Jazz Recommendations

Better than a coffee table edition, I would really like to see this coffee table book come to life as an actual coffee table (as in a very popular TV show that is no longer on the air). This would be the right book for this.

Bill Evans "Sunday at the Village Vangard", Charlie Haden "The Monteral Tapes", Miles Davis "Bitches Brew", Lee Morgan "The Sidewinder"

It matters what form of jazz moves you the most; Be-Bop, Hard Bop, Cool, Free, etc. Also, what instuments do you like to hear the most? Do you like Trios? Quartets? Sextets? Big Band? We really require more info before we can provide suitable referals. I'll be happy to help!

The Brubeck Time Out CD in HDCD is on Columbia/Legacy. It is available everywhere even the BMG & Columbis Music Clubs.

Hi, Kadlec: I have been a serious jazz buff for about 40 years, and used to teach a course in jazz appreciation. There is a laundry list of jazz recordings I could recommend, but before doing that, I want to recommend an excellent textbook on jazz that is used widely: Mark Gridley's book, "Jazz Styles: History and Analysis", published by Prentice-Hall. You should be able to order the book through any college bookstore, and probably Amazon.com as well. The book provides an excellent background on the origins of the music, instrumentation, and describes all of the major styles, beginning with New Orleans (traditional), and going through bop and free jazz. It also covers many of the major stars in jazz, and has a discography of their recorded work. The book is very well written, fun to read, and will give you a great basis for truly understanding and appreciating America's unique musical art form.