# International Instrumental Jazz of the 50s-70s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-instrumental-jazz-of-the-50s-70s/843292 "2019-11-11T16:11:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-instrumental-jazz-of-the-50s-70s/843292/1 "2019-11-11T16:11:22Z")
It’s great to hear this Asian Jazz, with their traditional instruments, but still within a jazz structure. I’d love to hear stuff like this from every country, and I know we have many people from all over the world. I’ve tried many searches on YouTube and have come unsuccessful. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikU_NVS4OLY) ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-instrumental-jazz-of-the-50s-70s/843292/2 "2019-11-12T04:39:38Z")
Wow, those hair-dos! Interesting music though. My International Jazz experience isn’t very far from mainstream, being European and Latin with close to pop cross-overs: [Maria Elana](https://youtu.be/_rQheOglFos) [Petit Fleur](https://youtu.be/wMwckuWpxDs) [Mas Que Nada](https://youtu.be/7s17hxtHFyg) and [Pata Pata](https://youtu.be/lNeP3hrm__k) Are these even jazz? ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-instrumental-jazz-of-the-50s-70s/843292/3 "2019-11-12T07:32:11Z")
Have you listened to Hiroshima? Their debut album was in 1979 and their music varies with a mix of modern jazz, rock and R&B on koto and taiko as well as guitars and keyboard. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima\_(band)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima_(band)) _Odori_ from their second album is incredibly beautiful. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe93DJMncqg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe93DJMncqg) ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-instrumental-jazz-of-the-50s-70s/843292/4 "2019-11-12T13:39:19Z")
> [@K364](#): > > Wow, those hair-dos! Interesting music though. > > My International Jazz experience isn’t very far from mainstream, being European and Latin with close to pop cross-overs: > > [Maria Elana](https://youtu.be/_rQheOglFos) > [Petit Fleur](https://youtu.be/wMwckuWpxDs) > [Mas Que Nada](https://youtu.be/7s17hxtHFyg) > and > [Pata Pata](https://youtu.be/lNeP3hrm__k) > > Are these even jazz? I love the bamboo flutes! I’ll check them out when I get home. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-instrumental-jazz-of-the-50s-70s/843292/5 "2019-11-12T15:22:30Z")
[Jarosław Śmietana](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhlwg2fWUwk) is a Polish jazz artist. But the problem with this notion is that most foreign jazz artists are playing traditional jazz tunes on traditional instruments. When it strays from that, it falls more into the “World Music” category with tunes like the OP listed. For instance, _Mas Que Nada_ is in the samba tradition of Brazil. The album _[Talking Timbuktu](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Yu0L4fVyw&list=PLB83152CA86FADC5B)_ with Ali Farka Toure and Ry Cooder is brilliant, and combines African and modern instruments, but I wouldn’t call it jazz. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-instrumental-jazz-of-the-50s-70s/843292/6 "2019-11-12T16:32:13Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > Have you listened to Hiroshima? Their debut album was in 1979 and their music varies with a mix of modern jazz, rock and R&B on koto and taiko as well as guitars and keyboard. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima\_(band)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima_(band)) > > _Odori_ from their second album is incredibly beautiful. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe93DJMncqg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe93DJMncqg) This one too [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5ra2G-I0TDQ/hqdefault.jpg "Hiroshima - Kokoro") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ra2G-I0TDQ) ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-instrumental-jazz-of-the-50s-70s/843292/7 "2019-11-12T22:25:46Z")
I found a channel with nothing but instrumental jazz, with some ooh and ahhhhs by female voices (which I like) [Stelvio Cipriani - Monica - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANMZcOaFmi4) – it’s softer, probably sounds like music that would be in older movies, but I’ve liked everything so far. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-instrumental-jazz-of-the-50s-70s/843292/8 "2019-11-13T02:30:22Z")
One artist worth investigating is [Salah Ragab](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuwX836frpQ), the “Father of Egyptian Jazz”. ---
**Author:** ![ashtayk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@ashtayk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashtayk)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-instrumental-jazz-of-the-50s-70s/843292/9 "2019-11-13T15:43:44Z")
[Shakti](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm8ycb5zjoo) is a jazz group led by John McLaughlin that incorporates a lot of Indian classical music.