vivalove: Great Jazz Records

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.
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.
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