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QuoteFor avant garde fusion cutting edge Jazz, Kenny G is the man. He makes the common man believe there is a god to be found, should one whine long and obnoxiously enough.
For a more conventional approach, I myself like the Oscar Peterson Trio (on the easy side), Charles Mingus (The Clown is a classic), of course the un-avoidable Bird, Coltrane, and Miles collections...
I have always wanted to kidnap Kenny G, shave his head and make him play out of tune for hours on stage naked.......I think that would be so much fun!
"Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance,
others mean and rueful of the western dream"
Wow, nobody suggested Louis Armstrong?
The Smithsonian put out a great series, but it is out of print. However, I'll bet your local library has it, and you could probably copy them.
In place of that, check out the Ken Burns Jazz Series, a more recent PBS series on DVDs and CDs. The DVD series is well worth watching, you will learn alot about Jazz.
Burns released many CDs of collections of various artists in each epoch (early jazz, bebop, cool, etc etc) as well as individual artists collections. Lots of great material!! I found all those at the library too, and I imagine a good used CD store would have many of the CDs...
I highly recommend early Louis Armstrong with the Hot Fives and Hot Sevens, those 1920's disks revolutionized jazz.
Coltrane's greatest hits is still available at best buy, so is Miles Davis Kind of Blue and other greats.
And check out the many CTI (Creed Taylor) CDs finally being released on CD. Best jazz of the '70s before all that smooth jazz crap took over the airwaves.
Don't forget early Bossa Nova! Jobim and Joao Gilberto changed music as we know it.
Marc
"The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly." --GK Chesterton
The Smithsonian put out a great series, but it is out of print. However, I'll bet your local library has it, and you could probably copy them.
In place of that, check out the Ken Burns Jazz Series, a more recent PBS series on DVDs and CDs. The DVD series is well worth watching, you will learn alot about Jazz.
Burns released many CDs of collections of various artists in each epoch (early jazz, bebop, cool, etc etc) as well as individual artists collections. Lots of great material!! I found all those at the library too, and I imagine a good used CD store would have many of the CDs...
I highly recommend early Louis Armstrong with the Hot Fives and Hot Sevens, those 1920's disks revolutionized jazz.
Coltrane's greatest hits is still available at best buy, so is Miles Davis Kind of Blue and other greats.
And check out the many CTI (Creed Taylor) CDs finally being released on CD. Best jazz of the '70s before all that smooth jazz crap took over the airwaves.
Don't forget early Bossa Nova! Jobim and Joao Gilberto changed music as we know it.
Marc
"The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly." --GK Chesterton
QuoteWow, nobody suggested Louis Armstrong?
Shameful!!! We all should have our quadraphonic, funkadelic, Hi-Fi's confiscated and forced to listen to (GASP!!!) Celine Dion on transistor mono AM radio!!!
Hey Speedracer, have you checked out any Jean Luc Ponty? Excelent electric violin. He was mostly known in the 70's improvising with Frank Zappa and then launched a great solo career. Egnimatic Oceans totally jams as does A Taste for Passion. Beach Girl off of A Taste for Passion is excelent. Zappa has some great jazz as well. Black Napkins is right at the top of his best. Maybe some George Benson? Might I suggest In Flight by Benson? Or his album Erotic Moods. For more of a brass sounds, possibly Herb Albert? More on guitar try Wes Montgomery. Have you heard anything from David Sanborn? Try out "As We Speak", Port of Call or Rain on Christmas are excelent as well as most anything else he has done. You may also wish to give a listen to John Mclaughlin, Al Di Meola and Paco De Lucia's "Passion, Grace and Fire".
Also, Sade, Anita Baker and Kilauea with Daniel Ho (Don Ho's son), and not to forget try out some Russ Freeman.
"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young
Mingus, Miles, Ahmad Jahmal, Diana Reeves, Chris Botti has some stuff, Michael Buble is the next Frank, Glenn Miller, Buddy Rich.
Sky Canyon Wingsuiters
[peeks into thread, nonchallantly waltzes into room with BIG sign that reads, 'JAZZ SUCKS!!!']
[waltzes back out]
[waltzes back out]
~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.
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Brubeck, Miles Davis (Kinda Blue is jazz like Everest is mountain.) Also I'm surprised no one has mentioned Van Morrison. Check out Celtic Excavations on Poetic Champions Compose. (Celtic Excavations is jazz like K-2 is mountain.)
"Here's a good specimen of my own wisdom. Something is so, except when it isn't so."
Charles Fort, commenting on the many contradictions of astronomy
Charles Fort, commenting on the many contradictions of astronomy
Yellowjackets-The Mint
Marcus Miller-The Ozell Tapes
"Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance,
others mean and rueful of the western dream"
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