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Originally Posted by NumberNineDream
^ I listened to her too ... the thing is ... i only know this one style of jazz ... i'm asking for the total opposite ...
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Well, if you mean OPPOSITE opposite, you can look for Ornette Coleman or Joe Maneri (who recently passed). They are the inventor and perfecter of Free Jazz (in that order).
Or if you want to stay in the vocal realm, you could try Nina Simone, who is a little more "out there", but still pretty accessible.
"Kind of Blue" (don't know why people are calling it "Kinda' Blue") is the one jazz album EVERY one should own. Start there.
What I do is take an album I like, listen to it, then do two things: 1) Read the track list and search for any songs that aren't originals, then search for the same songs by other artists, 2) Do the same thing with the players on the album. For instance, with Kind of Blue, you could choose an instrument you like, see who plays that instrument (Bill Evans, Coltrane, Art Taylor, Miles Davis, Adderly) and then look for albums by that artist.