I'd like to get into jazz, but with all the different styles I'm not sure with what I should start. I like modern jazz with a lot of guitars, if anyone knows any good artist?
Looking to get into jazz... where should I start?
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Dont know too much about modern jazz but my favourite old school guitar jazzers are George Benson and Al Di Meola. Benson's albums "Masquerade" and "Tenderly" are awesome.
Thanks mate, I'll look for these.
Earl Klugh if you listen to my father.
grow a stupid goatee, buy some john lennon style sunglasses wear them indoors, then buy some cords, and a roll neck jumper and a beret
stroke your chin alot
stroke your chin alot
cannabis that'd be a good place to start
if your going to listen to jazz try a band called "The Bad Plus" they do a few covers of others peoples material with a jazz tint might make it easier getting into it.
They do a mean version of "Chariots of Fire"
Add to that a pipe, single malt whisky, cardigans and the entire Miles davis back catalogue and you're in Jazz fantasy land.
wes montgomery, hes a class guitar player, benson is brilliant too.
Another good modern jazz band worth checking out is Esbjorn Svensson Trio. It's just indisputably good music.
Sadly Svensson, the pianist, died accidentally this year
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=29803
Sadly Svensson, the pianist, died accidentally this year
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=29803
I agree. Svensson is a big loss to the jazz world. He died scuba diving too...Another good modern jazz band worth checking out is Esbjorn Svensson Trio. It's just indisputably good music.
Sadly Svensson, the pianist, died accidentally this year
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=29803
check out Jacob Karlson or Karlzon or Carlson. Swedish jazz pianist. Pretty impressive if you like the old black n' white keys.
It's Karlzon, i looked it up google style.
It's Karlzon, i looked it up google style.
I forgot you're into scuba as well. Do you know what exactly happened to him?!
Try with Charles Mingus and buy the definitive collection of Louis Amstrong.
The try out your luck with some John Mclaughlin's peices.
You can understand what Jazz is all about.
The try out your luck with some John Mclaughlin's peices.
You can understand what Jazz is all about.
Thanks all, I'm going to look for these.
Cheers!
Cheers!
For guitar check out Pat Metheny. Imaginary Day, Still Life Talking, The Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau Quartet are good albums. For anything else you want Miles Davis because he is the best jazz musician ever. That'd be my reccommendations anyway. (Miles Davis is rather hit and miss what with having about 90 albums or something but Kind of Blue is an amazing album for starters.)
Miles Davis.
Ring the Tesco Car Insurance Customer Service phone line, they seem to have a nice variety of Jazz music on offer when they put you on hold!!
Silly...Modern Jazz has scaled up to different level than what the African expats were promoting initially. He was great but many of his pieces appear middling these days.
Best Jazz Guitarist from India is Guitar Prasanna.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsoLixsjUnI
Watched his concerts in his earlier days IIT culturals in India to couple of concerts in the US after he had broken through.
Amazing guitarist
Miles Davis - The Godfather of modern jazz - "middling" .........blimey
If you want definitive modern jazz 'A Kind of Blue' is accepted as one of the most pivotal musical releases of the last century - spellbinding stuff
His work with Parker, Coltrane et al is simply awesome
Birth of The Cool is also a must hear
Luckily he did not die a young disturbed genius he died an older troubled genius so we have a large unmatchable imo output from him
If you want definitive modern jazz 'A Kind of Blue' is accepted as one of the most pivotal musical releases of the last century - spellbinding stuff
His work with Parker, Coltrane et al is simply awesome
Birth of The Cool is also a must hear
Luckily he did not die a young disturbed genius he died an older troubled genius so we have a large unmatchable imo output from him
Anything with Charlie "White Boy" Haden playing the bass.
Jaco Pastorius self-titled album may interest you. It's Jazz Fusion (Jaco was the bassist on a lot of Pat Methany's stuff I think?) and in addition to his stuff with Weather Report (like the album Heavy Weather) is the reason he's regarded as a genius in jazz / bass circles.
You shouldn't look to get into jazz ... the jazz'll find you when it's time
Acker Bilk or Kenny Ball
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue ... essential album.
Kenny Burrell would be recommended too for the guitar sound aswell as Montgomery and Benson.
Kenny Burrell would be recommended too for the guitar sound aswell as Montgomery and Benson.
Are you taking the piss? There are much better jazz musicians who play regularly at Matt n Phreds in Manchester than that floppy haired pillock you just posted the link to. He looks and sounds like a mongy Indian ripoff of Pat Metheny. I suggest you get some taste.
Pastorius really only plays on Bright Size Life, which is a great album imo. Both he and Metheny were teens. Steve Rodby plays most of the rest of the bass on Pat's albums.
A quick recommendation for John Scofield the uber guitarist and all round nice guy.
Mr Davis
calm down mateCheers mate
Slightly softer on the ear but mindblowing in quality is Oscar Peterson and his various combinations who often included the incredible Joe Pass on guitar
I actually had the privilege of seeing these two up close and live thirty years ago and it remains one of the golden moments of my musical life
Extraordinary exponents of the genre
I actually had the privilege of seeing these two up close and live thirty years ago and it remains one of the golden moments of my musical life
Extraordinary exponents of the genre
great music! been listening to him quite a lot lately.And, SnakeD...also check out John Scofield
Duke Ellington's my favourite - very old school though.
Stevie Wonder isn't bad either, especially his song "A Jazz Chord to say I love you"
Stevie Wonder isn't bad either, especially his song "A Jazz Chord to say I love you"
Thanks for correcting me on that, I wasn't sure. I know Pat and Jaco did stuff together on later projects - I think they were the principal musicians on a lot of Joni Mitchell's stuff, including the highly rated album Hejira which I've been meaning to give a listen.
Also, like I said earlier Jaco's self-titled album and Heavy Weather by Weather Report are good picks.
Dave Brubeck, John Coltrane, Miles Davis. Not in that order.
Good call. Jaco's work with Joni Mitchell is less "flash" than a lot of his Weather Report stuff and consequently more appealing to me. I have been a session bassist on and off for twenty five years and have never been lucky enough to get the "Joni call". She tends to marry her bass players..
On another tip:
Proper studio albums by Monk.
Wayne Shorter's Blue Note releases.
That's cool. You worked with anyone we might of heard?
Nice to talk to another bassist on Red cafe. I'm just starting out relative to you (4 years) and haven't really taken my bass out of my house as yet. But the likes of Jaco are of course legends to aspire to. Have you seen his instructional video on youtube? He's skills were crazy, even when he was all but washed up on drugs.
Although I'm listening to the true bass master, James Jamerson, right now.
For some jazzy, mainstream stuff, check out some of guitarist Dennis Coffey's stuff - the song Scorpio is a classic and much sampled through the years, and his album Instant Coffey has some real high points. And as jazz goes, it's very accessible, lots of great hooks. And Jamerson.
Try some Thelonious Monk as well
Jamiroquai is a cnut.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.