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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    brianlux said:
    JeBurkhardt said:
    I recently worked the lighting controls for our Art's Council presentation of the play Harvey. The guy who was doing the sound had some 1940's-50's era jazz playing during intermission and scene changes. I was really enjoying some of it. Do you have any suggestions on artists or compilations to check out? The only jazz from that era that I am familiar with is the soundtracks of the Peanuts holiday specials for the 60's.  B)  

    1940's jazz is primarily swing era jazz and the 50's transitioned into bebop.
    Some swing era jazz you might would certainly include the work of the great Duke Ellington.  The 1947 an '48 Carnegie Hall Concerts are excellent!
    For Early bebop maybe check out Charlie Parker's The Savoy Recordings or Complete Savoy Studio Sessions.  Almost anything my Parker in the mid 40's is worth checking out.
    Also, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker's Bird and Diz from 1950 is an excellent album.
    Almost anything my Thelonious Monk is great.  Particularly good are Brilliant Corners from 1956, At the Five Spot from 1958, and Misterioso also from '58.

    I may be the outlier but I don't like swing or big band jazz.  I even bought Porgy and Bess a while back to try to get into it and it didn't click.  I like hard bop, modal and that type of 3, 4 5 piece bands.  
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    mrussel1 said:
    brianlux said:
    JeBurkhardt said:
    I recently worked the lighting controls for our Art's Council presentation of the play Harvey. The guy who was doing the sound had some 1940's-50's era jazz playing during intermission and scene changes. I was really enjoying some of it. Do you have any suggestions on artists or compilations to check out? The only jazz from that era that I am familiar with is the soundtracks of the Peanuts holiday specials for the 60's.  B)  

    1940's jazz is primarily swing era jazz and the 50's transitioned into bebop.
    Some swing era jazz you might would certainly include the work of the great Duke Ellington.  The 1947 an '48 Carnegie Hall Concerts are excellent!
    For Early bebop maybe check out Charlie Parker's The Savoy Recordings or Complete Savoy Studio Sessions.  Almost anything my Parker in the mid 40's is worth checking out.
    Also, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker's Bird and Diz from 1950 is an excellent album.
    Almost anything my Thelonious Monk is great.  Particularly good are Brilliant Corners from 1956, At the Five Spot from 1958, and Misterioso also from '58.

    I may be the outlier but I don't like swing or big band jazz.  I even bought Porgy and Bess a while back to try to get into it and it didn't click.  I like hard bop, modal and that type of 3, 4 5 piece bands.  

    To be honest, swing is my least favorite form of jazz with Dixieland close behind.  But then... but then... there was the time I saw The Preservation Hall Jazz Band live.  Seeing it live made it come to life. 
    And in the right mood, I enjoys some of Ellington and Basie now and then.  And it's a bit of a stretch, but some of Sun Ra and the Arkestra output is at least close to swing.  Ellington was Sun Ra's biggest inspiration and he took some of Duke's charts and arranged them for the Arkestra. 
    But yeah, beebop, then hard bop, cool, modal, free, and Ornette Coleman  (who is very difficult to categorize) are my favorites.

    Oh, and I also bought Porgy and Bess and really tried, but eventually sold it off.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    brianlux said:
    mrussel1 said:
    brianlux said:
    JeBurkhardt said:
    I recently worked the lighting controls for our Art's Council presentation of the play Harvey. The guy who was doing the sound had some 1940's-50's era jazz playing during intermission and scene changes. I was really enjoying some of it. Do you have any suggestions on artists or compilations to check out? The only jazz from that era that I am familiar with is the soundtracks of the Peanuts holiday specials for the 60's.  B)  

    1940's jazz is primarily swing era jazz and the 50's transitioned into bebop.
    Some swing era jazz you might would certainly include the work of the great Duke Ellington.  The 1947 an '48 Carnegie Hall Concerts are excellent!
    For Early bebop maybe check out Charlie Parker's The Savoy Recordings or Complete Savoy Studio Sessions.  Almost anything my Parker in the mid 40's is worth checking out.
    Also, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker's Bird and Diz from 1950 is an excellent album.
    Almost anything my Thelonious Monk is great.  Particularly good are Brilliant Corners from 1956, At the Five Spot from 1958, and Misterioso also from '58.

    I may be the outlier but I don't like swing or big band jazz.  I even bought Porgy and Bess a while back to try to get into it and it didn't click.  I like hard bop, modal and that type of 3, 4 5 piece bands.  

    To be honest, swing is my least favorite form of jazz with Dixieland close behind.  But then... but then... there was the time I saw The Preservation Hall Jazz Band live.  Seeing it live made it come to life. 
    And in the right mood, I enjoys some of Ellington and Basie now and then.  And it's a bit of a stretch, but some of Sun Ra and the Arkestra output is at least close to swing.  Ellington was Sun Ra's biggest inspiration and he took some of Duke's charts and arranged them for the Arkestra. 
    But yeah, beebop, then hard bop, cool, modal, free, and Ornette Coleman  (who is very difficult to categorize) are my favorites.

    Oh, and I also bought Porgy and Bess and really tried, but eventually sold it off.
    I saw Preservation as well and had a blast. Loved them!
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    mrussel1 said:
    brianlux said:
    mrussel1 said:
    brianlux said:
    JeBurkhardt said:
    I recently worked the lighting controls for our Art's Council presentation of the play Harvey. The guy who was doing the sound had some 1940's-50's era jazz playing during intermission and scene changes. I was really enjoying some of it. Do you have any suggestions on artists or compilations to check out? The only jazz from that era that I am familiar with is the soundtracks of the Peanuts holiday specials for the 60's.  B)  

    1940's jazz is primarily swing era jazz and the 50's transitioned into bebop.
    Some swing era jazz you might would certainly include the work of the great Duke Ellington.  The 1947 an '48 Carnegie Hall Concerts are excellent!
    For Early bebop maybe check out Charlie Parker's The Savoy Recordings or Complete Savoy Studio Sessions.  Almost anything my Parker in the mid 40's is worth checking out.
    Also, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker's Bird and Diz from 1950 is an excellent album.
    Almost anything my Thelonious Monk is great.  Particularly good are Brilliant Corners from 1956, At the Five Spot from 1958, and Misterioso also from '58.

