Bill Evans trio or MJQ
Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz?
Let me explain, I have tried to like jazz for over 30 years. I rarely find something I like. To me it sounds too disjointed, like everyone is trying to out do the others and they are all playing a different song. I know there has to be some good instrumental smooth jazz artists I am missing. If you have any suggestions of whom to try let me know. Some that are on my Jazz playlist is Pat Metheny-"It's for you" Bill Frisell _"Heard it through the grapevine" Holly Cole, George Benson... for an example of things I do like.
I'd love to have a 100 song Jazz playlist. So what'ch got for me?
Thanks
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Interesting thread as I also find Jazz confusing. I like George Benson Breezing, Vince Guaraldi Peanuts (big childhood fan), and some 1939-1940s jazz I heard in movies. Never warmed up to Bill Evan’s, Miles Davis, or thus type of seemingly “Freeform” jazz - some trumpet solos just sound awful/irritating, lacking melodies. I tried to look up jazz genres, there were over 30 - totally confusing. So I gave up digging into jazz for now as I have plenty of other favored genres to explore: rock, classical, vocals, soundtracks, big band, etc. |
I always recommend Larry Coryell "Fairyland": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4wmTzQpOpI&ab_channel=LarryCoryell-Topic Jazz for people that like rock
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I am not an expert but Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Count Basie, Blood Sweat and Tears, Tom Waits are easy and fun. But I always feel like: if I enjoy it and I understand it, it's probably not jazz. I also agree with the point that if you haven't gotten to like jazz till now, what's the point? There are probably 100s of tracks produced this year alone that match your taste and you haven't discovered yet. |
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