Along the trumpet idiom, look into Lee Morgan. Maybe a little less laid back, but very well thought out solo work.
I could use some jazz mentoring.
I'm a relative newbie to jazz. I know what I like, but I can't find anymore of it. I figure this might be a good place to ask.
Generally, I think I like the sound of bluesy, laid back jazz.
My two favorite cds are:
Wynton Marsalis - Midnight Blues (it's the 5th in a series of cds he did)
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
If you've heard both of these cds, I hope you can see the commonality between them in the same way I do. To me they are both moody, introspective, and romantic albums.
Thanks in advance for any advice. I'm really looking forward to discovering more of a great genre.
-Esfand
Generally, I think I like the sound of bluesy, laid back jazz.
My two favorite cds are:
Wynton Marsalis - Midnight Blues (it's the 5th in a series of cds he did)
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
If you've heard both of these cds, I hope you can see the commonality between them in the same way I do. To me they are both moody, introspective, and romantic albums.
Thanks in advance for any advice. I'm really looking forward to discovering more of a great genre.
-Esfand
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If you can log on to internet feed you can educate yourself very quickly with 2 very good jazz PBS stations. kplu.org Tacoma, WA kuaz.org Tucson, AZ In all my travels, these are two of the very best for traditional jazz. Graveyard shift of kplu turns wild with some avantgarde and very unknown talented artists. |
Try this thread. http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?gmusi&976325372&read&3&4& It was quite helpful to me as I was starting to build a library. Those that I generally enjoy include Mile Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery, Dave Brubeck, Sonny Rollins to name a few of the "better known" names. |
Wstritt nailed it. Coltrane & Evans played w/Miles in his fifties' band; this was the best-loved and best-known that did for cool jazz what Led Zep did for hard rock bands in the early 70s. Check out the ads for Classic Records 45RPM series, in the rags or on their website or acousticsounds.com. Although you might not want the $50 versions, it's a nice list of LPs many of which are what you are after. If you also like Classical music, Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain is a great, moody LP w/his pensive solos atop a lush full orchestra. The perfect blend of jazz & classical... Cheers, Spencer |
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