    I may be the outlier but I don't like swing or big band jazz.  I even bought Porgy and Bess a while back to try to get into it and it didn't click.  I like hard bop, modal and that type of 3, 4 5 piece bands.  

    To be honest, swing is my least favorite form of jazz with Dixieland close behind.  But then... but then... there was the time I saw The Preservation Hall Jazz Band live.  Seeing it live made it come to life. 
    And in the right mood, I enjoys some of Ellington and Basie now and then.  And it's a bit of a stretch, but some of Sun Ra and the Arkestra output is at least close to swing.  Ellington was Sun Ra's biggest inspiration and he took some of Duke's charts and arranged them for the Arkestra. 
    But yeah, beebop, then hard bop, cool, modal, free, and Ornette Coleman  (who is very difficult to categorize) are my favorites.

    Oh, and I also bought Porgy and Bess and really tried, but eventually sold it off.
    I saw Preservation as well and had a blast. Loved them!

    Nice!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    Black Saint and the Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus was released today. Do not hesitate. Amazing record and wonderful pressing. That music blows my mind. 
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,959
    Picked up my brother's Christmas gift- Miles Davis The Complete Cookin' Sessions.
    It's a pretty cool 4-LP box set. It's put out buy a label called Jazz Images. Hopefully the sound quality is decent. I'm not sure if they pressed it from the Prestige masters (probably not).
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,371
    eddiec said:
    Picked up my brother's Christmas gift- Miles Davis The Complete Cookin' Sessions.
    It's a pretty cool 4-LP box set. It's put out buy a label called Jazz Images. Hopefully the sound quality is decent. I'm not sure if they pressed it from the Prestige masters (probably not).

    I have relaxin and workin. saw cookin in a used flip video. gone by the time I could get there...
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  • Croos1226
    Croos1226 philly burbs Posts: 346
    Blue Note Holiday sale on. 30% off music! Grab some great Kevin Gray mastered AAA titles for under $20.00!
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    Croos1226 said:
    Blue Note Holiday sale on. 30% off music! Grab some great Kevin Gray mastered AAA titles for under $20.00!
    Good looking out! 
  • pjpjpaul
    pjpjpaul Posts: 1,715
    Target is having a buy 2 get 1 free sale as well and it includes a lot of classic series and tone poet titles. 
    Virginia Beach 2000
    DC 2003
    DC 2004 (VFC)
    DC 2006
    Pittsburgh 2006
    Bonnaroo 2008
    Virginia Beach 2008
    DC 2008
    Philly (Spectrum) 10/31/2009
    DC 2010 (Jiffy Lube Live)
    PJ 20 night 1
    PJ 20 night 2
    Phoenix 2013
    LA 1 2013
    Memphis 2014
    Jacksonville 2016
    Greenville 2016
    Hampton 2016
    Columbia 2016
    Fenway 1 2016
    Fenway 2 2016
    Wrigley 1 2018
    Wrigley 2 2018
    Fenway 1 2018
    Fenway 2 2018
    Sea Hear Now 2021
    Nashville 2022
    Louisville 2022
    Ohana 2024 (Night 1)
    Ohana 2024 (Night 2)
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    pjpjpaul said:
    Target is having a buy 2 get 1 free sale as well and it includes a lot of classic series and tone poet titles. 
    I hit that up for my son who is collecting now, but also a poor college student.  I don't find much they sell that I don't have, but it was great for getting him things.. like Wildflowers, Tom Petty Box, Zeps, etc.  

    I posted somewhere else, but the Purple Rain is awesome.  Purple smoke vinyl, mastered by KPG and pressed at RTI.  Easiest 24 bucks I ever spent. 
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,542
    Croos1226 said:
    Blue Note Holiday sale on. 30% off music! Grab some great Kevin Gray mastered AAA titles for under $20.00!
    Pick up this record. Its amazing.

    https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/makaya-mccraven-deciphering-the-message/
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    edited January 2022
    shout out to the one herbie h calls a hero / 1 of a kind
    Oscar Peterson - C Jam Blues


  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,371
    Diana Krall.

    and go...
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    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    I own one Krall record - The Look of Love

    It is decent, but I’m far more fond of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Abbey Lincoln.  Nothing Krall does seems particularly new or innovative to me. 
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    Arriving Monday. Can’t wait to spin these

  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    Arriving Monday. Can’t wait to spin these

    What are they? Can't quite see the picture.  Are they Tone Poet or Blue Note?
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    Tone Poet Ornette Coleman boxset.  All his Blue Note releases 
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Here ya go
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt4noLhNoJ8
    This is awesome.

    I've been getting into Jazz just recently. So far, Miles Davis is my favorite by a long shot. Bitches Brew is incredible. 


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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    The Juggler said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Here ya go
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt4noLhNoJ8
    This is awesome.

    I've been getting into Jazz just recently. So far, Miles Davis is my favorite by a long shot. Bitches Brew is incredible. 


    That's cool.  Jazz opens up a whole new world.  Bitches is very,  very different than most jazz from the 50s and 60s.  If you like that,  you'd probably like "In A Silent Way" and Jack Johnson by Miles.  They are similar rock fusion jazz. I prefer the modal, hard bop style from earlier in the decade.  Hope you continue to explore it though. 

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