I'm just beginning to get into jazz music. Please recomend me your favorite Jazz album (include artist name)?Miles Davis-Kind Of Blue There is a number of artists that you may want to listen to, including: Charlie Parker (Saxaphone, combo), Count Basie (Piano player, big band), Glenn Miller (Trombone, big band), Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong (trumpet, big band), Maynard Ferguson (Trumpet, big band/funk). These are just some of the famous jazz artists. Try their Greatest Hits and collection CDs. Also try collection CDs of various artists, as each artist has a different style, which you may or may not like a certain artist's style. Anything by the Marsalis'. Also, check out Yusef Lateef. He has an album called Eastern Sounds that is soooo awesome. these questions are difficult because you're asking about a style of music that covers a huge time frame and a large range of forms,
if it's early swing, have a listen to scott Joplin, ragtime, or maybe some of the early Ellington or basie recordings,
big band music would include Paul whiteman, or maybe stan Kenton, or even Billy May!
small group Jazz, ( cool school) have a listen to Gerry Mulligan, or Modern Jazz quzrtet, all very good,
Soloists, try some Dizzy Gillespie, or Miles Davis,
Art Pepper is great for the big band be-bop stuff, Have a listen to his +eleven album, or maybe some Cannonball adderly
Also there's louis prima, and Keely smith, Louis Jordan, or maybe Dave Brubeck , or George shearing are more what you'd like to hear. More modern Jazz, Chick korea, Gary Butron, or weather report, then you start getting into the Winton Marsalis, Wayne shorter stuff,
Problem is, I've just started scratching the surface, there's all sorts of jazz just the same as there's all sorts of rock ( rockabilly, grunge, heavy metal, pop, hip hop, etc)
the singers I'd recommend, would probably be Ella fitsgerald, Melk Torme, Jo Stafford, or more modern, Nora Jones, etc,
Hope that helped, but sorry if it's too much Get some Weather Report albums, or Jaco Pastorius's solo work. The greatest electric bassist of all time. I can tell you what I like:
Thelonious Monk - Monk Alone or Solo Monk
Monk's Music
Most of the 1950s recordings by Miles Davis
Chet Baker's 1950s Albums
Kenny Burrell, Lionel Hampton & of course the Nat King Cole Trio, who are cool as hell! ''Places And Spaces'' album by Donald Byrd.
''The Antidote'' album by Ronny Jordan.
Any album from Paul Hardcastle.
''From Manhattan to Staten'' album from Down To The Bone. Miles Davis' Kind of Blue would have to be tops on my list. Recorded 49 years ago it still sounds as fresh and alive today as it must have then. It's easy to see why annually it still outsells almost every other jazz album.
Another strong notable mention would be Charlie Haden's Haunted Heart album. It's a fabulous quartet recording from 1992 I believe. Ernie Watts is fabulous on sax and Alan Broadbent plays some of the richest piano I've ever heard on record. It's got a nice mix of up tempo and slow tunes. Good stuff. Welcome to the world of jazz! Love Supreme, John Coltrane
Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis
In A Silent Way, Miles Davis
Bob James Trio, Straight Up
Dave Holland Quartet, Dream Of The Elder
Kenny Garrett, Beyond The Wall
Joe Zawinul,Brown Street
Weather Report, 8:30
John Scofield, A Go Go All the suggestions above are just great.
If you really want to know more about jazz, I suggest you subscribe to Downbeat Jazz Magazine.
It tells you what,s going on, the best albums, articles on musicians, etc.
http://www.downbeat.com/ Its not overly impressive music-wise, but Bela Fleck and the Flecktones are a really fun group with one of the best bassists ive ever heard, and coming from a luthier, that carries a bit of weight. Im not really big into moneyjazz (miles davis/glen miller), im more in jazz for the heart of the music. Hope that helps point you in a good direction. Several artists in the latin jazz style; the best of all. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue. Best-selling jazz album of all time. And it was recorded in one take!
Also Time Out by Dave Brubeck. Makes me think of Hugh Hefner for some reason... Everything listed by everyone above is absolutely VALID----but a real jazz musician ***H*A*S*** to start with the tunes
So What, Freddie the Freeloader, Blue in Green, and All Blues----which is all included on--yep you guessed it--
the one
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You cannot start diggin' this thing fast enough oh man-----
get it TOMORROW <IF> you really want to be a jazz musician.....then listen to it everyday-----listen to cannonball's solos, Trane's (Coltrane's)solos---dig BIll Evans on piano--WHAT a genius he is, then listen to Wynton Kelly just swing his AXX off...then check out Paul CHambers and Jimy Cobb just layin' it down so cool..and all this the brainchild of Miles
.I swear God put them all together for this session in 1959 as His gift to ALL MUSICIANS....WOW These albums that I am suggesting are easy to like. Yes, Charlie Parker and Dizzy were great, but not for beginners. These albums are perfect for all listeners, and they are all jazz classics. There is no good reason to limit yourself to just liking the trumpet. Here are some great trumpet, and on trumpet albums.
Miles Davis Kind of Blue album. It's a great album for a beginner, and it's great even if you've heard a whole lot of jazz. Get it.
Thelonious Monk is another great and important master of jazz. I suggest that you start out with the Monk's Dream album.Monk swings the hardest of any jazz musician, in my little opinion.
Roland Kirk's album , The Inflated Tear really turned me onto jazz. I still enjoy it and respect it.
Grant Green's Matador album is a great album, centered around the guitar playing, although McCoy Tyner is at his best (piano player from Coltrane's band). It's another great album that's easy to like.
Wayne Shorter's album Speak No Evil is a great album that you really have to hear. I can't even talk about it. The whole band is amazing.
Herbie Hancock's album, Maiden Voyage is another great and easy to like album. Freddie Hubbard is at his best through the whole album (on trumpet, fluglehorn). It's a concept album, and it really does flow like the sea, as Herbie intended it to.
Horace Silver plays piano with soul. The songs are great and so is the band. Everything works on this album called Song For My father. It's another easy to like album too.
Please trust these suggestions. These are classic albums. They are accessible to any listener. These albums are the best place to start with.
PS-You can check out accurate reviews of these albums at http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql... The Rippingtons - Live In L.A.
You'll Love it. It depend on what you like!
Since you're just starting out, maybe ween yourself into it with some newer sounding vocal jazz.
Try: Jaimie Cullum (20 Something
Michael Buble
Kurt Elling (Man in the Air)
Then hit the classics! (Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Aretha Franklin)
After that move on to the instrumental stuff! Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gilespie, Victor Wooten!
Welcome to the wonderful world of Jazz my friend! The 1938-39 Jazz Concert at Carnegie Hall. On CD. Anything by Miles Davis Ramsey Lewis (one of my favorites is a song called "The In Crowd" but not sure which album that is on right now). Also by The Rippingtons (mentioned by one of the other posters) I love the album called Sahara.
For solo guitar I love Lee Ritenour's "Wesbound" album (it's a tribute album to jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery). The best jazz album, and best album in general that I have heard would hands down go to Medeski, Martin and Wood End of the World Party
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this is however, modern jazz
Best traditional jazz album : Boplicity Miles davis
Best fusion jazz album: Weather Report entire collection four play by four play you can find them in good record store , or go on line to one of the file sharing sites |
