Jazz Thread

[ShittyRecolor]

I posted this once before in the what are you listening to thread but we didnt have a jazz thread then. I came back to it though and GOD DAMN.

The first track in particular will beat you the fuck up and take your lunch money and leave you in a trash can somewhere. They're fucking KILLING it.

To me that bass line and the piano rhythm is like a one-two punch. I love it. And fuck, some of the riffs wouldnt be what they were without that drumline and the snare. To me, this is about as perfect harmony as jazz can have.

Look it's a 9 minute track so you gotta give it some time but it's like Bubble Yum, the flavor goes on and on.

Fukui's awesome, I can't believe how strong Japan's Jazz scene is. I love chilling out to this:

I really love this bassist, who is on the more fusion side of things



And then of course Dave Holland



Saw Esperanza Spalding in concert and I think she is severely overrated. Couldn't hold a concert program together.

Beautiful stuff! As far as contrabassists go it's also impossible to go wrong with Aladár Pege:

No love for Jaco?


My all-time favorite bassist. Inspired me to take up the instrument.



While I'm at it, have a few other assorted favorites of mine:

https://youtu.be/BhqQFs7huwU

I adore both Pastorius and Zawinul. Birdland was one of the first Jazz\Fusion songs I've ever learned.

I'm somewhat particular to Ornette.

Coleman's great. His free jazz stuff is great for getting energized, though I barely come across people who can stand it. Still, I love Lester Bowie's version of Coleman's Lonely Woman:

Some extra goodness for good measure:

Rest in peace, Allan Holdsworth.

 

[Positron]

Fukui's awesome, I can't believe how strong Japan's Jazz scene is. I love chilling out to this:

Japan always have a prosperous jazz scene. Their first jazz artist who had an international breakthrough career is probably saxophonist Sadao Watanabe:

Many Japanese jazz artists and groups are now very prominent in the international circuit, examples include Hiromi Uehara and United Future Organization.

The Japanese jazz label Venus Records has a reputation of impeccable sound quality. I have only a few CDs from them and I think it is just hype.

 

[D. Sweatshirt]

Nothing beats some good Brazilian jazz every now and then.

Not sure if this really counts as jazz but Afrobeat's also incredibly amazing. Brian Eno once called Tony Allen "the greatest drummer that has ever lived", and it's pretty easy to tell why.

 

[Trombonista]

I started a Jazz thread almost three years ago.

 

[Positron]

Italian pianist Giovanni Mirabassi plays the theme of Miyasaki's animated film Howl's Moving Castle with his trio. He has recorded an album of anime themes, mostly Miyasaki.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

I was listening to these this morning...

 

[Gordon Cole]

Just discovered Bud Powell, I should really look into more of his shit:

 

[TheMonkeyMan]

 

[Positron]

Sardinian harpist Marcella Carboni plays her electroacoustic harp in a jazz idiom. Trained as a classical harpist, Claude Debussy's Danses sacrée et profane were among her staples. When she later investigated jazz, she found common ground between the harmony of Debussy and the modal jazz of John Coltrane, and this was the inspiration of her piece "John and Claude":

 

[Morose_Obesity]

I have this rare album " Mo' Cookin", just great danceable acid jazz. Wish it was on more streaming services.
https://www.amazon.com/Mo-Cookin-Va...UTF8&qid=1500397590&sr=8-1&keywords=Mo+cookin

 

[ShittyRecolor]

I have this rare album " Mo' Cookin", just great danceable acid jazz. Wish it was on more streaming services.
https://www.amazon.com/Mo-Cookin-Va...UTF8&qid=1500397590&sr=8-1&keywords=Mo+cookin

Ooh, that's a very good find! As someone whose taste of Jazz mostly lies in Swing, Bebop and Fusion, I was initially hesitant to dive into Acid and Smooth Jazz, but I'm so glad I did! I especially dig the Funk\Soul influences.

While I'll most likely always be a shredder at heart, some good chord soloing always blows my mind:

 

[Positron]

It seems to me the most innovative singers from Portugal have often spent their childhood in Mozembique -- Mariza and Amélia Muge among fado singers, and Maria João in jazz and experimental music:

Her frequent collaborator is the pianist Mario Laginha, and I've had the fortune of seeing them live.

 

[ShittyRecolor]

Found some more eargasmic stuff:

 

[Slowboat to China]

I've always had a thing for the Cotton Club type of jazz. (Not a musician, so if there's an official genre or name for it, it escapes me.) When I was a kid, we had some amazing CDs of Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, etc. "Minnie the Moocher," "St. James Infirmary Blues," and "Stormy Weather" are fantastic--I love the atmosphere they conjure up. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is a pretty good modern-day equivalent, IMO.

But there's always room for Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington, Count Basie--the more danceable stuff. Artie Shaw especially did two short numbers that create a striking contrast and, in their own way, tell two very different stories: Traffic Jam and Nightmare.

 

[ShittyRecolor]

I've always had a thing for the Cotton Club type of jazz. (Not a musician, so if there's an official genre or name for it, it escapes me.) When I was a kid, we had some amazing CDs of Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, etc. "Minnie the Moocher," "St. James Infirmary Blues," and "Stormy Weather" are fantastic--I love the atmosphere they conjure up. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is a pretty good modern-day equivalent, IMO.

But there's always room for Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington, Count Basie--the more danceable stuff. Artie Shaw especially did two short numbers that create a striking contrast and, in their own way, tell two very different stories: Traffic Jam and Nightmare.

Huan Tizol and Duke Ellington are forever my heroes for composing Caravan. How much are you into the Hot Club stuff like Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli? It's some pretty awesome virtuoso but danceable stuff (also, I think it should be compulsory for all guitarists to at least know who Reinhardt was).

 

[ShittyRecolor]

"These are a few of my favorite things"

 

[Positron]

Hang Em High is a trio of Poland-Swiss-Austrian musicians. They lean towards the free-jazz/live electronics spectrum, and sound is powerful, abrasive, and muscular.

 

[VoxyMusic]

When I lived in California I was a bassist of a Folk Jazz/Jazz Fusion ensemble that played all kinds of Jaco Pastorius/Weather Report material.

 

[ShittyRecolor]

Hang Em High is a trio of Poland-Swiss-Austrian musicians. They lean towards the free-jazz/live electronics spectrum, and sound is powerful, abrasive, and muscular.

Woooooow, this is crazy good! These guys should really jam with Screaming Headless Torsos.

I've just listened to Alice Coltrane for the first time in my life, and I've got to say she's breath taking:

 

[sunreaver]

yall are already hitting a lot of the staples here but i was very recently introduced to a more ambient big band sound that i'd like to share cuz i absolutely fell in love with it..hope you enjoy as much as i did!