Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz?

Yes I can understand you ,years ago ,I worked 11 pm to 8 am at the old PO.and the guy at the desk would play Free Form Jazz....I hated it...just blasting  note without any form of music ,Terrible....But you need other stuff... Older jazz Like  Chat Baker,Gerry Mulligan,The Rippingtons.Thats a good start, it's music,with form,classic songs....Enjoy my  Man and  have a Great Christmas....

@ezwind

Yes, the Dead’s jazz influences don’t show up as consistently as with the ABB, probably because their music encompasses a lot more different musical styles and genres. But you can certainly hear it in songs like Eyes of the World, Bird Song, Crazy Fingers, and some versions of Dark Star. And the band would swing a lot more when Kreutzmann was the sole drummer for a few years in the early 70s.

Sure. I don’t contest any of the above. Comparing the Allmans to Jerry and the boys, I meant, overall. I much prefer Kreutzmann on his own. IMHO, he didn’t need any help!  Like Mitch Mitchell, he has a "slippery" feel. I prefer this approach to heavy handed "bashers".  

@stuartk,

I think you have ’Jaimoe’ aka John Lee Johnson aka Jai Johanny Johanson who was a drummer with the Allman Brothers with ’Jabo’ John Starks who was a drummer with James Brown. But James Brown did spend a lot time in Macon, GA which is where Capricorn Records was and was the recording company for the Allman Brothers. But I wouldn’t be surprised if James Brown tried to steal him from Greg and Duane and ’Jaimoe’ said no because James Brown was known not to pay his band at times..

I never thought of the dead a ’jazz’ type band but that makes sense cause if I’m not mistaken their shows were very improvisational.

@tyray

You’re right-- it was Otis Redding! My bad.

From interview:

I remember one day down in Muscle Shoals, I figured I’d been there long enough, so I asked Duane Allman, "Man, tell me something, why do you want to have two drummers?" And he said, "Because Otis Redding and James Brown had two drummers." So I didn’t ask him anything else, I said something like, "Well, that’s cool, because I was one of the drummers with Otis."

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