I guess a light switch just turned on inside of me and all of a sudden I have an appreciation for jazz music. Which songs/artists should I explore (whether old or contemporary)?
Thankyou Steve S, go listen to rap or r&b or whatever you kids are doing nowadays... Charlie Parker
John Coltrane
Dave Brubeck
Louis Armstrong
Miles Davis
Dizzy Gillespie
These are just a few of the guys who made the music what it is.
Some contemporary ones are (and this is a very short list):
Ron Miles
Charles McPherson
Jaleel Shaw
Fred Hess
Wynton Marsalis
Brandford Marsalis Keith Jarrett ~ Charlie Parker ~ Chick Corea ~ Miles Davis How long were you in that coma? Ellington
mingus
coltrane
davis
armstrong try anythin n u l see how it goes...50 cent maybe. Jazz:
Miles Davis
Dizzy Gillespie
Louis Armstrong
Freddy Hubbard
Chuck Findley
Mike Vax
Charlie Parker
John Coltrane
Tom Kubis
Stan Kenton
Maynard Ferguson
Wayne Bergeron
Count Basie
King Oliver
Ella Fitzgerald
Eric Marienthal
Chris Botti
Duke Ellington
Benny Goodman
Buddy Rich
Jamey Aebersold
Latin:
Dizzy Gillespie
Arturo Sandoval
Wayne Bergeron
Miles Davis
Humberto Ramirez
Tito Puente
Rafael Mendez
Swing:
Glenn Miller
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Jeff Holmes Big Band
And many, many more... charles mingus, john coltrane, miles davis, eric dolphy, grant green Start with these two.
"Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis
"Buddy Rich Swingin' New Big Band" with Sister Sadie, you can't go wrong with miles or coltrane... Start in the 50's and work your way to present time.
Start with the Bebop years. Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Then get into the Cool Jazz/West coast jazz, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Shorty Rogers and many others. Then move into the Big Bands of the 70's, Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson, Stan Kenton and Woody Herman. The 80's One of the great big bands, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass. Then the 90's and the "new young jazz lions". Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, and many others. This is just a small sampling of jazz music to listen too. Do not allow yourself to just listen to one or two players or styles of jazz. LISTEN TO THEM ALL. There are so many great players from the past to the present that I have not mentioned here. With a tool like the internet just get on their and google JAZZ PLAYERS, JAZZ MUSIC, JAZZ HISTORY, JAZZ TRUMPETERS, JAZZ SAXAPHONISTS, etc etc. Listening and appreciating JAZZ is a life long pursuit. Enjoy! | 