jazz music recommendation?
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Oh dear....Charlie Parker, Dave Brubeck, Coleman Hawkins, Miles Davis, Horace Silver(my personal favorite), John Coltrane, Sun-Ra, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Billie Holliday, Herbie Hancock, Weather Report, Chick Corea, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Lionel Hampton, Bud Powell, Sonny Rollins........
I almost forgot....Lester Young, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Dexter Gordon, Max Roach, Art Tatum, Count Basie....I could keep going, but these are a good start! Buy Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, Time Out by Dave Brubeck, Atomic by Count Basie, Blue Train by John Coltrane, Songs For Debby by Bill Evans and Body and Soul by Coleman Hawkins to get your feet wet.
Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Zoot Sims, Charlie Parker, Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker will always be my favorite heroin fueled musicians.
But, Dave Brubeck took my breath away the very first time I heard an old Verve release of "Take Five." And Brubeck was a better musician because Paul Desmond was his saxophonist. (They were polar opposites but fed off each other.)
Brubeck's mass, "To Hope! A Celebration" a tribute to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing is heart rendering beautiful.
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But, Dave Brubeck took my breath away the very first time I heard an old Verve release of "Take Five." And Brubeck was a better musician because Paul Desmond was his saxophonist. (They were polar opposites but fed off each other.)
Brubeck's mass, "To Hope! A Celebration" a tribute to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing is heart rendering beautiful.
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Phil has good taste, I'll help him get your feet wetter. Air, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Keith Jarret, Paul Motian, Charles Lloyd, Henry Threadgill, Arild Andersen, Alex Cline, Max Roach, Codona, Oregon, Dave Holland, George Russell, Schlippenbach Trio, Eberhard Weber, Elvin Jones, Charlie Haden, Miroslav Vitous, Thomasz Stanko, Art Blakey, Cyro Baptista, Egberto Gismonti, Ralph Towner, Cecil Taylor, Masqualero....
Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Herbie Hancock come to mind as a good starting place
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Band was always my favorite big band. A newer group I've found is Dirty Loops from Sweden-amazing musicians. There are so many new players around today that deserve a listen. I need to make a list.
All of the recommendations above are stellar.
All of the recommendations above are stellar.
Here's a suggestion somewhat outside the box-- Mose Allison. Wrote the song Young Man's Blues made famous by the Who on Live at Leeds. Mose is not strictly an instrumentalist and wrote witty lirrics and being from the Mississippi Delta his music was rhythmic, a bit funky and at the same time very jazzy. Search YouTube for Mose Allison, Parchman Farm-- classic Mose.
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