Some good Jazz bands/musicians? (soundtrack, blues, hip-hop, rock)

jazzfromhell · 09-20-2005, 08:51 PM

For shame... no one's mentioned Charlie Parker yet? Tsk, tsk...

Here's a starting guide for jazz, divided into sub-genres (also, for a first listen, I'd go with what people are telling you and listen to Kind of Blue, but you've already checked that out by now, haven't you?

Traditional/Dixieland:

Louis Armstrong
Bix Beiderbecke
Jelly Roll Morton
Sidney Bechet

Big Band/Swing:

Duke Ellington
Count Basie
Benny Goodman (overrated, but personifies the genre pretty well)

Vocal Jazz:

Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Sarah Vaughan

Bebop:

Charlie Parker
Dizzy Gillespie
Thelonious Monk

Hard Bop:

Art Blakey
50's Charles Mingus stuff (Mingus Ah Um, in particular)
Cannonball Adderley

Free Jazz:

Ornette Coleman
Coltrane's later stuff
Sun Ra
Cecil Taylor

Fusion:

Miles Davis (Davis has excellent work that fits into most jazz genres from 1945 on until his death, so he also applies to Bebop and Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, and Post-Bop)
The Mahavishnu Orchestra
Return to Forever
Weather Report

That's just the tip of the iceberg, there are a ton more sub-genres and great artists that I didn't mention. But pick out any of those, and you'll be hearing some fine, fine music. There are artists such as Miles Davis and John Coltrane that have covered several different genres, so I didn't categorize them in any place particular (except for Miles in fusion, because he created it and was the best at it, IMO). Enjoy, I believe you've got some downloading/buying to do.

P.S. Parliament and Funkadelic aren't jazz, but I could dig on the funk for weeks straight.

boris jawaka · 09-20-2005, 10:06 PM

charlie parker is great - i have this bird and diz record which has some great playing - also the soundtrack to bird is amazing

don cherry is great for free jazz too

jazzfromhell · 09-20-2005, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by boris jawaka

charlie parker is great - i have this bird and diz record which has some great playing

It wouldn't be the Quintet's (Bird, Diz, Bud Powell, Mingus, and Max Roach) Jazz Live at Massey Hall, would it? That's a classic, and one of my all-time faves.

boris jawaka · 09-27-2005, 05:50 PM

not sure - it looks pretty "unnoficial" the cover has pictures of parker and bird that look like they had just been glued on and the words "bird and diz" in times new roman - not sure what the record label is but ill try to find out

jazzfromhell · 09-27-2005, 08:42 PM

That's the one I'm talking about, doesn't fit all the way with your description. There are a lot of Parker/Gillespie recordings, though, which vary from classic to at least decent. I can't say I've listened to them all, but I doubt any of them are terrible.

dancer_maniac · 09-30-2005, 07:19 AM

Hey!
you should go for "the idea of north" they are a great a cappella jazz group! really awsome! i think u can get them at abc shops.
~han~

MURDER JUNKIE · 09-30-2005, 08:22 AM

curtis mayfield - super fly, great movie great music

hookers with machineguns · 09-30-2005, 12:20 PM

Curis Mayfield was funk, but nontheless Superfly was indeed Soooopa Flyyy.

jazzfromhell- Billie Holiday... was absolutely amazing

jazzfromhell · 10-01-2005, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by hookers with machineguns

Curis Mayfield was funk, but nontheless Superfly was indeed Soooopa Flyyy.

jazzfromhell- Billie Holiday... was absolutely amazing

Preach, brother. I've always been more of an Ella fan, myself, but Lady Day can still make my day, on any day of the week.

anticipation · 10-02-2005, 02:52 PM

Jimmy Smith
Wes Montgomery
Django Reinhardt.

09-20-2005, 10:06 PM	#32 (permalink)
boris jawaka Chrome Plated Megaphone Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 163	charlie parker is great - i have this bird and diz record which has some great playing - also the soundtrack to bird is amazing don cherry is great for free jazz too __________________ "Artists are artists, because they have an extra sensitivity - a skin less perhaps than other people; and the great ones have an uncomfortable habit of being right about many things, long before their time" - Benjamin Britten, 1951

09-27-2005, 05:50 PM	#34 (permalink)
boris jawaka Chrome Plated Megaphone Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 163	not sure - it looks pretty "unnoficial" the cover has pictures of parker and bird that look like they had just been glued on and the words "bird and diz" in times new roman - not sure what the record label is but ill try to find out __________________ "Artists are artists, because they have an extra sensitivity - a skin less perhaps than other people; and the great ones have an uncomfortable habit of being right about many things, long before their time" - Benjamin Britten, 1951

09-30-2005, 07:19 AM	#36 (permalink)
dancer_maniac Groupie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: on planet earth Posts: 7	Hey! you should go for "the idea of north" they are a great a cappella jazz group! really awsome! i think u can get them at abc shops. ~han~ __________________ Dancer_maniac

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09-20-2005, 08:51 PM	#31 (permalink)
jazzfromhell SHAKE! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: On the A train. Posts: 205	For shame... no one's mentioned Charlie Parker yet? Tsk, tsk... Here's a starting guide for jazz, divided into sub-genres (also, for a first listen, I'd go with what people are telling you and listen to Kind of Blue, but you've already checked that out by now, haven't you? Traditional/Dixieland: Louis Armstrong Bix Beiderbecke Jelly Roll Morton Sidney Bechet Big Band/Swing: Duke Ellington Count Basie Benny Goodman (overrated, but personifies the genre pretty well) Vocal Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald Billie Holiday Sarah Vaughan Bebop: Charlie Parker Dizzy Gillespie Thelonious Monk Hard Bop: Art Blakey 50's Charles Mingus stuff (Mingus Ah Um, in particular) Cannonball Adderley Free Jazz: Ornette Coleman Coltrane's later stuff Sun Ra Cecil Taylor Fusion: Miles Davis (Davis has excellent work that fits into most jazz genres from 1945 on until his death, so he also applies to Bebop and Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, and Post-Bop) The Mahavishnu Orchestra Return to Forever Weather Report That's just the tip of the iceberg, there are a ton more sub-genres and great artists that I didn't mention. But pick out any of those, and you'll be hearing some fine, fine music. There are artists such as Miles Davis and John Coltrane that have covered several different genres, so I didn't categorize them in any place particular (except for Miles in fusion, because he created it and was the best at it, IMO). Enjoy, I believe you've got some downloading/buying to do. P.S. Parliament and Funkadelic aren't jazz, but I could dig on the funk for weeks straight.

09-27-2005, 08:42 PM	#35 (permalink)
jazzfromhell SHAKE! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: On the A train. Posts: 205	That's the one I'm talking about, doesn't fit all the way with your description. There are a lot of Parker/Gillespie recordings, though, which vary from classic to at least decent. I can't say I've listened to them all, but I doubt any of them are terrible.

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MURDER JUNKIE The Wetter The Better!! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SH1TTY London Ontario Canada Posts: 2,504	curtis mayfield - super fly, great movie great music

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anticipation Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,565	Jimmy Smith Wes Montgomery Django Reinhardt.