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Star posted:I am trying to find slow, moody jazz with the organ and probably the electric guitar, but it might work with brass instruments as well. Stuff that is similar to the intro of this I'm not too familiar with the rest of his organ work--I only have a couple mostly-piano albums--but poking around at samples on Amazon, this seems pretty slow and moody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9CH7BzRPEk. And this opens up a bit in the middle but otherwise might fit the bill, too (and it never gets very funky!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrpQUS47sfg.
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Kilometers Davis posted:Thanks! If any of that makes sense.
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SubG posted:I already mentioned Max Roach, but if you want minimal check out Roach's Drums Unlimited, which includes a bunch of solo stuff that's not at all your typical `drum solo'. For example `For Big Sid': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1xeb125iaI. This is all post-bebop stuff, but at least personally I find Max Roach to be one of the jazz percussionists whose playing I find most...informative? It's hard to talk about without coming across like a cord-sniffing tosser, but when I'm approaching a subject not just to listen to/enjoy/whatever it but rather to study/learn from it, there are certain guys whose poo poo I just find it easier to get a handle on to dive in and get inside the nuts and bolts of how their poo poo works. Max Roach has this thing where he usually starts simple and then embellishes and poo poo can get complicated, but there's always a great deal of clarity about what's `inside' each step. I feel the same way about, for example, chord theory and Monk. As opposed to, I dunno, a lot of Miles' stuff, where it often isn't at all clear how it all works until you have the whole thing and then it all clicks. Which is cool, but it makes it more difficult, pedagogically or however you want to say it. That kind of thing is 100% my alley and as I'm listening to Drums Unlimited right now I get what you mean. There really is a unique clarity I'm feeling. I won't pretend to understand most of it yet but it's an awesome test for my brain trying to feel the rhythms.
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Kilometers Davis posted:That kind of thing is 100% my alley and as I'm listening to Drums Unlimited right now I get what you mean. There really is a unique clarity I'm feeling. I won't pretend to understand most of it yet but it's an awesome test for my brain trying to feel the rhythms. There's another bunch of his work from the late '70s that's also really good but is also more out there/free/experimental/whatever. If you're interested, I'd suggest Birth and Rebirth and the stuff he did with his all-percussion ensemble, M'Boom, particularly the self-titled album M'Boom. It's not exactly what you would call his most `listenable' poo poo or whatever, but hearing an all-percussion ensemble do poo poo like take a run at a standard like Monk's `Epistrophy' is interesting/informative/educational/whatever you want to call it in its own right.
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Kandace Springs' Soul Eyes album is now available if anyone wants some really good modern jazz to listen to. Her voice is incredible.
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What recordings should I check out if I'm after the most heroin-plagued stuff in the genre? Basically stuff that was clearly written/recorded in the throes of addiction, in a total heroin haze. (I don't actually take drugs but this music is phenomenal for night driving down the highway.)
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Oliver Reed posted:What recordings should I check out if I'm after the most heroin-plagued stuff in the genre? Basically stuff that was clearly written/recorded in the throes of addiction, in a total heroin haze. Any and all Sun Ra.
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Oliver Reed posted:What recordings should I check out if I'm after the most heroin-plagued stuff in the genre? Basically stuff that was clearly written/recorded in the throes of addiction, in a total heroin haze. Bill Evans. In some of the videos taken off him motherfucker is nodding off while playing.
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anyone here into BadBadNotGood? In my opinion, they are GoodGoodNotBad!
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I was wondering if someone was going to mention them in this thread. Their most recent album, IV is great.
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Puppy Galaxy posted:anyone here into BadBadNotGood? In my opinion, they are GoodGoodNotBad! IV is pretty good, I agree. I never like the entirety of any album they put out, but there's highlights from each one. Anyone check out Esperanza Spalding's Emily's D+Evolution? Ubiquitous_ fucked around with this message at 03:46 on Jul 15, 2016 |
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Ubiquitous_ posted:Anyone check out Esperanza Spalding's Emily's D+Evolution? Not classic Spalding, but still quite excellent.
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For fans of more traditional jazz, you can listen to 25 years of Riverwalk Jazz for free: http://riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu/
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I love a lot of jazz influenced music but have never gotten into jazz itself. So far I like the jazz elements in Amy Winehouses music, I also like Bill Evans. Bitches Brew wasn't bad either. Where should I go from here? Something maybe not too heavy on the horns.
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Kvlt! posted:I love a lot of jazz influenced music (mainly jam bands) but have never gotten into jazz itself. So far I like the jazz elements in Amy Winehouses music, I also like Bill Evans. Bitches Brew wasn't bad either. Where should I go from here? Something maybe not too heavy on the horns.
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Maybe get over your horn phobia
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Kvlt! posted:I love a lot of jazz influenced music but have never gotten into jazz itself. So far I like the jazz elements in Amy Winehouses music, I also like Bill Evans. Bitches Brew wasn't bad either. Where should I go from here? Something maybe not too heavy on the horns. Avishai Cohen
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Puppy Galaxy posted:Maybe get over your horn phobia This. Kvlt! posted:I love a lot of jazz influenced music but have never gotten into jazz itself. So far I like the jazz elements in Amy Winehouses music, I also like Bill Evans. Bitches Brew wasn't bad either. Where should I go from here? Something maybe not too heavy on the horns. Perhaps the freshly in-the-ground Bobby Hutcherson, or Ramsey Lewis. Maybe Earl Klugh, Brad Mehldau or Pat Metheny? They're both a milder version of jazz or jazz funk that could suit the Jazz 101 student who....doesn't care for horns? 
