Unquestionably, improvisation is the defining element of jazz.
These artists communicate in real time.
This fluidity of expression when listening to music like late-‘40s Dizzy Gillespie or Charlie Parker through mid-to-late-‘70s music by The Art Ensemble of Chicago or Anthony Braxton (and everything in between) is unique to this music.
Jazz like this? Suggestions
I've been listening to "The Gotland Sessions" by the Magnus Ringblom Quartet for a good while now, and absolutely adore it. However, I have tried unsuccessfully to search for Jazz in a similar vein, having exhausted his catalogue on Qobuz
I'm no expert on Jazz, but enjoy the mellow, dreamy jazz served up by Magnus and co; could someone with more Jazz knowledge point me in the right direction?
I stream exclusively from Qobuz
Thanks guys 👍🙂
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As @petaluman said, check out much of the ECM catalog, past and current. While most of it will be more 'progressive' than the Magnus Ringblom Quartet, it will also be somewhat introspective in tone and mood, like the Magnus Ringblom Quartet. In other words, despite a lot of the artists on the ECM label being as quiet sounding, it will still have more fire in the soling, complexity, and get a bit more ’outside’ (without being avant-garde). Here’s a short list of what this great label has to offer: Eberhard Weber - Colours of Chloe. Later That Evening, Yellow Fields Pat Metheny - Bright Size, Watercolors, As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls Craig Taborn - Daylight Ghosts Jan Garbarek - Jan Garbarek / Bobo Stenson Quartet, Of Mist and Melting Tord Gustavsen - Extended Circle, The Well Azimuth - Depart, Ralph Towner - almost anything with Towner on it is worth checking out. As well as his own recordings, he guests on a lot of other recordings. Ketil Bjørnstad, David Darling, Terje Rypdal, Jon Christensen - The Sea, Sidsel Endresen - Exile Anat Fort - A Long Story, And If
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Gene Harris Quartet (anything) Kenny Baron Woody Shaw Frank Morgan ("Mood Indigo" is quite good) Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto (anything) If you want to get more Metheny-esque, there's always the "world fusion ensemble" Shadowfax, You might find more similar music on the Windham Hill label (George Winston as an example, a jazz piano that tends to David Benoit's softer numbers). |
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