Intro to Jazz (rock, genre, miles davis, Europe, solo)

Molecules · 03-11-2008, 02:27 PM

my favourite fusion album is Miles Davis' 'On the Corner', and I would recommend Sun Ra to anyone aswell, like Davis he dabbled in a bit of everything but with less commercial success. Plus his aesthetic was alot weirder and more mysterious aswell, he basically thought he was on a cosmic mission from the people of Saturn.

~~Atrium~~ · 03-11-2008, 02:39 PM

Stanley Clarke
Chick Corea
Miles Davis
Al di Meola
Herbie Han****
Mahavishnu Orchestra
John McLaughlin
Jaco Pastorius
Return to Forever
Weather Report
Tony Williams

Seltzer · 03-11-2008, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Molecules

my favourite fusion album is Miles Davis' 'On the Corner', and I would recommend Sun Ra to anyone aswell, like Davis he dabbled in a bit of everything but with less commercial success. Plus his aesthetic was alot weirder and more mysterious aswell, he basically thought he was on a cosmic mission from the people of Saturn.

On the Corner is an interesting choice. I like that album.

Anyway, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters is THE funk jazz album... probably a good entry into jazz.

monellia · 03-13-2008, 07:39 AM

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Oscar Peterson - Night Train
Archie Shepp - The Cry of my People
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Silver Horace - Blowin' the Blues Away
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz
Sun Ra - Atlantis
Cecil Taylor - Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come
Jimmy Smith - The Sermon!
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Body & Soul - Coleman Hawkins
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth
Dizzy Gillespie - Birk's Works
Stan Getz - Getz Gilberto

Molecules · 03-13-2008, 07:55 AM

monellia · 03-13-2008, 08:04 AM

^My personal fave of Herbie's but not exactly a good starting point imo. You'd need to familiarise yourself with the elements of conventional jazz and electronica respectively in order to fully appreciate Sextant as a progressive work

Molecules · 03-13-2008, 08:28 AM

ah...i was just sort or reeling off stuff i liked. blast and damn

monellia · 03-13-2008, 10:36 AM

It's great fo sho. It's a pity the public didn't see it that way. What it could have influenced otherwise would have made for vair interesting listening indeed

monellia · 03-13-2008, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

And "Free Jazz" is?

Totally! Telling a jazz virgin to listen to Free Jazz is like pushing them into the deep end, whereas with Sextant you mightas well take away their oxygen tank, shove them into a tank full of strange fish and bid them good luck

Molecules · 03-13-2008, 06:48 PM

INTRO TO JAZZ - Thelonious Monk - 'Straight, No Chaser'

or similar cool jazz classics. It's ridiculously accessible without being boring. I got into jazz reading the sleevenotes and listening to it on headphones, picking out the different instruments and when they had solos

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~~Atrium~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 24	Here are some of the best fusion artists in my opinion: Stanley Clarke Chick Corea Miles Davis Al di Meola Herbie Han**** Mahavishnu Orchestra John McLaughlin Jaco Pastorius Return to Forever Weather Report Tony Williams

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Molecules daddy don't Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: the Wastes Posts: 2,577	INTRO TO JAZZ - Thelonious Monk - 'Straight, No Chaser' or similar cool jazz classics. It's ridiculously accessible without being boring. I got into jazz reading the sleevenotes and listening to it on headphones, picking out the different instruments and when they had solos __________________ [SIZE="1"]Eff em tumble her

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monellia Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Oirland Posts: 81	John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Oscar Peterson - Night Train Archie Shepp - The Cry of my People Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Silver Horace - Blowin' the Blues Away Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz Sun Ra - Atlantis Cecil Taylor - Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come Jimmy Smith - The Sermon! Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire Body & Soul - Coleman Hawkins Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth Dizzy Gillespie - Birk's Works Stan Getz - Getz Gilberto

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monellia Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Oirland Posts: 81	^My personal fave of Herbie's but not exactly a good starting point imo. You'd need to familiarise yourself with the elements of conventional jazz and electronica respectively in order to fully appreciate Sextant as a progressive work

03-13-2008, 10:36 AM	#38 (permalink)
monellia Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Oirland Posts: 81	It's great fo sho. It's a pity the public didn't see it that way. What it could have influenced otherwise would have made for vair interesting listening indeed