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This is the Jazz General. What are you listening to today? Any new purchase? Have anything on your want list? This is the place to discuss anything jazz related.
I want to get into Lester Young. I've never listened to anything of his and I have no idea where to start. Help?
Been a while since I listened to mingus
gunna go through a bunch of his stuff
gunna start with black saint, then maybe blues and roots, then mingus ah um, then let my children hear music, then definitly need to listen to mingus mingus mingus mingus, mingus dynasty if i feel up to it then close it off with pithecanthropus erectus
probably gunan skip the clown, never really liked that one
anything i'm missing?
>>60394310
listening to Lee Morgan's The Cooker right now
haven't listened to him much beyond The Sidewinder before, nice easy Sunday jazz
>>60394731
Tijuana Moods is an obvious one, but I've never been personally a big fan of that one
Oh Yeah is one I think you should include for sure and also Mingus Plays Piano is pretty great - Myself When I Am Real is one of my favorite Mingus tracks
>>60394310
looking for stuff like the second part of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebypW7dQ9jo
please
aside of weeb stuff, I've listened to two Masada (that Zorn) band lives today. In Sacramento and somewhere in Spain. Some nice licks, some nice jewish vibes, but nothing that memorable.
A lot of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYZ5ij454og too.
I really like were The Thing were headed with this.
Some Giants Steps.
>>60395768
The Procrastinator and this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMsBCDVXHGc
are also nice
>>60394731
The clown is one of my favorites, but I'm a sucker for spoken word
>>60394618
The President Plays
The Jazz Giants '56
also take a look at allmusic when looking for basic recommendations. They aren't half bad.
>>60394731
Mingus at Antibes, one of the best live albums i've heard
>>60394731
oh yeah
Money Jungle
is superb
>>60396021
For the longest time I thought that album was called "Money Jungle". I felt like such a racist asshole when I realized.
Reminder that you should be participating in the Blindfold Test thread tomorrow if you enjoy listenin to and talking about jazz.
>>60394310
Listening to both pic related. I should go to Pharoah Sander's works after I'm done with hard bop week.
>>60395974
still bumping my request
i'm so sad that I can't listen
to Abe playing with Blakey
First time posting here, was listening to this last night.
>>60396454
good choice, have you listened to Multiple?
>>60396483
I haven't, this is the first Joe Henderson album I've heard, listened to it because of Blue Bossa. I'll check out Multiple though!
>>60396454
did you liked it?
it has Dorham on it
and he is a cool cat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoF7J8_N4GE
>>60396518
I loved it, and now I gotta check out more Kenny Dorham stuff
>>60396539
una mas
whistle stop
quiet Kenny
'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia, Vols. 1-2
Matador
>>60396580
Thanks m8, I'll check em out
>>60396507
you should, it's definitely my favorite release by him
>>60396633
Oh sweet, Dave Holland's on it. Now I HAVE to listen to it, thanks for the rec man
Lots of good Blue Note albums in here.
>>60396483
Multiple is one of the best fusion albums ever.
I've been checking out Orange then Blue based on all the quality players who play in the band. I'm surprised I've never heard anybody else on /mu/ talking about them. Really good progressive big band music.
>>60396167
This. You should all be participating. I thought I might not recognize any of the tunes for this week but I actually got a couple.
you guys got anything with a similar tone?
what about speed, what is the fastest sax solo album you know?
>>60395974
>>60396360
For some reason I've convinced myself that the last part of that video is lifted from the first disc of Petey Brozmann's Never Too Late but Always Too Early even though I know it isn't. But might be up your alley if you haven't already listened to it.
Also, is this the best live performance of 2015?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ2cIf0Ky1U
anyone have link to tomorrows blindfold test songs?
>>60396739
karou abe has a lot of reissues,
and a couple of collabs with
Masayuki Takayanagi
you can check out
Jazz Hijokaidan
Peter Brötzmann FMP 130
bring up the abrasive in the sound
more safe fast stuff is
Giant Steps and
General Charlie Parker
>>60396030
monkey jungle***
I HAVE A MIGHTY NEED FOR JAPANESE PIANO JAZZ
>>60396817
https://mega.nz/#!c1R2HKoI!xCd6BeIW6PGK797slVWl5doTq2-bO7h-RqIjWLO7mx4
http://www65.zippyshare.com/v/JZdh4jzH/file.html
This week's theme is jazz versions of pop music.
>>60396825
i've checked that Brotzmann record
i'll check the rest
>>60396856
seconding this, i also want jap piano jazz
>>60396801
thanks a lot
mishkin
also the thing thing
is spectacular
>>60396856
only things i can rec you are
-ryo fukui
-takashi matsunaga
-Takehiro Honda
-whoever plays piano in "soil and pimp sessions"
No shitposting here, I have a question:
How do you enjoy jazz?
I'm not really a jazz listener but I tried some.
I like vocal jazz, eg Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, smooth jazz (if that counts) and some other more crossover genres with jazz. But most of modern jazz is just doodling. It has no essence, I don't understand it. To me it's just making quirky noises with a saxophone. Just up and down and up and down. and maybe fast and then slow. But it's just all the same, quirky, lightly uncomfortable noises.
Most of it. Not all. But still.
>>60396941
Same here.
>>60396941
>most of modern jazz is just doodling
listen to some PSUDOKU and come back then
not to mention most people just applaud the classics anyway
>>60396941
>>60396856
>>60396881
Ryo Fukui's Scenery is the only one I know, and it's great. He does a sweet version of Autumn Leaves on it.
