Jazz Recommendations

Jazz is really diverse. What kind of music or artists did u like b4 getting into jazz, or even now?

My experience was I loved rock when I was a teenager (and still do!), then blues, then ended up in Jazz while listening to all 3 now!

If you love Monk, you will enjoy Bud Powell (4cd set on
Blue Note), Randy Weston "Volcano Blues", and Mal Waldron
"Hot House".

check out "rite or strings"....Jean Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke and Al Di Meola. Just saw them live so I've been reexperiencing this classic album. Amazing.

Check Out David Sanchez's CD titled "Obsesion"

David Sanchez's CD titled "Travesia"...

I'd also recommend Arturo Sandoval's "Trompet Evolution"...

Well, I don't claim to be well-versed or well-schooled in jazz music by any means, but I own a lot of it. Here are my favs:

-Bela Fleck + Flecktones: Live Art
-John Mclaughlin + Mahavishnu Orchestra: Inner Mounting Flame
-Coltrane: Giant Steps
-Davis: The Complete Concert 1964 (live 2 disc set)
-Davis and Coltrane: Miles and Coltrane
-John Scofield: A Go Go
-Medeski, Martin and Wood: It's a Jungle in Here

-Chris