Can anyone recommend me some more jazz to listen to?
To give you an idea, I love Charles Mingus, Art Tatum, etc…
Cannonball Aderly is awesome and Horace Silver plays a mean piano. The Clifford Brown and Max Roach group was amazing (Brown’s death was a huge loss to Jazz) and of course Miles, Dizzy, Coltrane, and Bird are all essential.
You want specific albums? Search the title phrase Essential Jazz Library on this site. It’s a few years old but IIRC it had some good suggestions (not just from me).
Saying that you like Charles Mingus (a bass player) and Art Tatum (a piano man) doesn’t really convey much. Do you like a particular style such as bebop, cool, hard bop, fusion, modal, swing, etc? A particular featured instrument (piano, bass, trumpet, etc)? Jazz also covers an extremely broad spectrum of time (~100 years).
From a performer (leader) point of view you can treat yourself to the myriad of “stars” such as Armstrong, Ellington, Basie, Davis, Coltrane, Getz, Mulligan, Jarrett, Corea, Marsalis (I didn’t say this :o) etc.
Give us more of a clue!
This threaddiscusses a lot of jazz and has some links…
Google** The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz**. It’s a nice sampler of older stuff. I’d bet you’d find something you like there.
Go directly to Thelonious Monk without passing ‘go’. Also, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Oscar Peterson, Ben Webster and Chet Baker.
I second Thelonious Monk. Sara Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald had wonderful voices.
I would add a contemporary singer, Cassandra Wilson.
I knew I was forgetting someone when I posted earlier. Monk is a must, and I am a big Oscar Peterson fan too.
Does to me. The OP is looking for selections with a high level of virtuousity and freedom, balanced by SOME boundaries, but not as bounded as the more strictly compositional stuff. In other words, probably no big band stuff or avant-garde. More in the middle, with a certain hard bop sensibility.
You’d probably like Herbie Hancock’s work on Blue Note records from the 1960s. You probably wouldn’t like his Head Hunters work from later.
Dexter Gordon is absolutely someone you should seek out. So, too, is Art Farmer. You might like Benny Golson’s stuff, but…nah, no disclaimer. You’d like him, especially his “JazzTet” days. “Killer Joe” is a particular favorite.
Somebody already said Art Blakey, but you would benefit from practically any of his band’s alumni as well. They are legion.
Apart from hard bop, you should really check out Bill Evans. The blues elements that typify Mingus (and, to a lesser extent, Tatum) aren’t there, but the man makes a statement on piano. Bud Powell might be an even better fit.
I’m assuming you’ve already picked up ‘Kind of Blue’ by the Miles Davis Sextet. If not, well…
Also, you might like Branford Marsalis’ early album “Scenes from the City.”
I just discovered this guy’s YouTube things yesterday! So far I’ve listened to maybe 30 of his clips and am impressed with his playing. Mostly jazz with some pop and Bossa, but all of it smooth and tasty. Let me know what you think.
I don’t know if you’re asking for general opinions, but my take on that is this: it’s music, but it ain’t jazz.
General comments. Yours noted.
'Tis the season for Vince Guaraldi.
plus I really love Patricia Barber.
Here’s another longish clip that contains some of the best “trading licks” sequences on record. If this ain’t jazz, I’ll be go-to-hell.
I’d call it jazz, and very well done. Pushing the cusp of Kenny G-ness just a bit, but still well done.
Is this the same Bob Burford who provided the basis for Ray Rawlins in Kerouac’s On The Road?
I would have my doubts, but since I just stumbled across the guy yesterday on my browsing run at YouTube, I have yet to learn much about him. The only thing I know so far is that he’s in his 60’s at least and bases out of Nashville! If the Kenny G side of his playing doesn’t scare you off, check out some of his other clips. I have yet to find one that wasn’t as smooth and effortless as the others.
The clip I first heard of his was Bob Burford - “Dreamsville” (Henry Mancini)
I live me some Jaco
I realize it’s self-indulgent but I took this opportunity to go find all the jazz and jazz-related threads I have started since I got here. There may be some useful info in one or more of them. Use your own judgment about reviving any of the zombies in this list:
Jazz for Jazz Fans
Earliest memory of recorded or broadcast music?
A Kenny Rankin Appreciation Thread
Will there ever be another jazz guitarist like Joe Pass?
Jazz Connections Game
Music Theory (Jazz especially) For Guitar
Most Essential Jazz Musician
For Bossa Nova Lovers
Andy Narell & Calypsociation
The Best Jazz Tunes and Songs
Music that gives you chill bumps
Marian & Ray
Favorite Jazz (and other music) on YouTube
The Four Freshmen, etc.
Jazz Apocrypha – Art Tatum?
Female Jazz Piano Players
A Little Jazz Q&A
Jazz Standards
Candido
Bob Parlocha
James Moody (1925-2010)
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597101
George Shearing (1919-2011)
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578238
Your Favorite Bill Evans YouTube Clip
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=626741
Some very nice Chet Baker
I’m partial to Jimmy Smith, “Christmas Cookin’” this time of year.
Hey Jaledin - did you read that thread I linked to? I think I started it before you started hanging out here. I’d be interested in your thoughts.