz scales. I encourage any musician to get into this.

[Liquid Tension]

I like playing prog rock more.

[sparrky]

About the only jazz i listen to is from a guy named Terry Bozzio. awesome stuff though.

[temp100]

I listen to:

Charles Mingus
Thelonious Monk
Herbie Hancock
John Patitucci
Jaco Pastorius and Weather Report
Eddie Lang
John Coltrane
Victor Wooten

I also listen to jazz influenced or jazz metal/rock/fusion stuff; i.e. Atheist, Jamiroquai and Cherry Poppin' Daddies.

I'm keen to hear Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Orchestra, and more Victor Wooten.

When you say you want to hear more modern jazz, does it matter if it isn't pure jazz - say if it's a combination of several genres?

[YouEnjoyMyself]

As long as it's well done I don't mind. Pure jazz would be ideal....I get enough free form stuff from MMW.

[MiKe]

Jaco Pastorius = My god.

[Justin]

Gong
Soft Machine
Return To Forever
and Mahavishnu Orchestra are some other good groups.

Jazz Fusion ok?

[MiKe]

Some of my favorites:
Stanley Clarke
Chick Corea
Matt Savage (if you don't know who this is, you have no idea how much you're missing out on)
Coltrane
Charlie Parker
Miles Davis
Duke Ellington
Herbie Hancock
and as I said earlier, JACO PASTORIUS.

[WesMont22]

Yes, I love jazz. At the moment, my favorite Jazz artist is guitarist Ben Monder. His music is very unique, and anyone who's into music should get his CD Oceana.
Some more of my favorite Jazz musicians are, of course, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Maria Schneider Orchestra, Eric Dolphy, The Weather Report, Django, Scott Henderson, and Allan Holdsworth, who I am seeing on May 13th.

[sparrky]

No one else listens to Bozzio? started by playing drums for Frank Zappa, ring any bells?

[reggie jax]

Check out Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come.


I also listen to jazz influenced or jazz metal/rock/fusion stuff; i.e. Atheist, Jamiroquai and Cherry Poppin' Daddies.I just recently got into Atheist.. good shit.

[temp100]

Check out Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come.

I just recently got into Atheist.. good shit.
Atheist is indeed awesome, jazz and metal is an great combination.

[Justin]

Athiest and Cynic gets me all hot and bothered.

[KEALYBOY]

Top 5 Miles Albums: Kind Of Blue, In A Silent Way, Sketches Of Spain, Nefertiti, Miles Ahead

[MoDilly]

A few people have mentioned Herbie Hancock. But, my favorite album by him is Thrust. It's with Paul Jackson and Mike Clark. Fucking amazing funk/jazz album.

Oh yah. As for the Athiest band, if you want jazz influenced metal/rock, with a singer who actually sings, listen to Tool. I can't stand people who grunt and screech like fucking idiots.

[temp100]

A few people have mentioned Herbie Hancock. But, my favorite album by him is Thrust. It's with Paul Jackson and Mike Clark. Fucking amazing funk/jazz album.

Oh yah. As for the Athiest band, if you want jazz influenced metal/rock, with a singer who actually sings, listen to Tool. I can't stand people who grunt and screech like fucking idiots.
Yeah, Atheist's vocals are nothing to write home about, but they don't bother me either.

However, I think Atheist is much more jazzy than Tool. I'm not an expert on Tool, but as far as I can see and from what I've heard, the only jazz in Tool comes from Danny Carey.

I haven't got Thrust - it sounds good.

[MiKe]

A few people have mentioned Herbie Hancock. But, my favorite album by him is Thrust. It's with Paul Jackson and Mike Clark. Fucking amazing funk/jazz album.

Oh yah. As for the Athiest band, if you want jazz influenced metal/rock, with a singer who actually sings, listen to Tool. I can't stand people who grunt and screech like fucking idiots.

Really? I've listened to some Tool (but as you know, not a whole lot), and I never picked up on any jazz influence. But hey, I'm probably wrong, you'd know better then I would when it comes to Tool:dunce:

As for the Herbie Hancock....well, he's the man. I haven't heard anything of his that I didn't like. And he was a regular on Jaco's albums, so he's cool in my book.

