Jazz Recommendations

In addition to those mentioned above:

Eric Dolphy "Out To Lunch"
John Coltrane and Milt Jackson "Bags and Trane"
Freddie Hubbard "Red Clay"

Pat Metheny, one of the talented jazz musicians ever - and unbelievably dynamic in concert. Yet, no one has mentioned him, hmmm. Sure, Herbie and Miles are great, but Metheny's range of music is most adventurous and creative.

I'll just quietly slip into the back of the lecture hall and take notes. Since I forget to bring the books on the reading list, I'll consult the *starters'* list of jazz standards and contemporary jazz classics at
http://amadeus.siba.fi/~eonttone/standard.html

Pat Metheny, INDEED! - pretty much anything, except Zero Tolerance for Silence which is not for beginners or even casual jazz fans.
Keith Jarrett - the compilation "rarum: Selected Recordings" is a great overview of his work from '74 to '94, then in no particular order Live at the Blue Note, Whisper Not, Tokyo '96, Koln Concert, La Scala, The Melody at Night with You, My Song, Belonging, Arbour Zena, on and on.
Dave Holland Quintet - especially Not for Nothin', Prime Directive and What Goes Around (actually a big band recording).
Chris Potter, excellent young sax player - Travelling Mercies, Gratitude.
Charles Lloyd - recent recordings on ECM are great.
Kurt Rosenwinkel, great young guitar player - The Enemies of Energy.
Joni Mitchell, don't laugh or smirk, some of her stuff has a very real jazz feel to it - Hejira and other recordings post-1976, particularly one from 1980 with Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Lyle Mayes, Wayne Shorter, Jack DeJohnette (I think that was the line-up.

for an online jazz source try kkjz.org. it is kkjz 88.1 in LA. jazz all the time, blues on sat and sun from 2-7pm, jazz on the latin side on friday 6-10p. the greatest hosts on the air, chuck niles, sam fields and more.

this is the cal state long geach radio station which survives mostly on member contributions. they now have a playlist to check what played and when just in case you didnt hear the announcer identify the tkune he just played.

another resource is All Music Guide at
http://www.allmusic.com

this is exceedingly valuable and its free. it is available in print but the true value is on line.

...regards...tr