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Mickey wrote:
I've been trying to get into jazz lately. I downloaded these albums today. I'm really not sure what I'm doing though. I like Coltrane's My Favorite Things. I'm totally lost when it comes to jazz.
Miles Davis-Sketches of Spain Bill Evans Trio-Sunday at the Village Vanguard Dave Brubeck-Time Out John Coltrane-Giant Steps John Coltrane-A Love Supreme Thelonious Monk-Monk's Dream Thelonious Monk-Brilliant Corners Wayne Shorter-Speak No Evil
Let me know what you think of Sketches of Spain, Monk's Dream and A Love Supreme. I think you'll thoroughly enjoy all three.
And if you dug those, don't waste any time getting onto this:
I've been trying to get into jazz lately. I downloaded these albums today. I'm really not sure what I'm doing though. I like Coltrane's My Favorite Things. I'm totally lost when it comes to jazz.
Miles Davis-Sketches of Spain Bill Evans Trio-Sunday at the Village Vanguard Dave Brubeck-Time Out John Coltrane-Giant Steps John Coltrane-A Love Supreme Thelonious Monk-Monk's Dream Thelonious Monk-Brilliant Corners Wayne Shorter-Speak No Evil
Very good albums all. And "My Favorite Things" was the track that turned me from a casual listener into a jazz fanatic. It's the perfect bridge.
My best advice would be to give it time to sink in. Trying to listen to all that stuff at once would be major overkill, especially if you're trying to unravel the idea of jazz as a whole.
And Mingus's "Black Saint" is definitely excellent too.
Joined: Mon May 30, 2005 4:47 pm Posts: 3677 Location: Newfoundland Gender: Male
Mickey wrote:
I've been trying to get into jazz lately. I downloaded these albums today. I'm really not sure what I'm doing though. I like Coltrane's My Favorite Things. I'm totally lost when it comes to jazz.
Miles Davis-Sketches of Spain Bill Evans Trio-Sunday at the Village Vanguard Dave Brubeck-Time Out John Coltrane-Giant Steps John Coltrane-A Love Supreme Thelonious Monk-Monk's Dream Thelonious Monk-Brilliant Corners Wayne Shorter-Speak No Evil
Nice to see you giving Shorter a try. Speak No Evil might be my favourite Jazz record of all time
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:40 am Posts: 25451 Location: 111 Archer Ave.
I listen to jazz most frequently when I am cooking. It's been a while since I've done either, but I've got some pasta sauce simmering at the moment and I have just enough time to come here and say that Milestones is such a good album.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:40 am Posts: 25451 Location: 111 Archer Ave.
What a happy accident.
I was going to burn an album to what I thought was a blank disc today and my computer ejected it because it already had music on it. The music was this previously lost but never forgotten gem:
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:40 am Posts: 25451 Location: 111 Archer Ave.
Cool. I've been looking for new places to go with him. As it stands, I only own Jungle Money and one of those two-disc "Essential" CDs that I assume is nowhere near comprehensive.
No library should be without at least a little Duke--few men have left so large a footprint in the history of American popular music. Two personal favorites are "Black, Brown, and Beige" and "Blues in Orbit," though any recommendations will only be the tip of the iceberg. His pre-LP-era material is available in dozens of different collections, but every shelf should have at least one.
1948 was the introduction of the LP record--not sure when Duke adopted the format but I assume he probably would have been among the first. A lot of what's considered his most important material comes from that pre-LP era.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:40 am Posts: 25451 Location: 111 Archer Ave.
The Money Jungle post caused me to make a connection that didn't occur before, is all. You sort of remind me of him, and I believe he used to have a Mingus avatar.
reid, if i told you my favorite jazz records were kind of blue, sketches of spain, brilliant corners, blue train, and (now) money jungle, where would you suggest i go from here?
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