Combining Jazz and Classical - any recommendations?

I've heard that a number of musicians are combining Jazz and Classical. Can anyone recommend a CD? No singing, I just want the music.

Claude Bolling

anything by duke ellington
honestly, this answer seems a little too obvious, he was classically trained, and was the first to incorporate this into his music, and he wrote loads of songs

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I don't know any CDs with that on there, but it seems to becoming more common to do. Jazz is basically classical music with style difference. It's noted for the style and the chords used, which come from classical.

As mentioned, French pianist Claude Bolling.
In one album, he plays with Alexandre Lagoya (Classical guitar).
In another one, he plays with classical flutist Jean-Pierre Rempal and in another one, he plays with both of them, and it swings.
Dave Brubeck made an album called Brubeck Plays Bernstein Plays Brubeck. Very interesting album.
French pianist Jacques Loussier plays Back, Ravel, Satie, Debussy in jazz that swings.
You can find most of these artists or cd's on amazone.com
I found some good material on Limewire (free download)
Good luck.

Check out Miles' "Sketches of Spain" - it has combined flemenco and classical elements.

check out anything by The Modern Jazz Quartet, the last concert is a good one. Echoes is another good one.

Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer have a fairly new CD out in which some tunes combine jazz and classical. They are both classically trained musicians, but Bela Fleck is more into jazz fusion with some bluegrass and classical thrown in for good measure. Edgar Meyer is probably the best classical upright bass player I've ever heard.

Try Classical Jazz Quartet plays Rachmaninov, pianist Kenny Barron, vibest Stephon Harris, and bassist Ron Carter.
Or Uri Caine's recording: Primal Light: Mahler.

Some modern jazz can sound like modern classical, but beyond that I don't think there is a trend towards combining them. It's been tried before, check Gunther Schuller "Third Stream" back in the 60s.

Also fusion efforts, trying to combine the two, in my experience are not successful or even that interesting. Just enjoy both on their own merits.

There is so much misinformation posted here it's embarrassing. First off, jazz is not classical with Style differences! What rubish! Bela Fleck IS a blue-grass musician who has ventured off into fusion music.
do your own research.
good luck.

Well, there are contemporary classical music recordings that combine jazz and classical. I have heard piano contemporary classical music and it sounded really cool.

Check out Glenn Hardy.

They have been doing that since the beginning of the 20th century. Composers did jazz and classical music side by side and elevated jazz to the spotlight that is respected to this day. George Gershwin is a perfect example. His "Rhapsody in Blue" and "American in Paris" are masterpieces.

Miles Davis/Gil Evans "Sketches of Spain" and anything from The Modern Jazz Quartet are great suggestions.

Also, try Bill Evans. His style is very much influenced by Debussy - a very impressionist, classical approach. His Riverside recordings are some of his best work. May favourite is his "Portraits in Jazz" album.

Check out the Danish band "Nowhereland"