Any Jazz fans?

mingusfan · Post by **mingusfan** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:46 am

Im just seeing how many of you actually listen to jazz and understand/appreciate it. Its not a diss to those who dont, its hard to get it if you dont play it or are used to popular music...but anyone out there who would like to get into jazz/discuss it post away.

swanee89 · Post by **swanee89** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:37 pm

yea, my dad was heavy into jazz back when everybody listened to zepp and who. he even jammed with a lot of local groups in a recording studio. so hes got tons of jazz albums like herbie hancock, jazz crusaders, miles davis, etc. thats the music he grooved to while stoned back in the day.

so when i broke out the old record player recently, i listened to a lot of this and damn is it good. especially when high!

Dr. Greenthumb · Post by **Dr. Greenthumb** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:59 am

I have a few thelonious monk songs on my playlist.

4*20 · Post by **4*20** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:22 am

I love Jazz, but I'm lacking good tracks. Care to share the knowledge? =)

Funk Doctor Spliff · Post by **Funk Doctor Spliff** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:56 am

I like jazz, but I couldn't name a good artist or song if my life depended on it.

Well, I do know the big names like John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Thelonius Monk etc., but other than that, the only jazz I listen to is online radio when I'm toking.

Post by **WeedGuru_Flow** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:30 am

Dunno if this counts as jazz but I love Norah Jones, sweetest voice.

mingusfan · Post by **mingusfan** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:58 pm

SaSsyCat wrote:I love Jazz, but I'm lacking good tracks. Care to share the knowledge? =)

yeah definatly, i would start out with the classics:

Miles Davis: Most influental trumpet player, maybe the single most inventive and diverse musician in the 1900's. Good albums are: The Birth of the Cool and 'Round About Midnight, later on, Bitches Brew. My favorite songs by Miles are "So What", "Round About Midnight", "Judo" and "Boplicity"

Charlie Parker: Alto Sax, created "be-bop" and influenced and got people like Miles Davis and Clifford Brown started. Any kind of "Greatest hits" are pretty good because his best tracks are really spread out. My favorites are "Kim", "The Time is Now", "Orithology", "Leap Frog", "Scrapple From the Apple"

Clifford Brown: An other good trumpet player. Played with drummer Max Roach a lot. Any of their joint albums are great. "Take the A Train" is by far their most well known track.

Charles Mingus: My favorite (guess why?) Godfather of the bass, extremely virtueostic (sp). Created the first idea of "Free/Avant Garde Jazz". My favorite album is a little hard to find but its called "Charles Mingus with Orchestra". Other good ones are "Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus", "Mingus Ah Um" and "The Clown". Everything on these albums will blow your mind, they are all amazing what he does with "colours".

John Coltrane: Most creative Tenor/Soprano sax, used music as most of a spiritual meditation and to reach god. Could solo for 20+ Minute on the same song s and not get boring. First started with Miles Davis but created his own quartet later on. Good albums are "Blue Trane" and "giant Steps". As you get more into this cat, find some of his other "out" albums, they will truly define what it means to lose your self in music. Absolutely amazing.

Well there you go. Sorry for the rather long post but this is the essential artists of jazz (in my opinion) i still left out many great people, but this is a good place to start. Happy Listening

WeedGuru_Flow wrote:Dunno if this counts as jazz but I love Norah Jones, sweetest voice.

Oh yeah definatly, Norah Jones has a great voice and shes done a lot for the jazz world to bring it to the masses. If you like her listen to Sarah Vaughn and Cassandra Wilson, also great female voices.[/b]

swanee89 · Post by **swanee89** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:07 pm

good list, im downloading some mingus right now

just looked through my itunes library to see what jazz i had that i liked...

grover washington jr- summertime madness (chillest song of all time), mr. magic, inner city blues
herbie hancock- new age, chameleon, fat mama (the list goes on and on...)
dr. john- right place wrong time
mccoy turner- moments notice feat. john coltrane
miles davis- rated x
poncho sanchez- transdance, latin bit
dave bruebeck- take 5 <-------CLASSIC!
stanley clarke- slap bass solo, power fusion bass crunch time (freakin amazing bass, les claypool has this guy to thank) heres the slap bass solo... http://minorcrisis.net/files/Slap%20Bass%20Solo%201.mp3

also, idk if these songs are jazz but they give me that feeling...

jimi hendrix- who knows, them changes feat. buddy miles
heres their respective links http://minorcrisis.net/files/Jimi%20Hen ... 0Knows.mp3
http://minorcrisis.net/files/Jimi%20Hen ... 20East.mp3

jimi was really progressive so who knows (haha, no pun intended

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damn, i completely forgot about this stuff. gonna make a playlist to chill to next time i get stoned

swanee89 · Post by **swanee89** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:44 am

omfg, acid jazz rules. after scanning through pirate bay, mininova, and snarf it, i found a few acid jazz collections. check this one out, its killer!
http://www.mininova.org/tor/798781
love 'the better half'

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