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mellifluous
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anybody wanna help me find some sweet jazz. i only have a few songs but i like stuff like john coltrane and miles davis.

merci

Oct 20 2009 9:38PM
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doublexl
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haha i was gonna make this thread. ive always really liked jazz but never got around to building a solid library. czech out thelonious monk. some good stuff to get started.
Oct 20 2009 9:41PM
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Hansel.
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the early bb king is more jazzy than blues
Oct 20 2009 9:41PM
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drumbumocdp
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Art Blakey
Max Roach
wynton marsalis
Dave Brubeck
Dizzy Gelespie
Charlie Mingus
John Coltrane
Freddy Hubbard
 those are some of the really big names
Oct 20 2009 9:43PM
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drumbumocdp
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sorry for the double post
but Monk is the man. best pianist ever
Oct 20 2009 9:45PM
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Brenone
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Muddy Waters
Oct 20 2009 9:45PM
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[~_~]
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Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. Many of the chord progressions were modeled after the works of Miles Davis.
Oct 20 2009 9:47PM
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Hansel.
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agreed
Oct 20 2009 9:47PM
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wiglaf
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Johnny smith for guitar based Jazz
Oct 20 2009 9:52PM
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freezed
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Some specific things to listen to, rather than just artists in general...


Miles Davis - Kind of Blue


Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Collossus


The Quintet - Live at Massey Hall


Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster



I'm not claiming to be any sort of expert, but I like bebop/hard bop and these are some standout albums for me! Check 'em out.
Oct 20 2009 9:59PM
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captaincrunch
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chet baker
dizzy gillespie
charles mingus
thelonius monk
charlie parker
wayne shorter
herbie hancock
sonny rollins
clifford brown

definately listen to the album "chet baker sings!" and "ella and louis sing gershwin"
two of my all time, any genre (and i listen to mostly hip hop)albums.
theyre wonderful.

some songs i like alot:
-my funny valentine
-ornithology
-tricotism
-all the things you are
-autumn leaves
-all blues (LISTEN TO THIS ONE!!!!!!!)
-blue monk
-boplicity
-easy to love
-how high the moon
-cry me a river
-is you is, or is you aint (my baby)
-it dont mean a thing (if it aint got that swing)
-a night in tunisia
-so what
-take the "A" train


these should get you started. this is, of course, my kind of jazz. you'll have to figure out what you like i guess. im all about the swing, big band, and jazz with vocalists. you'll see if you listen to those songs. see what you like. use this list as a jumping off point i guess.

good luck.
Oct 20 2009 10:01PM
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captaincrunch
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this dude knows his shit.
listen to him.
Oct 20 2009 10:02PM
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Slinger1x1
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cannonball adderely
Oct 20 2009 10:06PM
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[~_~]
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Air is really good too.
Oct 20 2009 10:13PM
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captaincrunch
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shit i forgot count basie's orchestra.
basically everything by count basie is the shiznit.
Oct 20 2009 10:13PM
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[Dawn
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ewww
Oct 20 2009 10:19PM
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BEARS.
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anyone have some bass heavy jazz to bump my room?
Oct 20 2009 10:20PM
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drumbumocdp
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Herbie Hancock's Head hunters is a sick fusion. i guess its "heavy" for jazz.
also Bela Fleck and the Fleck Tones.
Oct 20 2009 10:26PM
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steezemeister
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for sure, these are all hella good

count basie is awesome too, art blakey and the jazz messengers, clifford brown, wycleffe gordon is a filthy trombone player, charlie parker for old shit, maynard ferguson, lionel hampton, Duke Ellington is amazing, Gordon Goodwin and the Big Phat Band are a really good big band, so much awesome stuff out there.

i didn't know people on here liked jazz, i  was under the impression it was all about that hipity hop music you youngsters are so fond of


Oct 20 2009 10:29PM
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mellifluous
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thank you everybody !
Oct 20 2009 10:29PM
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Brenone
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Olu Dara - he's Nas' father. sick vocalist and plays probably half a dozen instruments.
Oct 20 2009 10:30PM
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inactive
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i wont listen to it until someone remixes it with biggie
Oct 20 2009 10:32PM
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drumbumocdp
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ignant hoe
Oct 20 2009 10:56PM
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skiP.E.I.
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Lee Morgan and Oscar Peterson in addition to what's already been said.
Oct 20 2009 11:24PM
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captaincrunch
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yeah dude.
bumpin that honeysuckle rose.
Oct 20 2009 11:26PM
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Delphi
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straight outta my grandfather's collection
Oct 20 2009 11:26PM
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afrocentric
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wow, soo glad this thread showed up, coincidentally I was thinking I needed to broaden my jazz horizons, low and behold this thread. thank you very much.
Oct 20 2009 11:32PM
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TheRadCactus
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^^^definitely^^^

Charlie Parker is really great too, and you don't have to be a jazz nerd to like him

Oct 21 2009 12:58AM
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geteducated
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Oct 21 2009 4:09AM
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petesguitar1
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Hahaha, jazz is where it's at. Most of the big names have been covered - try out US3, pretty cool mix. There's a track called Jazz No Chaser that I used as the backing to one of my tramp videos - very cool track. Also check out a track called Take 5 - plenty on youtube.
Oct 21 2009 4:15AM
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ThaLorax
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Galactic
Greyboy Allstars
Django Reinhardt
Room Full of Blues
Vinyl
Oct 21 2009 4:21AM
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Big5hifty
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try sing sing sing with a swing by benny goodman great song
Oct 21 2009 8:03AM
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yelsel
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I love Artie Shaw
Oct 21 2009 8:24AM
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R.Y.E
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Grant Green - Matador (There is a lot of solid Grant Green though)
Jimmy McGriff - Electric Funk
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
Medeski, Martin and Wood - Shackman
John Scofield - Bump  and A Go Go
The Slip - Does
The Whitefield Brothers - In The Raw
Oct 21 2009 8:44AM
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AALT
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http://www.kcts9.org/tag/jazz-alive

Roosevlet high school and garfield highschools are some of the best (Garfield won essentially ellington this year and roosevelt won it last year) high school jazz bands on earth.

http://jalc.org/jazzED/ee/res_hearing09-09.html

You can download those too.

Oct 21 2009 8:48AM
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AALT
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Both of those high schools are in Seattle, and i live near em, ive heard some of the players play live, they are crazy good.

Oct 21 2009 8:49AM
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captaincrunch
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claim claim claim claim claim claim!!!!!!!

yeah im in ghs jazz...
Oct 21 2009 7:31PM
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