Jazz!

[aggroculture]

One of my latest projects is give myself an education in jazz.
I am familiar with the old school classics: Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis but I'd like to know more.
What jazz are you into?
Jazz recommendations from every era are more than welcome!


Lately I've been getting into Ornette Coleman, perhaps because I hear a lot of rock influence here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO7rPupQbRM

[pigpen]

Giant Steps by Jon Coltrane is awesome! Check it out, I've been getting into Charles Mingus and Dave Brubeck alot lately, as well!

[Mr. Blaileen]

I'm kinda in the same boat..I've been turned on to Jazz recently and I've been lookin for more. I've been on a big John Coltrane kick lately.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWG2dsXV5HI

[pigpen]

check out Fats Waller too!!

[Jinsai]

been listening to a lot of Mulatu Astatke lately

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejgpiWZHH34

[ambergris]

Oh, I didn't know there was a jazz thread! It's the music I've been listening to the most lately (Well, I became 30 a few months ago, so...). Anyway, I strongly suggest checking out the Norwegian label ECM. It combines modern jazz music with world music and electronic, sometimes even industrial influences. So you never quite knew what you get. Some recommendations:

Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (trumpet with drum'n'bass)
Jan Bang - And Poppies from Kandahar (A producer's first solo album, so it is a bit technical, maybe dry, but intellectually rewarding)
Jon Hassell - Last Night the Moon Came Dropping its Clothes in the Street (very subtle & beautiful, let's call it ambient jazz with arabic influences)

I also recommend the Norwegian trumpet player Arve Henriksen and his improvisional band Supersilent, especially his solo-album Strjon (so much more than just jazz), and Supersilent 6 (Sigur Ros and Radiohead meet).

If german copyright laws weren't so strict, I'd post Youtube videos....

[Iran_Ed]

I find most modern and smooth Jazz to feel and sound plastic. I consider it a genre that has seen its best days, but those best days were breathtaking.

With that said this is one of the most unfair talent wise songs I've ever heard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK9ZrZGsQVY

[allegro]

I really love jazz piano and I especially love Ahmad Jamal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qc3VaXtW5M

[henryeatscereal]

I've noticed he doesn't get mentioned very often...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKNZqM0d-xo

Great Jazz from top to bottom!

[allegro]

I've noticed he doesn't get mentioned very often...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKNZqM0d-xo

Great Jazz from top to bottom!
I love Paul Desmond but a ton of jazz purists have always hated this album.

[october_midnight]

LOVE Jazz! From old to new...

Billie Holiday is one of my personal favorites, Dave Brubeck, Miles, John, Mingus....ugh...can't get enough.

For new kinda neo-jazz, and I've mentioned this album on ETS before...it's fuckin' perfect. If you plan on going somewhere ridiculously late at night...

http://respecta.net/uploads/posts/2010-03/1269710460_bohren-der-club-of-gore-1.jpg

The whole album is mind-blowingly good...to me anyways. It's as if they took a 1940's noir movie and squeezed it on to tape.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zl5vpy__dQ

[onthewall2983]

I have a deep appreciation of Miles, who for my money is the single most innovative musician of the 20th century. I like some Coltrane, too. My Favorite Things and A Love Supreme more specifically. My prog rock leanings gravitate me towards fusion, I'm a big fan of early Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, Pat Metheny and a few others.

It was really through Steven Wilson's projects I got into Theo Travis, who with his band Double Talk has been making more of a prog-jazz-ambient (he also makes duet records with Robert Fripp) meld which I quite like.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9T9dbDSKSw&feature=channel&list=UL


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB2NPEuHl78&feature=channel&list=UL


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDz4Yyl1tI8&feature=channel&list=UL


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od8IY7kcltQ&feature=channel&list=UL

[butter_hole]

mingus mingus mingus mingus

[henryeatscereal]

I love Paul Desmond but a ton of jazz purists have always hated this album.
Really, why???

On Topic: I join those who appreciate Miles, i'll say his 5 best albums are:

1. Bitches Brew
2. Live-Evil
3. Kind of Blue
4. On the corner
5. Doo-Bop

[ambergris]

Really, why???

On Topic: I join those who appreciate Miles, i'll say his 5 best albums are:

1. Bitches Brew
2. Live-Evil
3. Kind of Blue
4. On the corner
5. Doo-Bop

My interest in jazz began with Miles. I wanted to know what Kind of Blue was all about, because it was on so many best-album lists. It still holds up well today while 'traditional' jazz, i.e. swing & bop, bores me a little. So first I checked out Miles' long career, and then I checked out his 'disciples' and their disciples, i.e. from John Coltrane to Pharoah Sanders, also Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and John McLaughlin. Then I tried Miles' spiritual successors, Jon Hassell, Arve Henriksen and Nils Petter Molvaer. Miles really had an eye for talent and he attracted them.
My top 5 probably looks like this:
1. In a Silent Way
2. Agharta
3. On the Corner
4. Dark Magus
5. Bitches Brew

But there is so much more must-hear music: 'What I'd Say' from Live-Evil, 'He Loved him Madly' from Get Up With It, Sketches from Spain... also: The Complete On the Corner Sessions. If one looks around, one can find it...

