MadDemonofConfusion
02.29.16 | Gonna check the ones I haven't heard. Most of these are classics so should be good stuff. How would you describe the sound of Sahara? I'm quite interested in that one. |
vivalove
02.29.16 | Sahara has a very cultured sound to it. There's lots of different African and Eastern instruments used, not to mention Alphonse Mouzon is killer behind the kit. McCoy's sound just has this immensity to it that wasn't captured on previous releases.. definitely worth a listen. |
altertide0
02.29.16 | I don't understand the appeal of Mingus Ah Um at all. What's so great about this album? Must have heard it at least four times already but I don't get it.
List needs For Alto by Anthony Braxton. |
Spacesh1p
02.29.16 | Classics indeed, used to jam Mingus Ah Um a lot walking around campus. |
vivalove
03.01.16 | altertide - Mingus wrote protest music. His music was reflecting the times he was living in, which at times were severely ugly and unappealing, so I get your feelings.
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Gwyn.
03.01.16 | A few sweet joints that don't get mentioned much and are fairly accessible for anyone looking to get into the genre, a couple of modern stuff thrown in:
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman - s/t
Art Ensemble of Chicago - Urban Bushmen
Don Cherry - s/t
Electric Masada - Mountains of Madness
Sonny Sharrock - Ask The Ages
Max Roach - We Insist!
Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music (any given volume) |
vivalove
03.01.16 | nice gwyn! I need to check Electric Masada for sure - that trane and hartman record is great - always loved hartman's voice |
hal1ax
03.01.16 | peggy lee - black coffee with peggy lee
peter brotzmann - machine gun |
vivalove
03.01.16 | I'm gonna check that peter brotzmann for sure |
Gwyn.
03.03.16 | one of the few good jazz lists in a while and it only gets 9 comments
this place sucks |
Deathconscious
03.03.16 | obviously i knew of Sinatra like everyone else, but i never acquired any of his albums until recently. gonna jam some on my next long drive. |
vivalove
03.03.16 | gwyn - thanks man. people have to get into it.. it's not a boring genre whatsoever.
adolf - there's a neat back story to Only the Lonely - makes the album that much heart-breaking |
zakalwe
03.03.16 | Jazz is a tricky one. There's that air of superiority about it, the "you just don't understand it because you're not tuned into it" bullshit niche.
As Noel Gallagher says "jazz is a nonsense played by five people on stage enjoying themselves more than the audience"
However there's something about it that is unlike anything else. Of all the main 'genres' it's the one that I only really started to appreciate in the last 5yrs or so after loving 1.
Anyways check Joe Harriott and Amancio D'Silva Quartet - Hum Dono.
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guitarded_chuck
03.03.16 | tpab |
altertide0
03.03.16 | Sounds more like classical zakalwe |
Deathconscious
03.03.16 | @vivalove ill check that out. you got any recommendations on where to start in the genre? I listen to a few jazz artists but ive never gotten a proper start in the genre. |
Chortles
03.03.16 | bill evans is king |
vivalove
03.03.16 | adolf - you could most certainly start with the dixieland period - cats like Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, etc., but if you're into more of the quartet/quintet setting vs. big band music, start with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, then maybe Coletrane - the cool part about jazz is that all the greats played with one another in the same sessions most of the time, which allows you to branch out and discover those other artists - there's really a never-ending supply of artists in jazz |
Deathconscious
03.03.16 | alright cool, ill get to it, thanks. |
altertide0
03.03.16 | Start with the popular classics: shape of jazz, kind of blue, ascension, bitches brew, astigmatic, love supreme, spiritual unity etc. Dixieland/swing are a waste of time unless you're into music history |
adr
03.03.16 | i remember someone played a song from spiritual unity in plug and i was like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8KOdTjMbj0 lmao, but that was long time ago :D |
Valkyrion
03.03.16 | Not sure what's a good starting point for jazz but for me it was Coltrane and modal / early avant-garde jazz that did it.
Also this is not a particularly great list tbhq, not that different from taking 10 random albums from the rym top 100 |
Ryus
03.03.16 | andrew hill - point of departure
don cherry - eternal rhythm
wayne shorter - juju
alice coltrane - journey in satchidananda
all pretty well-known great stuff. |
vivalove
03.03.16 | Valkyrion - more of a list for those trying out jazz - for cats like you, i'm sure this is child's play, as it is for myself.
ryus - fuck yeah on that andrew hill |