# Recommend Some Jazz **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2014, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-jazz/691355 "2014-06-22T08:50:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-jazz/691355/1 "2014-06-22T08:50:04Z")
In the vein of the [opening theme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cro776gzXgI) of the film _Chinatown_, other than the soundtrack of course. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-jazz/691355/2 "2014-06-22T09:16:35Z")
[Miles Davis: Kind of Blue](http://www.npr.org/2011/01/04/10862796/miles-davis-kind-of-blue) ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-jazz/691355/3 "2014-06-22T09:19:31Z")
[Just try to listen to this and not feel cool.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEC8nqT6Rrk) ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-jazz/691355/4 "2014-06-22T10:27:49Z")
If you use Pandora, set up a Miles Davis station and take note of what other artists you like. It’s a great way to explore new music. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-jazz/691355/5 "2014-06-22T11:21:41Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > In the vein of the [opening theme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cro776gzXgI) of the film _Chinatown_, other than the soundtrack of course. > > Thanks. I believe that is simply called the Love Theme from Chinatown. Sounds like a classic jazz ballad with a lead trumpet or cornet. The first artist it made me think of, in terms of classic jazz ballads, is tenor sax master **Ben Webster** - try his CD King of the Tenors: [Ben Webster - King Of The Tenors - Amazon.com Music](http://www.amazon.com/King-Tenors-Ben-Webster/dp/B0000046R4) Listen to the samples on that page and you should hear a similar feel. I like the idea of using Pandora or a similar service, but set it up for Ben Webster or Dexter Gordon, another great ballad-playing sax man… ---
**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:** [June 22, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-jazz/691355/6 "2014-06-22T13:46:11Z")
You might also try [Chet Baker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv_oTpBAzS4) for jazz trumpet ballads. He was also a singer of note. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-jazz/691355/7 "2014-06-22T14:02:22Z")
He may stretch your boundaries for “jazz” a bit, but the tune in the title and its rendering made me think immediately of [Chris Botti](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXy0LHjorK0) who plays a nice horn. You can never go too far wrong with anything Miles Davis has done , but the mention of _Kind of Blue_ deserves a “Hell, yes!” And a big +1 for Chet. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-jazz/691355/8 "2014-06-22T17:01:10Z")
While you’re checking out horns, look in on Clifford Brown and Freddie Hubbard. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-jazz/691355/9 "2014-06-22T17:41:55Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > While you’re checking out horns, look in on Clifford Brown and Freddie Hubbard. Yes. And give [Jon Faddis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWFFxBFVAhk) a listen, too. The list of good trumpet people doesn’t even slow down until you get to 20. Some of the greats have moved on, but their recordings are timeless. How are you for piano or guitar? ---
**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:** [June 22, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-jazz/691355/10 "2014-06-22T18:43:12Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Yes. And give [Jon Faddis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWFFxBFVAhk) a listen, too. The list of good trumpet people doesn’t even slow down until you get to 20. Some of the greats have moved on, but their recordings are timeless. > > How are you for piano or guitar? If you’re asking me, I say Monk for piano, but he’s not for everyone. Oscar Peterson or Art Tatum are probably more accessible. Kinda grown bored with jazz guitar; I just prefer it for blues or rock or folk or pretty much any other genre. For the OP, give [Naima](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx-TxiBi43c) a listen; it’s Coltrane at his most soulful. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-jazz/691355/11 "2014-06-22T18:48:24Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > In the vein of the [opening theme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cro776gzXgI) of the film _Chinatown_, other than the soundtrack of course. > > Thanks. I bet you’d like [Haunted Heart](http://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Heart-Charlie-Haden/dp/B0000046L7) by Charlie Haden. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-jazz/691355/12 "2014-06-23T01:16:17Z")
Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano, by Claude Bolling, with Jean-Pierre Rampal. [Here’s a YouTube link…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW2QuZ8slUA) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-jazz/691355/13 "2014-06-24T05:27:21Z")
[I Can’t Escape from You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LELLBcZjuoU) by Dexter Gordon