[october_midnight]

RIP Dave Brubeck. (http://pitchfork.com/news/48836-rip-jazz-titan-dave-brubeck/)

Fucking. Bummed.

[Broadbent]

RIP Dave Brubeck. (http://pitchfork.com/news/48836-rip-jazz-titan-dave-brubeck/)

Fucking. Bummed.

He's not dead, he's just taking five..

[eversonpoe]

if you want to check out some more avant-garde stuff, look into john zorn (and all associated projects). there's a whole ton of music there.

the "spillane" half of goddard/spillane, as well as "the bribe" are both fantastic, but a bit weird. there's a lot of weird stuff in his catalogue, so do some research into what you'd like to hear.

if you're looking for more straight-forward jazz from him, listen to Masada (Masada String Trio & Bar Kokhba, as well). jewish-influenced, and the core group is zorn on sax, dave douglas on trumpet, joey baron on drums, and greg cohen on bass.

[henryeatscereal]

RIP Dave Brubeck. (http://pitchfork.com/news/48836-rip-jazz-titan-dave-brubeck/)

Fucking. Bummed.
So sad, :(

R.I.P.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf5Jacz-n7o

[keysersoze]

Gene Krupa

[allegro]

aw yeah Gene was one of my childhood idol drummers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9J5Zt2Obko

also Buddy Rich. I saw Buddy play live twice when I was a kid. I had a drum set like his in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWrxHP36N1Q

^ Aw, jesus, I can watch that dozens of times and marvel at his ability to do EFFORTLESS perfect buzz rolls. BUZZ ROLLS ARE A BITCH!!!!

[aggroculture]

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/165840-the-best-jazz-of-2012/

[allegro]

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/165840-the-best-jazz-of-2012/
That's very interesting, thanks!

[Reznor2112]

2012 Thread reawakening...

Ive been on a major Miles kick the past 2 weeks. I mean diving DEEP into the catalog, not just the typical Columbia records.

I even went so far as to buy the BD Audio of his soundtrack for Ascenseur pour I'Echafaud and bout the Criterion DVD. Such an amazing score, really puts you in Paris in the 50s.

Here's MIles, improvising the score


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ4l4oRkh_8

Also, if this "sequel" to Taxi Driver ever happens that Scorsese has mentioned, Bohren should score it. "Sunset Mission" reminds me so much of Taxi Driver especially On Demon Wings.

[Camille]

For me it's all about Herbie Hancock. This collection http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=45750#.UyjKxfl_v8o is glorious and I'm enjoying albums that I have never heard before. Wonderful.
TBH I know fuck all aboot jazz, I have a load of Herbie, but other than that it's a handful of Miles Davis albums.
Being a Prince fan I suppose I can say that I quite enjoy his instrumental albums, but I guess they are more jazz(y) funk shit. Good though.

[Findus]

http://youtu.be/YK6YxeG0dSQ

[Digital Twilight]

Awww yeeeeaaaaahhhhh

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/07/07/first-look-don-cheadle-as-miles-davis-in-biopic-miles-ahead/

[Hazekiah]

Hmm.

No Billie Holiday thread so I guess I'll just put this here.



http://youtu.be/kvAwqc0dI_Q

[Wolfkiller]

I'm not going to pretend I know much about jazz, but I will say that Art Blakey & The Jazz Messangers "Moanin" is my ring tone and Kids On The Slope is an amazing jazz themed anime.

[Reznor2112]

Does anyone know what happened to Sunset Mission by Bohren & Der Club Of Gore? It has disappeared from Spotify, iTunes and the physical CD is no longer available from Amazon.

I ask because this is their best selling album and very strange to just disappear like this. Reissue? I hope they finally release this on vinyl. Although knowing this band...highly doubtful.

[october_midnight]

Does anyone know what happened to Sunset Mission by Bohren & Der Club Of Gore? It has disappeared from Spotify, iTunes and the physical CD is no longer available from Amazon.

I ask because this is their best selling album and very strange to just disappear like this. Reissue? I hope they finally release this on vinyl. Although knowing this band...highly doubtful.

