Anyone like Jazz Music?

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  • enharmonic
    enharmonic Posts: 1,917
    I like lots of jazz :)
    new music: http://www.myspace.com/blackbirdsymphonique

    old music: http://www.myspace.com/slowloader
  • who's_pearljam?
    who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    sweet adeline wrote:
    Wow. One thing I hear a lot is, people say, "Bruce, what's this with you and Jazz? What's the beef with you and Jazz music?"

    I say, "Well, I really hate Jazz."

    They say, "What do you hate about poor old Jazz?"


    Haha,, I don't know my television culture too well, but that's "the Kids in the Hall", I'm pretty sure, and it was a funny skit!

    Not as good as "I crush your head" though! :D
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    Hey sweet whatever...........

    You're entitled to your opinion,but.................I don't care for your jazz hating. Infact your little blurb about "a jazz free zone" makes sense. Except we will call this a "jazz hater free zone". So long hater. You don't need to post here. See ya.

    Besides,see the title of the thread. It did not ask for haters of the music. Let me clarify,it says "anyone LIKE jazz music"? Not,"anyone HATE jazz music"?
  • Scratchin a Letter
    Scratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    Get Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, one of the best albums of all time.

    So What is ecstacy for a jazzhead.
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    My parents always like to pick up cd's for me for christmas so i've asked for a few jazz albums this year

    miles davis- my funny valentine
    miles davis-live at the filmore 1970 (the night he opened for neil young :) )
    wes montgomery- Smokin at the Half Note

    I'm excited about hearing all of them.
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  • sweet adeline
    sweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    who's_pearljam? wrote:
    Haha,, I don't know my television culture too well, but that's "the Kids in the Hall", I'm pretty sure, and it was a funny skit!

    Not as good as "I crush your head" though!

    nice, i'm glad someone got the reference.
    G-Man23 wrote:
    Hey sweet whatever...........

    You're entitled to your opinion,but.................I don't care for your jazz hating. Infact your little blurb about "a jazz free zone" makes sense. Except we will call this a "jazz hater free zone". So long hater. You don't need to post here. See ya.

    Besides,see the title of the thread. It did not ask for haters of the music. Let me clarify,it says "anyone LIKE jazz music"? Not,"anyone HATE jazz music"?

    hey g-string man,

    it was a joke. its a skit from kids in the hall and it is funny.

    i took a jazz class in college, i can appreciate jazz music but i don't listen to it.

    signed,
    sweet whatever
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,389
    I'm more into the vocalists:

    Sarah Vaughn
    Dinah Washington
    Ella Fitzgerald
    Billie Holiday

    I would like to listen to more piano jazz. I heard Nat King Cole is actually an incredible piano player even though he is known for his voice. Also, I have a Benny Goodman CD. Sometimes big band is just the way to stomp into the now. I have a couple CDs of Louie Armstrong, too.

    I would like to learn more about it. I read some books on it, the phases it went through. I would like to learn more about the 20's-40s era.
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  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,389
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Depends. I had a girlfriend who insisted on doing it, to the album Kulu Se Mama, by John Coltrane. The problem was, I had it on vinyl, and after side one ended, I was made to er, interrupt my stride, get up across to the other side of the room and flip the vinyl over, and get back on the job right away, as if nothing had happened. Thank God for the invention of the CD! :D
    Fins, you romeo, you.
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  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,389
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    And you know, Art Tatum was the very best of all. He was doing things in the thirties, that people are still trying to figure out today, and he did it all within the sphere of stride. Look what he does with Dvořák!:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNp-ldlnf5s
    Looks like I need to get some Art Tatum, eh?
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    intodeep wrote:
    I could be wrong but i don't think he made that up i think that was from a movie or something.
    I didn't realise :D My apologies sweet adeline.
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    sweet adeline wrote:
    nice, i'm glad someone got the reference.



    hey g-string man,

    it was a joke. its a skit from kids in the hall and it is funny.

    i took a jazz class in college, i can appreciate jazz music but i don't listen to it.

    signed,
    sweet whatever

    Sorry. My bad! Just a bit too sensitive!

    Peace
  • sweet adeline
    sweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    G-Man23 wrote:
    Sorry. My bad! Just a bit too sensitive!