[Justin]

Yeah, Atheist's vocals are nothing to write home about, but they don't bother me either.

However, I think Atheist is much more jazzy than Tool. I'm not an expert on Tool, but as far as I can see and from what I've heard, the only jazz in Tool comes from Danny Carey.

True, true... I ignore death metal vocals for the most part. Mo, if you can't ignore the vocals and just listen to the awesome music then... I'm sorry you can't look past that, I guess.

[temp100]

Really? I've listened to some Tool (but as you know, not a whole lot), and I never picked up on any jazz influence. But hey, I'm probably wrong, you'd know better then I would when it comes to Tool:dunce:

As for the Herbie Hancock....well, he's the man. I haven't heard anything of his that I didn't like. And he was a regular on Jaco's albums, so he's cool in my book.
He's talking about how Danny Carey is a jazz influenced/trained drummer.

[Dodgerdog]

Some of my favorite jazz songs:

Lorraine by Kaffe from Bulgaria, and Y Asi by Global Kryner from Austria.

[m11a1]

You guys should listen to the Taxi Driver theme by Hermann Barnard, to me it's one of the darkest jazz pieces ever.

Oh and, the smoothest piece for me is Europa.

[MoDilly]

Yeah, Atheist's vocals are nothing to write home about, but they don't bother me either.

However, I think Atheist is much more jazzy than Tool. I'm not an expert on Tool, but as far as I can see and from what I've heard, the only jazz in Tool comes from Danny Carey.

I haven't got Thrust - it sounds good.
You're right about Tool, Danny Carey brings in his jazz to the group. Some of the time signatures they use are jazz influenced but it's very, very subtle.

As for the Herbie Hancock....well, he's the man. I haven't heard anything of his that I didn't like. And he was a regular on Jaco's albums, so he's cool in my book.
Man, I can't believe I haven't sent you Thrust. I'll hook you up when I see you next time.

[zShawtySX3]

About time someone started a jazz thread...here's the jazz that i listen to...
Aaron Broadus
Charlie Parker
Freddie Hubbard
*Herbie Hancock-My favorite
Maynard Ferguson-I like a lot of his songs too
Russell Gunn-He has a new style of jazz called hip-hop jazz...it sounds really good and different in a good way
Weather Report-Song "Birdland"
Youngblood Brassband
...and those are my favorites

[Enjoi]

I just found out today that there is a jazz band at my high school.

[hipocritical]

Matt, "Speak No Evil" by Wayne Shorter is a must in any jazz collection.

[giv_it_to_god]

I can't stand jazz!!!!! it is terrible and evil and must be stopped!!!

[MiKe]

^Thanks, now we know you're a retard and we'll ignore any posts you make from now on.

Matt, "Speak No Evil" by Wayne Shorter is a must in any jazz collection.

Wayne Shorter's the fuckin man. I'm a huge Weather Report fan, but I haven't heard any of his solo stuff yet. I'll have to check this one out.

[YouEnjoyMyself]

Matt, "Speak No Evil" by Wayne Shorter is a must in any jazz collection.

OK thanks.

I've heard Headhunters before and it was pretty incredible, so I'm gonna check that out.

This weekend I'm probably gonna download,

Headhunters by Herbie Hancock
Speak No Evil by Wayne Shorter
Some Jaco Pastorius
And some Charlie Parker

Oh yeah I forgot to mention I have a buttload of Victor Wooten.

[MiKe]

^If you're getting some Jaco, make sure you get the following albums:
Jaco Pastorius (self-titled solo album)
Word of Mouth
Heavy Weather (by Weather Report)
8:30 (live album by Weather Report)
Bright Size Life (Pat Metheny's first album, amazing guitar playing and Jaco is on every track...including some badass bass solos)

[Pajman]

Return to Forever.

[nirvana]

Django > Me. I also listen to a lot of Fusion shred, which has some Jazz roots.

Edit: Matt, have you heard of Greg Howe?

[YouEnjoyMyself]

^If you're getting some Jaco, make sure you get the following albums:
Jaco Pastorius (self-titled solo album)
Word of Mouth
Heavy Weather (by Weather Report)
8:30 (live album by Weather Report)
Bright Size Life (Pat Metheny's first album, amazing guitar playing and Jaco is on every track...including some badass bass solos)

Can you tell me one, because my connection sucks and I'll be spending all weekend downloading one album.

