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

@allenf1963

I am not really a fan of jazz either, although I’ve been known to dabble in the ambient / French / Brazilian subgenres

I just wanted to say thanks for recommending Bohren & der Club of Gore. I hadn’t heard of them but I am really liking their music so far.

I am really enjoying the LP I’m listening to right now (Dolores). Now, to be honest, I’m not sure I would call it "jazz". Shoegaze jazz? Just made that up

As a bonus, it is a great record for testing the sonic abilities of your amps and speakers.

Thanks again!

 

To clear the air, I have not been trying to like Jazz for 30+ years, I am coming back to try and learn what I like because I have a great system and a lot more time. (I rebuilt my Audio System from my 15 years absence from it because life had other ideas.)  I want to explore new music now. @howardlee You are absolutely correct, my head is spinning with all the suggestions it is absolutely overwhelming. I realized 2 days ago I have 75-100 Jazz CD’s on the bottom shelf of my collection. I collected Jazz when I was in my 30’s (I am 70 now) that I can play and research what floated my boat long ago. I have many from the suggestions on the 4 pages of this thread so far. It’s nice to hear others have the same question as I, I am not alone here. Jazz lovers sure a passionate group! Happy Holidays to all.

I’d love to have a 100 song Jazz playlist. So what’ch got for me?

You got your 100 songs yet? If you already have that many jazz cd’s, one of them must be Dave Brubeck- Time out.

You’re right- it ended up being a great thread- there are plenty of names I haven’t heard of before in this list, need to make note of these and check them out.

Not sure what your streaming options are OP but the wonderful thing about Roon Radio is you play one song you find that floats your boat, and it plays other tracks similar to it, with the same music "style" and as a result you discover wonderful new tunes you never knew existed, similar to reading threads like this.

Hope your favourite teams won yesterday. 

Here are some Jazz playlists any one of you can use or cull from. (A while back I tired to start a playlist Qobuz Playlists Exchange but it fizzled..much updating to those lists now anyway) For stepping into Jazz, Sonny Stitt and Art Pepper are easy entry giants to listen to. "Cleveland blues" By Sonny Stitt and "Patricia" by Art Pepper have rocked my world for decades.

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2329909

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2329915

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2329919

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2329923

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2329930

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2329935

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2329940

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2329941

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2329942

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2329943

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2329944

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2329946

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2329945

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2329947

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2329948

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2329949

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/8893054

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2329951

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/3213225

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/3340452

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/3463023

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/3480249

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/3546345

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/5339546

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/5543617

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/6387584

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/6641277

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/7172436

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/8018652

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/9578285

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/9783006

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/11059042

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/12345073

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/12893162

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/13234132

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/13900631

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/15434064

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/15947438

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/16262535

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/16447242

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/17003464

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/17644214

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/19134843

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/21732983

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/21733004

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2332249

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/8772427

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/16555554

To appreciate and like jazz one has to understand, and more importantly, "HEAR and PROCESS" the chord structures and chord progressions.  Without that ability, jazz sounds like a lot of unstructured notes randomly put together.  The term Jazz was coined in the late 19th century based on the music genre originated from New Orleans but classical composers like Bach and Mozart could have been called the jazz musicians in their days.  Just listen to any classical performance that is called "Variations on a theme by ...." and if you can make out the melody on each variation then you can "hear" jazz. Jazz has evolved into many forms but if you give the chord progression of a song to a group of jazz musicians they can play together based on it without needing to know what song they are playing.  Each musician can take turn improvising using that progression while the others provide support based on the same.  If you can hear when one of them stray from the progression then you can "hear" jazz.  If you can't chances are you won't like jazz.  Some of these chords and progressions can be very complex. Brazilian jazz has very weird chords and you have to be able to recognize them when you hear them. Most popular music has simpler chords and progressions with an easily recognized melody.