I think I like Jazz

[Heraclitus]

I never listened to the stuff, but recently I seem to have acquired a taste.


What would my fellow polytubbies recomend?

[germanos]

- John Scofield

- Bugge Wesseltoft

[DaShi]

Are you white?

[Zopperoni]

What do you like? Piano, Saxophone, Big Band, Guitar, Vocal, Other?

Personally, I really like Johnny Griffin (Saxophone).

[Meticulous Man]

Charles Mingus

[Zoid]

Dave Brubeck
Duke Ellington
Miles Davis

You can't beat the classics

[Nostromo]

There's so much awesome stuff. But here goes:

- Bill Evans, Sunday at the Village Vanguard

- Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane

- Miles Davis, Kind of Blue

- Miles Davis, In a Silent Way

- Duke Ellington, Money Jungle (with Charlie Mingus and Max Roach)

- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme

- Sony Rollins, Saxophone Colossus

- Billie Holliday, Songs for Distingué Lovers

[-Jrabbit]

WARNING! Proceed with caution, Hera. There's a wise old saying, goes something like this:

"Jazz is like a woman, a cruel and sadistic monster."

[Traianvs]

You're evil

I would add Chet Baker to the list, though I usually prefer the saxophone, a most magical instrument.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Trust me, liking jazz on Poly is a lonely calling.

Anyway, Nostromo's list is a good one. Here are mine, which will repeat a couple of his:

12 classic jazz CDs by 12 different artists that can get anyone started:

Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus
Dexter Gordon, Go
Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah Um
Thelonius Monk, Monk's Dream
John Coltrane, Blue Train
Duke Ellington, Ellington at Newport
Sonny Clark, Cool Struttin'
Cannonball Adderly, Somethin' Else
The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Time Out
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, Getz/Gilberto
Horace Silver, Songs for My Father
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, and Sonny Stitt, Sonny Side Up

4 more to add if you like classic (pre-WWII) jazz:

Louis Armstrong, Hot Fives and Sevens
Duke Ellington, The Blanton-Webster Band
Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, Souvenirs
Benny Goodman, Live at Carnegie Hall

2 to add if you like traditional jazz vocals:

Ella Fitzgerald, Ella In Rome: The Birthday Concert
Billie Holiday, Satin Lady

Finally, while my tastes run to older jazz, here are 5 I've really liked from the last decade or so:

Cassandra Wilson, Traveling Miles
Wynton Marsalis, Live at the House of Tribes
The Benny Green Trio, Testifyin'
Esperanza Spalding, Esperanza
Jenny Scheinman, Jenny Scheinman

[SlowwHand]

Diana Krall, for a newer artist.

[Cort Haus]

Nice

[Kuciwalker]

Re: I think I like Jazz

Originally posted by Heraclitus
I never listened to the stuff, but recently I seem to have acquired a taste.


What would my fellow polytubbies recomend?

Suicide is probably your only option.

[SlowwHand]

You're just this side of AAHZ, aren't you?

[Barnabas]

Can you (jazz people) recommend someone who plays the Alto sax?