    Peace

    no worries, didn't mean to hijack your thread.

    if it makes you feel better, i'll put on some miles right now.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    Just bought Bobby Hutcherson's "Dialogue". The vibe player just gets no serious love. I guess Lionel Hampton made kind of a flashy/showy instrument in the 30's & 40's(Hampton's hayday) and no one has been able to give it respectability since. Anyhow,Hutcherson is a wonderful vibe player that was involved in some of the classic Blue Note sessions in the 1960's. Highly reccomended listening.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    sweet adeline wrote:
    no worries, didn't mean to hijack your thread.

    if it makes you feel better, i'll put on some miles right now.

    Cool. Thanks!
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,389
    I have the Ken Burns' CD for Louie Armstrong. Do you like other Ken Burns CDs? I think it's very good.

    Also, different topic, but one that is usually grouped with Jazz - Blues

    I like Big Mama Thornton, anyone else you recommend? I am interested in singers that can belt out the blues, and piano blues.
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    G-Man23 wrote:
    Just bought Bobby Hutcherson's "Dialogue". The vibe player just gets no serious love. I guess Lionel Hampton made kind of a flashy/showy instrument in the 30's & 40's(Hampton's hayday) and no one has been able to give it respectability since. Anyhow,Hutcherson is a wonderful vibe player that was involved in some of the classic Blue Note sessions in the 1960's. Highly reccomended listening.


    Bobby plays blindingly well, on Dolphy's "Out To Lunch".
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Bobby plays blindingly well, on Dolphy's "Out To Lunch".

    That's how I first heard of Hutcherson, on the awesome "Out To Lunch". Ya know, I first heard of Eric Dolphy from John Coltrane's "Immpressions". Once again it shows you that these guys were all intertwined and I've just barely begun to "scratch the preverbial suface".
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    Looks like I need to get some Art Tatum, eh?


    and:

    -Thenonius Monk
    -Bill Evans ("Sunday At The Village Vanguard" is one of the finest chill jazz albums ever recorded)
    -McCoy Tyner

    And if you want a little more out-there piano jazz, try The Bad Plus's album "These Are The Vistas""
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  • who's_pearljam?
    who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    I have the Ken Burns' CD for Louie Armstrong. Do you like other Ken Burns CDs? I think it's very good.

    Also, different topic, but one that is usually grouped with Jazz - Blues

    I like Big Mama Thornton, anyone else you recommend? I am interested in singers that can belt out the blues, and piano blues.



    If you like some piano jazz, here are some you may not have heard:

    -Mary Lou Williams - Live at the Cookery.
    She was considered the mother of jazz for a long time and played with Duke Ellington and all the greats. A soulful piano player and it sounds like she fits your bill!
    I should get her whole retrospective album. She was amazing and playing pro at the age of 20 in the late 20's or early 30's. We saw her in Chicago in the late 1970’s and she was so good that I even remember that show in from that haze which was my 70’s! She was soul and jazz and boogie woogie and a joy!!

    -I like Bill Evans. Actually a really beautiful pair of CD’s are the sessions with Tony Bennett and Bill Evans.

    -Ruben Gonzales - This isn’t bebop jazz, but for a fun and foot tapping Cuban jazz cd,,, he was part of the Buena Vista Social Club. His Buena Vista solo CD is a priceless piece of music. He was near 90 when he recorded it.

    - Omara Portundo was part of the Buena Vista series and her CD is beautiful. Her voice and style makes me sigh!

    Sun Ra - Saint Louis Blues. He was a great piano player and I wrote about the Sun Ra Arkestra back there somewhere, but this is him live with his piano. That's for a little trip Out There! I love this CD
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  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,389
    I've started on some of the recommendations; John Coltrane and Art Tatum. Unfortunately, I was not able to buy the CDs you suggested, but here are the ones I found:

    Art Tatum - Piano Master
    Ken Burns Jazz - John Coltrane

    Overall, I'm very happy with them so far. They definitely make me feel like I'm in a cafe ready to pen a poem, and enjoy cake and a latte, which is really the feeling I wanted. I'm still researching the suggestions, and other artist suggestions on this thread. I'm looking forward to experiencing the new sounds :)
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