Django > Me. I also listen to a lot of Fusion shred, which has some Jazz roots.

Edit: Matt, have you heard of Greg Howe?

Django owns. No I haven't heard of him.

[DrFrasierCrane]

How did this thread go 3 pages without anyone mentioning Bill Evans? If anyone's looking for a jazz album to buy/download, make sure it's Bill Evans' 'Sunday At The Village Vanguard.' It's the most beautiful, intimate live jazz experience ever. Not only is the music very personal and moving, but the tingling of wine glasses and muffled conversation in the background make you feel like you're really at the club watching the trio. An all time classic.

Other jazz favourites:

Miles Davis - Agharta
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
Tony Williams - Emergency
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - Free For All
Larry Young - Unity

[temp100]

I can't stand jazz!!!!! it is terrible and evil and must be stopped!!!
Wow, someone's incredibly ignorant :rolleyes: ...

[MiKe]

Can you tell me one, because my connection sucks and I'll be spending all weekend downloading one album.



Sure. If you're only gonna get ONE Jaco album, get his self-titled one. It's one of the most important albums in the history of the electric bass, and besides that, it's just a killer jazz album. He does a brilliant version of Charlie Parker's "Donna Lee", his own uber-funk/soul tune called "Come On, Come Over", "Portrait of Tracy" is still considered one of the most important (and beautiful) songs ever written for a bass...there's not a single bad thing to say about the album. Every song kicks ass. Dig it.

[reggie jax]

Mike.. what's the best Weather Report album in your opinion?

As for Athiest's vocals sucking most of the time I'm the one bitching about metal vocals but sometimes they fit well.. some music just isn't right for some soulful singer to come in all soulfull and such. Sometimes its better for the singer just to scream their fuckin head off.. or occasionally for some evil ass demon sounding motherfucker to come on a track growling and shit.. just my $0.02.

[Justin]

Self-Titled 71' album... best Weather Report for sure.

[MiKe]

Mike.. what's the best Weather Report album in your opinion?

Now you gotta understand, I'm a HUGE Jaco fan, so my opinion of Weather Report is extremely biased. The group released lots of good stuff without Jaco, I just prefer their stuff with him.
That being said, my favorite Weather Report album is either Heavy Weather, or Night Passage. Both are awesome, both have amazing music from the whole band, but I think Heavy Weather is more "accessible", or easy to listen to. Night Passage is awesome, but only a few tracks (Port of Entry, Night Passage, Rockin' in Rhythm) really caught my attention the first time I listened to it.
Also worth checking out (and when I say that, I mean they're fuckin great too), are Mr.Gone and Black Market.

[temp100]

Yeah, Heavy Weather is my fav.

[giv_it_to_god]

Wow, someone's incredibly ignorant :rolleyes: ...
wow, your good. How could I have been so wrong? I like music you like noise, Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please forgive me temp, please!!!!!!

[temp100]

wow, your good. How could I have been so wrong? I like music you like noise, Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please forgive me temp, please!!!!!!
Wow. Stop being puerile. You took our dispute from the other thread to this one, just to pursue an e-grudge that you have against me, because I revealed your ignorance and bias against jazz.

[giv_it_to_god]

Wow. Stop being puerile. You took our dispute from the other thread to this one, just to pursue an e-grudge that you have against me, because I revealed your ignorance and bias against jazz.

Are you stupid or something? Your the one who brought the dispute on here. Don't quote be about ignorance if your short term memory loss is the reason more than half of that post is up there. Please don't reply, im sick of telling you why you are wrong. Thanks.

[YouEnjoyMyself]

Quit arguing guys, talk about jazz.

Every one is entitled to their own opinions no matter how stupid they may be.

[temp100]

Are you stupid or something? Your the one who brought the dispute on here. Don't quote be about ignorance if your short term memory loss is the reason more than half of that post is up there. Please don't reply, im sick of telling you why you are wrong. Thanks.
Don't lie. You continued the argument from the other thread by mentioning "noise", which you originally brought up in the other thread. And is it just a coincidence that you posted in this thread 2 min after posting in the other one? You got grouchy in the other thread, and brought it over here, 2 minutes later.