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There's a good amount of horn-less jazz out there. I listen to older stuff, and Oscar Peterson's trios and quartets and Marian McPartland's Hickory House trio are the first two that come to mind. Ray Brown's trio with Gene Harris and Jeff Hamilton is great. I guess Aaron Parks comes to mind, too, for a much more modern option with electric guitars. Or Wes Montgomery for a more old-fashioned sort of electric guitar that often gets pop-y. Or Gypsy jazz, for a much less modern option that doesn't have pianos. I mean, I get it--to quote Dave Frishberg, jazz is a saxophone sound--but still. Piano trios (or quartets with guitars) are all over the place! Pyrthas fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Aug 18, 2016 |
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Money Jungle doesn't have horns and it's really good. But horns are also really good.
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I thought Amy Winehouse was considered more of an R&B singer than a jazz vocalist. Sure, she did some jazz songs, but I didn't think she was generally considered a jazz singer. Probably just splitting hairs in any case. 
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Kvlt! posted:I love a lot of jazz influenced music but have never gotten into jazz itself. So far I like the jazz elements in Amy Winehouses music, I also like Bill Evans. Bitches Brew wasn't bad either. Where should I go from here? Something maybe not too heavy on the horns. Kandace Springs or Gretchen Parlato's music features few horn sections.
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Kvlt! posted:I love a lot of jazz influenced music but have never gotten into jazz itself. So far I like the jazz elements in Amy Winehouses music, I also like Bill Evans. Bitches Brew wasn't bad either. Where should I go from here? Something maybe not too heavy on the horns. You might enjoy the Dave Brubeck Quartet. It's not too heavy on the horns (one saxophone).
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Kvlt! posted:I love a lot of jazz influenced music but have never gotten into jazz itself. So far I like the jazz elements in Amy Winehouses music, I also like Bill Evans. Bitches Brew wasn't bad either. Where should I go from here? Something maybe not too heavy on the horns. You should check out Tower of Power.
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Wheat Loaf posted:You might enjoy the Dave Brubeck Quartet. It's not too heavy on the horns (one saxophone). Do this. And probably some Jazz-fusion stuff would be up your alley?
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The Wiggly Wizard posted:You should check out Tower of Power. Maybe not the best call for someone who doesn't like horns?
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Puppy Galaxy posted:Maybe not the best call for someone who doesn't like horns? It could have been a joke. Just a hunch.
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2016 continues to get shittier and shittier: Toots Thielemans passed away.  He lived to the ripe old age of 94 though. Rest in peace harmonica master.
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Puppy Galaxy posted:Maybe not the best call for someone who doesn't like horns? Blood, Sweat & Tears would have been a more appropriate suggestion. Or perhaps early Chicago.
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BigFactory posted:It could have been a joke. Just a hunch. Lol I don't know why I assumed that was serious and no one say poe's law
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Good life advice from Monk http://www.listsofnote.com/2012/02/thelonious-monks-advice.html
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I just saw Donny McCaslin's quartet and it was loving good
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Jazz Marimba posted:Avishai Cohen Which one?
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Seventh Arrow posted:Which one? Bassist. He's not looking for horns. also check out: Hiromi, Allison Miller, Melody Gardot
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Kvlt! posted:I love a lot of jazz influenced music but have never gotten into jazz itself. So far I like the jazz elements in Amy Winehouses music, I also like Bill Evans. Bitches Brew wasn't bad either. Where should I go from here? Something maybe not too heavy on the horns. Backwards to In A Silent Way. Bump around the rest of Miles' fusion stuff and maybe On The Corner afterward. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFA0FYQo0Gg might have horns but it's so different from all the other jazz I've heard you might like it anyway.
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Sunday I went to the Chicago Jazz Festival. I was kinda bummed I couldn't go Saturday for the Bad Plus, but then this guy Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah played and I was blown away. Hip hop jazz with Native American influences. Here they are on NPR's Tiny Desk https://youtu.be/mVJjmyFfuts
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Jazz Marimba posted:Sunday I went to the Chicago Jazz Festival. I was kinda bummed I couldn't go Saturday for the Bad Plus, but then this guy Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah played and I was blown away. Hip hop jazz with Native American influences. Oh yeah, Christian Scott has been at the forefront of the evolving jazz scene basically since he came up in 2002. He and Ambrose Akinmusire are blowing everything up, they're great. And not just cause I play trumpet as well  He was by far the best performance of the entire weekend, followed by Anat Cohen. I just wish Shai Maestro was playing with Anat! Bad Plus playing Science Fiction was great. My friend who was with me just kept grooving to it and every once in awhile would turn to me and be like, "Yup, this is SUPER fuckin weird. I love it." Ha! Candido Camero was pretty good, I think I must've been in the epicenter of the 'white people clapping on 1 and 3 off beat and cheering for no apparent reason' crew, but other than that a great way to close out the festival.
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It's always fun to see what people feel are some of the best jazz albums of the year. I've been really digging on Yussef Kamaal - Black Focus lately. It's perhaps a bit on the funky, electronic side at times which I often don't like but that works superbly on this album. Highly recommended for people who like stuff like Bitches Brew. I've also liked Theo Crooker's Escape Velocity. Just sweet, groovy jazz.
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BBNG IV, Emily's D+Evolution, and Escape Velocity are my picks for the year.
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Ubiquitous_ posted:BBNG IV, Emily's D+Evolution, and Escape Velocity are my picks for the year. Just stumbled on BBNG's album after reading a "Best of 2016" list and it's awesome. I gotta agree that it's up there in the top.
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