>>60396941
The trick is to get out of the "those are just random notes" phase and into the "holy shit, all the notes he played were on purpose" state of mind. Jazz requires lots of patience, and the appreciation for the talent. It also helps to know what they're doing.
>>60396986
oh yeah that album is GOAT
>>60396956
>>60396941
Also, start with Kind of Blue, and really take it in.
>>60396986
>>60396856
Here, not gonna lie, I actually came here to just get the name of that album because I remember hearing it and thinking, 'fuck, that's nice'. Is all Piano Jazz as chill and vaguely noirish as his stuff?
>>60397023
>>60396985
okay, thanks
>>60396879
thanks!
that sounds interesting
>>60396731
I didn't know you were a fan of Multiple.
>>60396856
not exactly jazz
but mouse on the keys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16g0M3lJvio
and jizue
https://youtu.be/LA0B19GSqng
>>60396941
strongly I started loving it
while listening to it high
the rain on the snare
and the pulse of the bass
all in the same time, but
separate and yet together
freedom came when,
or this isn't the proper way to explain to you, huh?
I like jazz, bebop on, because of how much is going on, how much character there is in the playing, how it's all musical, meaning all-together and in rhythm, yet how individual all of it sounds when you listen to it close, there are just some much little touches.
For example I adore "My Favorite Things" not because of Coltrane's playing, but because of the way Turner's arhythmical playing supports the melody. And stuff like that.
Free jazz is like this taken to another level.
Free improve is just something else.
Listen to some Brotzmann without a video to watch. Sometimes is unbelievable what this man is able to do with the bari. And stuff like that
>>60396941
If it sounds random to you you're probably not listening closely enough, or not concentrating on the right things when you're listening. If it's good jazz, most of what they are playing will be directly related to or a reaction to something else that has already happened in the music. Or is currently happening. Chances are the soloist is probably referencing part of the melody in some way. They do this with varying degrees of abstractness so sometimes it can be difficult to catch. Especially on first listen. If they're not referencing the melody they could also be responding to something that's happening in the rhythm section. This can be a little easier to catch but still tough if you're not used to listening for it.
If you listen to something and it sounds random to you. Keep listening to it a few more times and really try to concentrate on what's going on. If it's still not making sense to you pick up an instrument and start trying to figure out some melodies by ear. This will force you to listen in a similar way that jazz musicians are listening to each other when they're soloing.
>>60396941
I highly recommend the monday afternoon " blindfold tests". I never liked free or avant garde jazz. but if you listen to the songs, turning off the outside world, focus on the track and trying to express your thoughts on it, it really helps you apprecaite the music.
>>60396856
Toshiko Akiyoshi, Satoko Fujii, and Yosuke Yamashita are pretty cool.
Akiyoshi is the only "straight-forward" jazz, so if you don't like goofy jazz you might not like Fujii or Yamashita.
The three albums Satoko Fujii has put out this year, Kaze, Ichigo Ichie, and Yamiyo ni Karasu, are all some of my favorite albums from this year though.
What are some essential Jazz recs? All I really listen to is Fusion stuff like Pat Metheny and Casiopea (I can't really get into Weather Report).
I want to listen to stuff outside Fusion since it's only DadJazz that I like.
>>60397362
Start with Kind of Blue. Whether people here throw buzzwords around and call it a "meme" or not, start with Kind of Blue.
>>60397362
>>60397406
>>60397405
after that check out "somethin else" by cannonball adderly
>>60397277
>>60397245
>>60397188
wow thanks! I'll try it.
>>60397428
>>60397428
>check out "Something Else" by Cannonball Adderley
This, then check out Maidne Voyage by Herbie Hancock. After that, look up other people who played with Miles on Kind of Blues (i.e. John Coltrane) and listen to their stuff. Just branch everything off of Kind of Blue, Cannonball Adderley does.
>>60397428
Is there a lot of Modern Jazz being made? The genre doesn't seem as popular as it once was, but what do I know?
>>60394310
been listening to a LOT of the second miles quintet lately. I just can never get enough. Everything about that group is so good. My favorite part is definitely the rhythm section and just herbie in general so i've been listening to a lot of herbie solo works too. Also been listening to more traditional stuff like pepper adams, don byas, horace silver.
Threadly remember that the Brazilians perfected Jazz composition and improvisation in the form of the Bossa-Nova.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDprvgxr_b0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9iXi_dLXUU
Aoty
>>60397406
I really should do another Jazz Chart, this one isn't very good.
>>60396941
sound like you need to listen to this desu senpai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPvK-dYNoGE
>>60397712
Pretty sure this came out last year. I love Craig Taborn but these records weren't that great.
>>60397455
heres some more
>>60397712
I liked the first Conversations a bit better than the second but I thought both were great but both are 2014.
That's okay though because Roscoe's new album this year is really great as well.
>>60397767
>>60397767
miles davis chart?
>>60397811
roll
another plug for the blindfold test tomorrow. They are some of the best threads on /mu/ at the moment.
>>60398473
what time should I turn up?
>>60398518
the threads start around noon Eastern US time usually and last into the night. They guy who runs it will probably encourage you to post with a name.
omg I just realized how amazing is the freddie hubbard solo in cantaloupe island. holy macaroni
>>60398576
>They guy who runs it will probably encourage you to post with a name.
why
>>60399031
It makes it much easier to have conversations than if everybody was anon and that way you can recognize people week to week. It makes sense to me.
damn this thread died fast
>>60400009
so did the genre.
>>60400484
Nice meme
