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Noir album recommendations

New member, looking for recommendations for great Noir/Jazz/Film Noir albums, Vinyl or CD. I really enjoy Miles Davis' Ascenseur pour l'échafaud , Chinatown''s soundtrack and more recent artists like Paul Pritchard(Gumshoe Blues, Stool Pigeon) but I'm having a difficult time finding anything that isn't just general Jazz. Really interested in music that evokes that down on his luck Private Investigator in a corrupt city where its always raining and you just cant trust anyone, including the dame that just walked in with a "simple" job.

windywoodworker
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arizonabob
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For some time I've been meaning to start a post on a similar subject. After becoming enamored with the film "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button", I purchased the soundtrack and love disc 1 for 'sleep music' (I could do without the bombing sequence). Wanted recommendations for similar music and found jazz noir. Any other specific suggestions, instrumental only please and thank you. AB

stuartk
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@dayglow 

This is the first I've heard of Noir Jazz but that Terence Blanchard is excellent!

dayglow
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@stuartk +1 Terence Blanchard followed Wynton Marsalis both New Orleans born but Wynton is an impossible act to follow. "Jazz In Film" is one of the great overlooked Audiophile/highest level content recordings. Glad you enjoyed it.

stuartk
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@dayglow

Terence Blanchard followed Wynton Marsalis both New Orleans born but Wynton is an impossible act to follow.

I prefer Woody Shaw but can't think of any of his recordings that might satisfy the OP's specific parameters. 

 

kykat
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It's not jazz but the soundtrack of Wim Wenders film Paris, Texas by Ry Cooder regularly evokes a noir feel, to me. It mostly uses slide guitar to get that dark, lonely and often foreboding sound. 

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