No, I don't have short term memory loss. And no, short term memory loss is not the same as ignorance.

You didn't seem to have a problem with someone posting this about you:
^Thanks, now we know you're a retard and we'll ignore any posts you make from now on.
Yet you have a problem with me calling you ignorant. Of course you mightn't have seen that post, but it sounds like this problem was aggravated from what went on in the other thread. In other words you've continued it from the other thread.

Anyway, regardless of whether you continued it on from the other thread, let's keep it in the other thread. I don't want this thread to be fagged up.

[Genious]

Check out Art Tatum, jazz piano shredder.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000000XMP/qid=1141535216/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/104-1430859-0814326?s=music&v=glance&n=5174

[YouEnjoyMyself]

Jaco Pastorius is amazing.

[giv_it_to_god]

Don't lie. You continued the argument from the other thread by mentioning "noise", which you originally brought up in the other thread. And is it just a coincidence that you posted in this thread 2 min after posting in the other one? You got grouchy in the other thread, and brought it over here, 2 minutes later.

No, I don't have short term memory loss. And no, short term memory loss is not the same as ignorance.

You didn't seem to have a problem with someone posting this about you:

Yet you have a problem with me calling you ignorant. Of course you mightn't have seen that post, but it sounds like this problem was aggravated from what went on in the other thread. In other words you've continued it from the other thread.

Anyway, regardless of whether you continued it on from the other thread, let's keep it in the other thread. I don't want this thread to be fagged up.

That person diddn't use ignorant as in me posting ignorant in the other thread, im not gonna start another arguement with another jazz queer.
Don't even say you wern't enticing me with your first hostile post, OK.
How can this thread not be "fagged up" if its called lets talk jazz"?
Im done with this thread, im not even gonna read it anymore, so ,get the last word and shut up please before I email you a roundhouse kick.
Chuck norris invented water.

[SAPAiC]

That guys an asshole.

Jazz is all well and good, but I LOVE Blues for ever!

[temp100]

That person diddn't use ignorant as in me posting ignorant in the other thread, im not gonna start another arguement with another jazz queer.
Don't even say you wern't enticing me with your first hostile post, OK.
How can this thread not be "fagged up" if its called lets talk jazz"?
Im done with this thread, im not even gonna read it anymore, so ,get the last word and shut up please before I email you a roundhouse kick.
Chuck norris invented water.
I wasn't calling you ignorant from another thread. I was calling you ignorant from this thread. This was my first post about anything jazz related in this forum (to you):
Wow, someone's incredibly ignorant :rolleyes: ...
It wasn't designed to wind you up - I'm pointing out something to you. I can hate a genre and still respect it. You've shown me that you can hate a genre without listening to it by applying stereotypes, and still have no respect for it, while constantly slandering it.

Do you think perhaps you're winding people up by constantly labelling jazz as "gay" etc?

Another jazz queer? Implying that I'm a jazz queer? Excuse me, I like jazz, but it's not even near my favourite genre of music (at least right now it isn't). I could hate it and still respect it without being ignorant...

Anyhow, where's this "roundhouse kick" you're meant to be e-mailing me? In fact, here's a challenge. I wonder if you can even tell me what my e-mail address is? That is generally the first step to e-mailing someone...

[YouEnjoyMyself]

I wasn't calling you ignorant from another thread. I was calling you ignorant from this thread. This was my first post about anything jazz related in this forum (to you):

It wasn't designed to wind you up - I'm pointing out something to you. I can hate a genre and still respect it. You've shown me that you can hate a genre without listening to it by applying stereotypes, and still have no respect for it, while constantly slandering it.

Do you think perhaps you're winding people up by constantly labelling jazz as "gay" etc?

Another jazz queer? Implying that I'm a jazz queer? Excuse me, I like jazz, but it's not even near my favourite genre of music (at least right now it isn't). I could hate it and still respect it without being ignorant...

Anyhow, where's this "roundhouse kick" you're meant to be e-mailing me? In fact, here's a challenge. I wonder if you can even tell me what my e-mail address is? That's usually the first step to e-mailing someone...

