Official Jazz thread

[Kimchi Papi]

I'd categorize her more in the pop, where Michael Buble (spelled right?) would be. I def would think that because she has David Foster playing piano for her in the vid on the left & it looks like Kenny G in the vid on the right. She uses Jazz vocal arrangements to do standards & interpretations of pop songs the way Buble does.Let me know if you like any of the stuff I recommended.

The Chet Baker Doc might be pretty hard to find. I bought a bootleg of it on dvd at a flea market. Not even sure if it's available on dvd yet. Matter of fact, I went to look for it earlier because I wanted to watch it again & I can't find it...Fuuuuudge...

 

[omgitswes]

I still have a lot of people to go through, so I'm good for now.
You can post more for anyone else wanting to get into jazz though.

 

[lb81986]

ya'll covered alot of the greats, old and new. Its crazy, discovering early hip hop in the 90's (early Gangstarr, Tribe, Digable Planets, Common, etc) helped me discover great jazz. Now its one of my favorite genres. Didn't see Theo Monk get much love. 'Brilliant Corners', 'Straight, No Chaser' and 'Monk Dreams' are great albums of his. He also has some nice live work w/ Coltrane.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Thelonious Monk & Mingus are definately great. Didn't mean to omit them from my earlier recommedations...I grew up in a household where Jazz was always on. Music had to be there for ambient sound pretty much at all times. AS a little guy, I used to love flipping through the hundreds of records my father had looking at the covers. We're talking iconic cover art especially with the Blue Note label.

It was cool getting into hip hop & hearing artisits sampling stuff I grew up on. A Tribe Called Quest using Ron Carter on A Low End Theory was killer. That still remains in my top 5 albums of all time. That album is 20 years old & I still listen to it constantly...

 

[omgitswes]

Found a few more albums that I didn't know we had.
Mils Davis - Tutu
Lee Ritenour - Festival (he's another guitarist that I really like)
George Benson
Dinah Washington
Billie Holiday - Lady in Autumn
Wynton Marsalis - Live at Blues Alley
Max Roach - To the Max
Roy Hargrove - Diamond in the rough


Going to upload these to my computer and give them a listen

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Originally Posted by omgitswes

Found a few more albums that I didn't know we had.
Mils Davis - Tutu
Lee Ritenour - Festival (he's another guitarist that I really like)
George Benson
Dinah Washington
Billie Holiday - Lady in Autumn
Wynton Marsalis - Live at Blues Alley
Max Roach - To the Max
Roy Hargrove - Diamond in the rough


Going to upload these to my computer and give them a listen

One of the things my godfather & I used to do was go see people lecture. I saw Max Roach speak & it was really cool. It was amazing to hear him talk about his experiences. He had on the dopest suit too. Although a lot of the old greats have passed away now, if you ever see someone lecturing near you, please go see them. It's one thing to see them perform, but it's another seeing them talk about thier experiences & talk about thier art...
  

 

[omgitswes]

Wish I could, hardly anyone comes through here except for country artists and washed up rock bands.
We do have a few nice local players though.

 

[omgitswes]

 

[seasoned vet]

- thanks for this thread
 
....ive been heavy into Miles since 1999. ive never gotten into anyone else really, but have always wanted to.
 
- i DO know about Roy Hargrove though. was in New Orleans at a record shop just browsing the jazz section and came across 'The RH Factor'. heard that Q-Tip track and fell in love. ive also peep 2 of Coltrane's albums but couldnt get into them.
 
 

 

[sillyputty]

1. Pandora.com
2. Bebop/Combo Station 

3. Win. 

 

[mf doomer]

Bluenote has a extensive catalog worth checking out. Lee morgan, Donald Byrd, Bobbi Humphrey just to name a few. As far as modern jazz, iv'e been a uprising fan for Robert Glasper.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

If you like Dexter Gordon omgitswes, check out the film 'Round Midnight. The trailer's kinda cheesy but it's a good film. I have the poster hanging on my office pod wall. Dexter Gordon plays one of the lead roles.

 

[omgitswes]

Was just browsing youtube and found this. I really like it

 

[Kimchi Papi]

My iTunes was on shuffle & this just played. Don't forget to look up some latin flavored jazz...

 

[Kimchi Papi]

This just played after Soy Califa. Nice song to end to the night...

 

[mj25]

Robert Glasper

 

[omgitswes]

Originally Posted by psk2310



This just played after Soy Califa. Nice song to end to the night...

As many times as I've heard this song I had no idea what it was called.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Joe Henderson is such an under appreciated sax player... He certa got overshadowed by the likes of Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, & Hank Mobley. This is one of my favorite albums of his. It features Kenny Dorham on trumpet, Pete La Roca on drums, McCoy Tyner on piano, & Butch Warren on bass. Love the latin flavor of this song & album.

 

[omgitswes]

Haven't posted anything in a while. I woke up to this song today

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Glad to see this thread back...Was digging through some boxes to see what I hadn't played in a while & came across this soundtrack. Branford hasn't been putting out a lot as of late. Not sure why. Always loved this song. Featured his best band with Terrance Blanchard on trumpet, Kenny Kirkland on piano (RIP), Jeff Watts on drums, & Robert Hurst on bass...

 

[Kimchi Papi]

 

Edit- I had originally posted Coltrane's Soul Eyes, the impulse version but later found out it was someone doing the song on a keyboard while showing photos of album covers. I tried searching for the song via yuku but could only find the Prestige version which isn't nearly as good as the Impulse version.

Since I couldn't find the song I wanted, I posted Part 1 Acknowledgement from Coltrane's A Love Supreme. This is probably the pinnacle of Coltrane's work. Almost every rock musician that came out of the 60's cites this as one of thier favorite albums. Also Elvin Jones drumming influenced a lot of the rock & roll drummers from that era too ranging from Charlie Watts, John Bonham, Ginger Baker, Keith Moon, the list goes on & on.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

This album had Coltrane & Hank Mobley playing sax on different tracks with Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, & either Jimmy Cobb or Philly Jones on drums. Coltrane is on the title track here. I can always pick Coltrane out from other sax players. His tone was so unique. He was the most lyrical & melodic sax player ever. Still is...

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Love this song. Have the cover this album framed in my man cave...

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Can't find the regular version of this song that's 8 mins 10 sec long...

 

[Kimchi Papi]