Not too sure. I believe you can contact them directly via their site and order albums straight from them...not sure if that's still the case. They do have this on their official site:





Dear BOHREN-Customers - ATTENTION Please:

BOHREN & DER CLUB OF GORE have never run a Bandcamp-Site and BOHREN have never offered their music to be sold via Bandcamp.
Every offer there is illegal, without any knowledge of the band and BOHREN does not profit on these sales.
We try to take legal proceedings against the operator/s of Bandcamp.
Please help us and abstain from buying our releases of these sites.
Thank you.




Also we want to announce, that we don`t have anything to do with the vinyl-releases of GORE MOTEL and MIDNIGHT RADIO. These two albums are released without prior agreement of the band and we do not profit from the sales.

[onthewall2983]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcQKjffxIOY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4NRNk02IMI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSksWyHsYw8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxg1AoEz9p4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfVudfiW6S8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAofpL3HL9Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4npYoNL8pk

[Jon]

Not sure how many people are aware of this release, very jazzy/funky:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZnbz45Aku4

01. Alice Coltrane feat. Pharoah Sanders - Journey In Satchidananda
02. Mahavishnu Orchestra - You Know, You Know
03. Squarepusher - Theme From Sprite
04. Soft Machine - Penny Hitch
05. Roxy Music - 2HB
06. The Detroit Experiment - Space Odyssey
07. Moodymann - Rectify
08. Osunlade - The Promise
09. Underworld - Oh
10. Laurent Garnier - Gnaumankoudji (Broken Afro Mix)
11. Miroslav Vitous - New York City
12. Brian Eno & Karl Hyde - Beebop Hurry

[Findus]

Back in September, I spent some time at Disneyland, and realized how much I really like the queue music track, Pirate Overture, by George Bruns. There's even a few YouTube videos that loop the queue music for an hour. A lot of why I like it must be the soothing flute. A few weeks ago I picked up a number of albums by Herbie Mann, since he was a jazz flautist. I preferred the stuff where he's in a small combo, as the flute was barely there in some of his quartets and quintets. Tonight I was sampling the works of Yusef Lateef, and found two musicians in the related video column whose material I want to pick up...... jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby, and flautist Frank Wess, who played with Dorothy on three of her albums.....The Jazz Harpist, Hip Harp, and In a Minor Groove. Here's the latter album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa_-Q50-Z_I
Here's Hip Harp as well:
https://youtu.be/uunKxbTJomk

Well, heck.... now I've just stumbled upon the music of jazz funk flautist Bobbi Humphrey. I have plenty to listen to now.
https://youtu.be/sw8D28Z6LwQ

[Reznor2112]

MONEY...TAKEN...

Bohren & der Club of Gore - Sunset Mission 2xLP Gatefold VINYL pre-order

http://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/bohren-der-club-of-gore-sunset-mission-2lp/PIAS.39291811LP.html

http://www.forcedexposure.com/App_Themes/Default/Images/product_images/product_page/P/PIAS39291811LP_PROD.jpg

[eversonpoe]

MONEY...TAKEN...

Bohren & der Club of Gore - Sunset Mission 2xLP Gatefold VINYL pre-order

http://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/bohren-der-club-of-gore-sunset-mission-2lp/PIAS.39291811LP.html

http://www.forcedexposure.com/App_Themes/Default/Images/product_images/product_page/P/PIAS39291811LP_PROD.jpg

finally giving these guys a listen (currently listening to midnight radio) and i love them. they sound like low-key angelo badalamenti or something. i don't know. but it's so good.

[onthewall2983]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAjskQTRGE8

[october_midnight]

MONEY...TAKEN...

Bohren & der Club of Gore - Sunset Mission 2xLP Gatefold VINYL pre-order

http://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/bohren-der-club-of-gore-sunset-mission-2lp/PIAS.39291811LP.html

http://www.forcedexposure.com/App_Themes/Default/Images/product_images/product_page/P/PIAS39291811LP_PROD.jpg

Fucking.Finally.

[Findus]

Speaking of Angelo Badalamenti, the Bohren fans here have probably heard of The Dale Cooper Quartet & The Dictaphones....... for those who haven't:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awUsLrEb1EU

I would place The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble into the same class of jazz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d29u8KWiacw

The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation has some good stuff as well.

[onthewall2983]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueh4etEh_Zg

[onthewall2983]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPWa9F4UBQQ

Watched most of this live last night. Amazing stuff if you have a good tolerance of guitar-driven fusion. John McLaughlin is 75 years old, and while he's not as fast and furious as he was in the 70's he's still burning it up. One last time across America, with Jimmy Herring who in his own way is already a guitar legend.

[Jon]

Damnit!

Did anyone catch Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary (http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/chasing-trane/) with Denzel Washington last night?

[onthewall2983]

I think it's going up on Netflix soon.

[onthewall2983]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5mEoVdByZ8