Dude, please stop. Enough already, both of you have ruined this thread.

[temp100]

Dude, please stop. Enough already, both of you have ruined this thread.
Yep, sorry about that. I'm ignoring his posts from now on, and I don't think he'll be posting in the thread again anyway. Hopefully, he'll PM me if he wants to talk about anything. I feel pretty guilty for ruining this thread. Anyway, I'm ignoring him from these asterisks onward.

********************

Anyway, to get the thread back on track, could anyone upload any Jaco Pastorius albums apart from the self titled? I'm having a lot of trouble trying to get a hold of them? And the self titled was musicgasmically good.

Also, I'm after Eddie Lang (jazz guitarist) guitar tabs. From what I've heard of him, he's a pretty good guitarist who switched over from banjo (verification?). It doesn't seem like he's hugely popular, so I've had trouble getting some. And I'm not good at tabbing either.

[MoDilly]

Anyway, to get the thread back on track, could anyone upload any Jaco Pastorius albums apart from the self titled? I'm having a lot of trouble trying to get a hold of them? And the self titled was musicgasmically good.
This isn't an album I uploaded. But, it's a video of him improving with some black dude, I have no idea what his name is. Jaco was fucking awesome.

Sorry the quality is so horrible.

http://media.putfile.com/Jaco-Pastoius---Improv

[temp100]

This isn't an album I uploaded. But, it's a video of him improving with some black dude, I have no idea what his name is. Jaco was fucking awesome.

Sorry the quality is so horrible.

http://media.putfile.com/Jaco-Pastoius---Improv
Thanks, that's a nice video. I'm trying to get as much Pastorius stuff as I can.

[Baneofevil3]

I rarely listen to jazz, but I've determined that it's the best style of music out there. It seems like everyone that's extremely passionate about music is passionate about jazz. Plus, jazz is filled with originality that you really don't find many other places.

I listened to Larry Carlton last night, and my iTunes labeled it as jazz, but I would've said blues. Anyway, can someone here recommend some good jazz for me? I'm pretty open-minded about music.

[MiKe]

This isn't an album I uploaded. But, it's a video of him improving with some black dude, I have no idea what his name is. Jaco was fucking awesome.

Sorry the quality is so horrible.

http://media.putfile.com/Jaco-Pastoius---Improv


The black guy is Jeremy Jemmott, an old funk/soul bassist.
BTW, that's from Jaco's instructional video, entitled "Modern Electric Bass", I have the DVD.

[temp100]

The black guy is Jeremy Jemmott, an old funk/soul bassist.
BTW, that's from Jaco's instructional video, entitled "Modern Electric Bass", I have the DVD.
Yeah, funnily enough, after seeing that video that MoDilly posted, I just got "Modern Electric Bass" yesterday. I had a quick look through it and I realise where that video came from. What a coincidence!

[MiKe]

Yeah it's a good video, but Jaco was so gone at that point in his life it's really depressing to watch it now. Check out any video of him from the 70's through the early 80's, it's like a whole different person.

[broken egg]

john abercrombie
bob mintzer
john patitucci
peter erskine
they have done a collaboration called the hudson project, from that i suggest a song called modern day tuba.

[MiKe]

Sounds like a sick band. I never heard of John Abercrombie, but I know the others are all great musicians. I'm gonna have to check that out.

[broken egg]

well, john abercrombie is an awesome guitarist, thats all you need to know for now.

[temp100]

john abercrombie
bob mintzer
john patitucci
peter erskine
they have done a collaboration called the hudson project, from that i suggest a song called modern day tuba.
Sounds good. Like Mike, I haven't heard of Abercrombie, but the other musicians are good.

[WesMont22]

well, john abercrombie is an awesome guitarist, thats all you need to know for now.

I doubt anyone cares, but my teacher often plays with John Abercrombie, whom I am going to see in April.

[GiveItAway]

If you play jazz you dont get chicks. FACT.

[unearth]

Big Matt you mentioned some good ones and most of my list consists of those.

If I had to pick one classic that I haven't seen mentioned it would have to be Ornette Coleman's 'The Shape of Jazz to Come'.

