I want to get into jazz, nice!

robwright

Found this - love it!

And this is insane!

So any recommendations for someone who knows nowt but seems to have a leaning towards the modern end of jazz, nice!

Vaiai

Dirty Loops are incredible - especially the bass and drums - ooft :d A whole album of it can be a bit much but they are stunning.

steamabacus

Medeski, Martin & Wood...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M_sHiOQMVY&list=PL91E6EB3BD02A35C1&index=2

And, in true 'Jazz Club' style, Polar Bear...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyyUxM2CyGo


Nice   :>

frank1985

english_bob

On The Corner? Yikes. 

I'd say that anyone who likes jazz of any vintage needs to hear Kind Of Blue:

...which is a great starting point for Miles Davis' whole career, which has more gold in it than anyone has a right to. His "electric period" should be of interest to people coming from a rock/soul/blues/R&B sort of background- lots of tasty John McLaughlin guitar on In A Silent Way, A Tribute To Jack Johnson (which is very rock influenced) and Bitches Brew. On The Corner is probably the most divisive of his electric albums among jazz fans- some argue it's not jazz at all, but it sounds modern even now and is funky as hell. 

For more modern stuff, try Jaga Jazzist:

or Snarky Puppy:

GuyBoden

Nice, it's all music to my ears............................

Jalapeno

Dirty Loops vid - listen to some 70s & 80s Stevie Wonder - Songs in the key of llife, Innervisions & Talking Book especially

Bad Plus - that's pretty generic Piano/Bass/Drums (good nonetheless) - anything from 1950s onwards, it's not really THAT modern. Listen to Keith Jarrett and/or Brad Mehldau for that kind of stuff

Skipped

Kind of Blue is a great place to start.
You have to figure out what you like. You might hate Art Blakey but love other musicians from the same era.

Here is what I like:

Wynton Marsalis (from Standard Time Vol 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80PSXB5688s

Oscar Peterson. (Needs to be heard loud. With the double bass shaking the furniture)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu9FfXQs4-A&index=15&list=PL0BF7FA4B497B5617

Patricia Barber.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7EkwcB3TKg&list=PLoEGsQZk_UKGt4EZq4y7F1YyX_An7XvyT&index=97

strumjoughlamps

I have Kind of Blue on vinyl, its chuffing awesome, Paul Chambers bass playing rules.

Phil_aka_Pip

John Etheridge
John Scofield

Joe Pass, Barney Kessel, Kenny Burrel

John Coltrane, Miles Davis

Charlie Parker

... and if you wish to approach your jazz from the bluesy end, John Mayall's Jazz/Blues Fusion and Moving On records, with Freddy Robinson on guitar

english_bob

strumjoughlamps said:

I have Kind of Blue on vinyl, its chuffing awesome, Paul Chambers bass playing rules.

Everybody's everything on that record rules. It really is something special.

Seriously, if you can listen to Kind of Blue and not get anything from it, ears are wasted on you.

sg1300t

Thelonius Monk, never as simple as it seems

robwright

I have some studying to do!

Thanks guys - nice!

richardhomer

Anyone mentioned 'Kind of Blue' yet?

It's great. Really great....

Moss

richardhomer said:

Anyone mentioned 'Kind of Blue' yet?

It's great. Really great....

Schmoking, you might say

UnclePsychosis

Kind Of Blue is an essential album.

For more modern stuff, check out some Esbjorn Svensson Trio. Strange Place For Snow or Live in Hamburg are probably good places to start.

mudslide73

I reckon he'd like Kind of Blue... I've heard it's widely regarded It has some lovely themes and great solos. Very well recorded too.

I like John Coltrane's Giant Steps and A Love Supreme very much too. Amazing stuff.

xSkarloey

mudslide73 said:

I reckon he'd like Kind of Blue... I've heard it's widely regarded It has some lovely themes and great solos. Very well recorded too.

I like John Coltrane's Giant Steps and A Love Supreme very much too. Amazing stuff.

ANYTHING recorded at the old Columbia Studios in the jazz/ classical vein is well recorded.

I reckon those blokes working there in those rooms were almost- but not quite- as good as the crew at Abbey Road in their prime.

Here ya go. This is an obvious jazz track but it sounds absolutely stellar. Of course it's wonderful for the playing, especially the wonderful Paul Desmond on alto, but just listen to that natural reverb. That's the sound of a great room and great players being recorded by experts.



:-B






Now here's another Miles Davis track, On Green Dolphin Street, cut with the same band who played on Kind of Blue, but not playing a modal tune but a standard. If you get to like Miles Davis, just make sure you make a point of listening to everything this band with Bill Evans on piano put down on tape. There's not much but it's right up there as one of the greatest jazz bands ever. All recorded in that same lovely room as the Brubeck track track I think. Jesus, I could don my cardigan, Hush Puppies, lean back and puff on my pipe and talk about this stuff for days... I mean the drumming on this track. Jesus Christ, just listen to it. I mean really listen to it. Total command of the instrument or what?!


Here's one more for you. Bill Evans a few years later, this time in a piano-bass-drums trio. This is called Jade Visions. This is another good example of 'modern' jazz, i.e. 60s stuff before the free jazz and rockier elements came more to the fore. This is getting pretty abstract, I guess, but it's beautiful and remains wonderfully accessible.

simon

Starter:

Main Course:

Agree with the poster above. I've listened to these two at least weekly for thirty years or so and find something new every time.

I'm currently also in love with 'In a Silent Way' by Miles. Sublime through good headphones late at night:

xSkarloey

If the OP can get Jazz FM where he lives, the nightly 'Dinner Jazz' show offers a very good selection of less up tempo jazz. I've heard a lot of good stuff for the first time there. They play more or less anything and everything from about 1950 to the present. They only omit Trad and Swing not because they're bad or inferior, but because they tend to be a bit more energetic than the stuff they usually play.

ourmaninthenorth

Sonny Rollins....

End of errand.