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
Thanks for introducing me/us to Madeleine Peyroux. All this time I thought she was a French Parisian singer because the youtube algorithm gave me this tune sung in French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2m_3OQtFNc Turns out she’s from Athens Georgia, USA! She has a playful and at the same time haunting voice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7UlbMu4eew&list=PLf-ZSfxxZo5nZinA-dz9bsm5fMdIm_BWf&index=1
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I think one must really like to listen and appreciate the sound of instruments to begin to like Jazz. Take saxophone for instance. Once the listener starts to engage with the tones and rhythm of a really good saxophone player, it gets addictive to an extent. Then the style of the player begins to emerge. Illinois Jacquet is one of my favorite players. Even vocalists will use their voice like they are playing a jazz instrument. Ella Fitzgerald is a good example. Try her album with Louis Armstrong “Ella and Louis”. If you listen to jazz that seems disjointed, think of the artists conducted an experiment like a scientist. Great Jazz artists usually dislike conventional ways of playing. If you are having trouble, start with an artist who has branched across genres, like Ray Charles, try “Soul Brothers”. For a more modern player, try Boney James, Cecil Mclorin Salvant or Diana Krall. Good luck. |
Tones and rhythm are probably not enough if one doesn't grasp the significance of the notes being played. This seems to be a major stumbling block for those who do not like Jazz. It apparently sounds like a random jumble of unrelated notes, rather than a cogent expression utilizing a recognizable language. It's difficult to become addicted to something that one experiences as inherently off-putting.
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