[YouEnjoyMyself]

I notice your User Title, and it makes me want to fellate you.

[MiKe]

If you play jazz you dont get chicks. FACT.


Yeah...except for chicks that like musicians/jazz.

[YouEnjoyMyself]

Yeah...except for chicks that like musicians/jazz.

AKA chicks who are actually worth talking to.

Sadly, I've yet to meet a girl who gets down with jazz. Though when I do, probably gonna have to wife her.

EDIT: Listening to a random live Herbie Hancock album I downloaded.

AMAZING...my first taste of HC after I got to listen to Head Hunters a while ago. Amazing stuff, I'm currently trying to find a place where I can succesfully download HH. No luck yet.

[unearth]

Matt I hear ya...I haven't met one either.

[MiKe]

Yo Big Matt, check your PMs :D

[temp100]

Yeah...except for chicks that like musicians/jazz.
And a lot of the Europeans seem to be more inclined to jazz. All of the foreign exchange students I know at school seem to listen to or play jazz.

And I'm not exactly opposed to Italian girls :).

[MoDilly]

My last girlfriend/whatever was into jazz. Fucking gorgeous also. Bitch left me for a surgeon or some gay shit. :(

[YouEnjoyMyself]

My condolences....he probably has a smaller cock then you anyways.

[MoDilly]

Thank you. You always know how to comfort me. Butt sechs?

[MiKe]

My last girlfriend/whatever was into jazz. Fucking gorgeous also. Bitch left me for a surgeon or some gay shit. :(

God damn medical community hoggin' up all the pussy. Us jazzers should rebel against the doctors, it's well overdue.

[GiveItAway]

Sadly, I've yet to meet a girl who gets down with jazz. Though when I do, probably gonna have to wife her.


Thats cos there arnt any. Ever been to a jazz club? Sausage fest my man. The only people who feel jazz are 30something's men. Who else digs a super locrian scale being played over a Bbaug7/G#? You can hear them saying shit like "no way did he just play a dimished scale over a G#minor!"

[YouEnjoyMyself]

Thats cos there arnt any. Ever been to a jazz club? Sausage fest my man. The only people who feel jazz are 30something's men. Who else digs a super locrian scale being played over a Bbaug7/G#? You can hear them saying shit like "no way did he just play a dimished scale over a G#minor!"

I love you.

[whynotatall]

Check this out. Dave Brubeck playing Take Five with Carmen McRae singing...

http://media.putfile.com/Dave-Brubeck-Vocal-Encounters---18---Carmen-McRae---Take-Five
That's sweet.

Anyway, some of the regulars I listen to:

Charlie Parker - Check out his rendition of Gershwin's Summertime
Herbie Hancock (especially Headhunters [especially Chameleon])
Sonny Rollins - Tons of great stuff
Thelonius Monk
Count Basie
Stan Getz
Chet Baker - Amazing

Dave Brubeck quartet has gotta be my favorite though

And really, you can't go wring with some Duke Ellington, Coltrane, or Louis Armstrong

[Stubs2]

guys, Don Ellis, check him out, he plays trumpet

[YouEnjoyMyself]

I've just downloaded a shit load of Coltrane and Charlie Parker, life is good.

[reggie jax]

If I had to pick one classic that I haven't seen mentioned it would have to be Ornette Coleman's 'The Shape of Jazz to Come'.I beat you to it; end of first page.

Two unrelated mentions in a jazz thread does help indicate this album's dopeness, though.

[GiveItAway]

I love you.

Wow, quoted in a sig, i'm honored.

[m11a1]

Bebop anyone?

[KEALYBOY]

Sunday At The Village Vanguard
In A Silent Way
Somethin' Else
Kind Of Blue
A Love Supreme
Blue Train
Yardbird Suite
Autumn In New York
Unity
Bitches Brew
The Girl From Ipanaemia

[reggie jax]

On the last one.. do you mean "Getz/Gilberto" or is that album a spinoff by someone else?

[KEALYBOY]

On the last one.. do you mean "Getz/Gilberto" or is that album a spinoff by someone else?

Getz/Gilberto


I consider King Crimson jazz in many ways, so add 'Red' to above list...