Jazz anyone ?

[Audio Al]

So who like Jazz

I am currently listening to an LP

Newport 1958 by

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Love a Sax , Clarinet , Double Bass , Jazz piano and a crisp sharp Trumpet

and the drums with the ?? " not drumsticks " they have lots of little hair type things and make a shhhh sound when rubbed on the drum , Crap description sorry

I like Jazz to a point but the far out arrangements are a bit like a car crash , not welcome

[Ali Tait]

Yep, bit of a Jazz fan myself.

[vinylspinner]

Jazz..............nice.


Nigel

[Ali Tait]

Prefer the more trad side of things myself, like swing too.

[The Grand Wazoo]

Even in the wacky world of jazz, a straight stick-like thing with fluff on the end is called a brush Al!



Brubeck is great, but sometimes a bit.....well....polite! Sometimes you can't beat a bit of honkin' n' parpin'!

[Thing Fish]

Just recently dipped my toe into the jazz pool myself.

Bought all the classics and have been listening steadily ever since.

The only downside thus far has been that after listening to the complexities of Miles et al in full bebop mode I find listening to normal music a bit boring and uninvolving...

The upside is that there is loads to discover...

[Alex_UK]

When I wanted to get a bit more seriously into jazz, I started with this resource and listened to all of these 25 albums - I think I ended up buying 90% of them, and there are some seriously good albums here!

I then started exploring other albums from these artists, although to be fair I already had a lot of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, and Sonny Rollins - and a smattering of the others.

I must admit though that I'm generally not a big fan of the improvised or experimental side of jazz that goes on forever... and in any case, jazz is such a fluffy genre description - all sorts of stuff gets lumped under the "jazz" banner that is probably impossible to not like at least some jazz!

I'd recommend some Kenny G for the pishanto collection, Al!

[Wakefield Turntables]

Yep+1 for Jazz. Even though I'm a complete thrash metal/prog head I love listening to jazz every so often!

[The Grand Wazoo]

Yes, that's a pretty good list for getting going - plenty of scope for exploring what interests you around those albums.
This box of 25 albums is pretty good value too

The following albums for £35:

1. Louis Armstrong - Plays W.C. Handy: Original Jazz Classics
2. Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan In Hi-Fi
3. Art Blakey - The Jazz Messengers
4. Billie Holiday - Lady In Satin
5. Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
6. Dave Brubeck Quartet - TIME OUT
7. Duke Ellingtont meets Count Basie [1999 Remaster]
8. Helen_Merrill & Piero Umiliani Orchestra - Parole E Musica
9. Charlie Mingus - Tijuana Moods
10. Chet Baker - Chet Is Back!
11. Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream
12. Sonny Rollins - Sonny meets Hawk!
13. Martial Solal - Newport '63
14. Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan - Two of a Mind
15. Benny Goodman Quartet - Together Again
16. George Benson & Quartet - It's Uptown
17. Nina Simone - Sings the Blues
18. Art Tatum - Piano Starts Here
19. Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea + Seattle 1963
20. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
21. Stan Getz - The Best Of Two Worlds
22. Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
23. Weather Report - Heavy Weather
24. Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time
25. Charlie Parker, Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, John Guerin - Bird

[Alex_UK]

Amazing value! Volume 2 looks good as well!