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Rongi
May 6th, 2004, 05:03 PM
I absolutely love jazz. I love fusion, the old stuff from the 20's and 30's, mellow jazz. Hell, I love just about any offshoot of jazz you can come up with. But really, I only listien to it once in a while. I would love to hear so much more of it but I never really buy any jazz music. Most of the time I just hear it in a store or on the radio and really dig it.

So give me some good suggestions. And tell me what category they fall under. It could be any jazz. Is Miles Davis good?
huond
May 6th, 2004, 05:16 PM
yer so dumb rongi, Miles was great, but I like his work from the 50-60's the most.

Jazz guitarists are my favorite though. Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, Les Paul, Johnny Smith, and Grant Green are some of my favorites. :( I really need more jazz myself. I love it :(
Rongi
May 6th, 2004, 05:23 PM
haha yeah :(. i like jazz guitar music as well, which is why I'm so addicted to Hot Rats :(
da blob
May 6th, 2004, 05:39 PM
Gordian Knot - much more jazz than metal IMO.
Helm
May 6th, 2004, 05:41 PM
Gordian Knot are excellent. I have a soft spot for their first album although the second one isn't half bad.

I would also suggest Weather Report. Hah!
sspadowsky
May 6th, 2004, 05:48 PM
John Pizzarelli, Django Reinhardt, Allan Holdsworth.
huond
May 6th, 2004, 06:12 PM
Does John Pizzarelli skat (i guess) over like everything he plays? I've seen him twice on conan and he did it both times, but he was still fucking amazing. :(
FartinMowler
May 6th, 2004, 06:14 PM
Toronto has a great Jazz station that I listen to :) I like Wynton http://www.wyntonmarsalis.net/main1.html
sspadowsky
May 6th, 2004, 07:00 PM
Does John Pizzarelli skat (i guess) over like everything he plays? I've seen him twice on conan and he did it both times, but he was still fucking amazing. :(

He skats to an extent, but not all that much. I remember him singing quite a bit. I admit I was paying more attention to his guitar playing, which, as you said, is fucking amazing. That guy is just about a flawless player.
ProfessorCool
May 6th, 2004, 08:02 PM
We have a smooth jazz and a regular jazz station in chicago, both are very good.
Bobo Adobo
May 6th, 2004, 08:49 PM
[quote="Rongi"]Hell, I love just about any offshoot of jazz you can come up with. quote]

Thats pretty much saying you Love all modern music in general. :)

I would suggest Weather Report, Wes, Branford and Wynton Marsalis. And of course the classics (The Duke, Coltrane, Davis, Armstrong, etc.)

I hate smooth Jazz :( , except for a few artists. It's too brite and floaty for me...
Ronnie Raygun
May 6th, 2004, 09:08 PM
MILES DAVIS

BITCHES BREW

GET IT

OR

REMAIN IGNORANT

YOU

MINDLESS

FOO!
Helm
May 6th, 2004, 11:56 PM
He probably does

Already have it I think

You are a big fag
Rongi
May 7th, 2004, 03:03 PM
I already have Bitches Brew.

I discovered this fusion jazz band called Luxus. They rock :D
Bobo Adobo
May 7th, 2004, 03:39 PM
I was going to say don't get "bitche's brew", before you get some of his earlier stuff, like "Milestones", "Round about Midnight", "Kind of Blue", and some of his sextet stuff.

Bitches is awesome, but its not my favorite Davis....
Shostie
May 7th, 2004, 06:57 PM
I'd have to go with Dave Brubeck. "Take Five" is easily one of the best jazz albums ever produced. He has a slightly more recent release called "Young Lions and Old Tigers" (or "Young Tigers and Old Lions." I can never remember which way it is). It's basically Brubeck and his band playing songs he's composed for up and coming jazz artists with said up and coming artists, as well as some standards with his friends. Album features bassist Christian McBride, Roy Hargrove, and Michael Brecker, among others.

If you're in the mood for something a bit older, I'd reccommed some bebop. Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gilespie; Jazz gods among men...