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Post by John on Jul 12, 2018 6:54:14 GMT
I know we have a few people who listen to Jazz here but not many. What got you into Jazz What are your favourite albums and what might you suggest to those yet to get into Jazz
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Post by MartinT on Jul 12, 2018 7:52:06 GMT
I used to go to the Bass Clef in The Angel with a jazz loving friend of mine. That got me into some jazz, as well as listening to the early Miles Davis recordings like Cookin' and Kind of Blue. I also used to like watching the Oscar Peterson Show on TV. More recently, I have seen Diana Krall three times and enjoy her more gentle form of jazz and her great piano playing.
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Post by John on Jul 12, 2018 10:11:22 GMT
I never got to visit the bass clef I imagine it to be small and intimate I like the jazz café in Camden
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 10:28:59 GMT
I like some, but not all Jazz. Not overally fond of Trad. Jazz, but like some of the 'classics'
Miles Davies - Kind of Blue John Coltrane - Blue Train Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Out
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Post by John on Jul 12, 2018 12:31:42 GMT
Jazz has such a spectrum of diversity and plenty of stuff I don't enjoy
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Post by Slinger on Jul 12, 2018 13:14:09 GMT
LIke a lot of "genres" I have to be in the mood, but yes, I've got quite a lot of Jazz albums and when I worked in London the radio was tuned to Jazz FM a lot of the time.
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 12, 2018 13:29:51 GMT
Two of the very few non classical albums in my parents record collection were Brubeck's Time Out and The Best of the Modern Jazz Quartet, so that was my first exposure to it.
It was gigs at the Concord Club in Brighton that really got me into jazz. Tommy Chase and Julian Bahula, in particular. Both of them, funnily enough, are drummers, but it was the sax players that got me hooked. Based on that, I used to go to London on the train to buy Blue Note albums by mysterious, unknown names based purely on the, look of the sleeve! The beauty of this was that when I found something I liked, I would remember the name of the sax or trumpet player and with the jazz world being so incestuous, it was easy to find something else they had played on. It helped that Blue Note albums always had the personnel listed clearly in the same place on the back cover.
In addition to the above recommendations, just a few from me: Dexter Gordon - Go! Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Flies High Tommy Chase - Groove Merchant Miles Davis -Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
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Post by pre65 on Jul 12, 2018 13:34:01 GMT
I like some Jazz, Acker Bilk style best, and a Kind of Blue is OK.
There are so many different styles within the Jazz heading.
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Post by MartinT on Jul 12, 2018 13:34:31 GMT
I discovered a useful lesson about jazz when I saw The Clark Tracey Quintet at the Bass Clef. I bought the record of many of the songs they played (I still have it) and it sounded flat and lifeless. I was so disappointed! There's something about the energy of live jazz that is hard to capture in a recording.
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Post by andya on Jul 12, 2018 13:34:55 GMT
I have a variety of Jazz, the Miles Davis Quintet box set 1965-68 (6CDs) is never to far away from the CD player, however, most recently John Zorn and his work with Naked City which I would say is more on the experimental side of Jazz. Currently working through the recent purchase of the Naked City box set consisting of all their studio albums. To my surprise I really like the music although some of it is really challenging and not for the faint hearted.
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Post by John on Jul 12, 2018 17:26:38 GMT
John Zorn is not easy listening but sometimes his music sounds stunning. I enjoy Taboo and Exile I once got slaughtered on another forum for choosing it as my album of the month. "Taboo & Exile is an album by John Zorn which synthetizes exotica, hardcore punk, classical, jazz, surf and world narration.[citation needed] It is the second album to appear in Zorn's Music Romance Series following Music for Children (1998)"
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 12, 2018 17:34:46 GMT
Jazz not for me. Jazz fusion I like a lot except when it gets too diddly
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Post by steve on Jul 12, 2018 17:45:49 GMT
I got into Jazz via my dad's Stan Kenton, Johnny Dankworth and Ted Heath 78s. He also was a fan of "trad" from Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball and Chris Barber. On the telly I thought jazz was men in bowler hats and stripy waistcoats. George Chisholm used to make me laugh, with his trombone antics.
Here are my top ten jazz records for absolute beginners:
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Oscar Peterson - We Get Requests
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Dexter Gordon - Go!
Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Moanin
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
Pat Metheny Group - First Circle (don't be put off by the "musical joke" first track)
Art Pepper - Meets The Rhythm Section
They should get you going and they are all accessible.
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Post by John on Jul 12, 2018 17:52:33 GMT
Great selection
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Post by MartinT on Jul 12, 2018 19:31:12 GMT
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Oscar Peterson - We Get Requests John Coltrane - Giant Steps Dave Brubeck - Time Out These all work very well for me. I really like Miles Davis' Cookin' too, sounds great despite being mono.
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Post by Rexton on Jul 14, 2018 6:57:17 GMT
Not a complete Jazz freak but I do spend some time every week spinning some Jazz. I'm afraid it's the usual suspects, Coltrane, Davis, Shorter, Lock Jaw Davis, Peterson, Milt Jackson, and a few others.
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Post by Slinger on Jul 14, 2018 12:44:40 GMT
Not exactly a revolutionary thought, but I've just realised what my answer to several questions, including this one, should be.
I like music; some of it has been labelled 'Jazz.'
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Post by MartinT on Jul 14, 2018 13:09:15 GMT
I dislike some music. Some of it has been labelled rap, house, musical theatre etc.
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Post by MartinT on May 19, 2019 11:22:57 GMT
My most recent discovery is John Patitucci, bass player. I love his syncopations with the drummer in his album Remembrance. This kind of offbeat, gentle jazz, where it's all in the timing, is far preferable for me than the frantic tuneless free jazz movement.
Does anyone have any listening recommendations in a similar style?
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Post by petea on May 19, 2019 11:31:41 GMT
Polar Bear leap to mind, Martin. Do you know "Peepers"?
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