Books, Movies, Music & Entertainment - List Your Favorite Jazz Album/CD

Miles Davis Live at the Fillmore East (March 7, 1970) (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16893/Miles_Davis_Live_at_the_Fillmore_East_March_7_1970_Its_Ab)

Swingin' Baby! :beer:

Wayne Shorter ain't no joke! :beer:

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I dont have any favorite jazz albums, but I do like KennyG's songbird song.

pretty much anything from Miles... even named one of my cat's after him
and Mingus and a Nina too... my lil' jazz trio ;)

I really like Gil Evans / Steve Lacy's "Paris Blues"

and I dig anything by Joni Mitchell too :)

I dont have any favorite jazz albums, but I do like KennyG's songbird song.
Sorry, but Kenny G does not play jazz.

Impossible question to answer, but anything by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Roland Kirk or Thelonius Monk would be close to the top of my list.

Also Zawinul, Pastorious, Chet Baker, Sonny Rollins, Dave Brubeck, Herbie Hancock, and of course, Bill Evans.

For today, I'll go with Sonny Rollins' Way Out West

Rippingtons - Sahara (http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/product.aspx?ob=disc&src=art&pid=9246)

you owe it to yourself to listen to the Rippingtons

I can't stop at one:

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... sorry 'bout that :o

Sun Ra! That's worth the trip to Saturn.

I dont have any favorite jazz albums, but I do like KennyG's songbird song.


:eek:! . . Why.. you Jive mother ****** :rolleyes:




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^^just like mahavishnu, -only 8 times better :P


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Miles David, Spyrogyra, Frank Zappa (Heavy Jazz elements mixed with Blues, Rock and doowop!), Count Basie, Glen Miller, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Benny Goodman, hell, I just like Jazz!

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The obvious:
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The next obvious:
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Spiritualilty caught on analog:
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And some live MMW.
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Pat Metheny Group - "Letter from Home" or "We Live Here"

It's impossible to pick one favorite, but it's hard to go wrong with Jimmy Smith.

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Art Blakely and the jazz messengers - A Night in Tunisia and Moanin'

Pat Metheny Group - "Letter from Home" or "We Live Here"

Hey hey, Metheny on Kenny G (http://www.saxon.com/stephen/pat-story.htm). :D

Favorite for the day:

Hey hey, Metheny on Kenny G (http://www.saxon.com/stephen/pat-story.htm). :D

:D That is hilarious - and absolutely true. Much respect to Pat for saying this. Kenny G is to music what Wyland and Lassen are to art.

In an attempt to have as much music on my computer as possible, I loaded all of my mom's CD's on my computer, and that includes a bunch of the jazz albums that were already mentioned. Only problem is that I just can't stand Jazz. I've tried listening to it, and I have nothing against it, I just don't care for it.

I'm brand new to jazz. So far, what I've been told to expect is not what I've found. My current favorite is Thelonious Monk, and far from being deep and eclectic, I've found his stuff really accessible.

I'm going to put in a plug here for my favorite local public radio jazz station, KMHD. They're on the web at:

http://www.kmhd.org/

Only problem is that I just can't stand Jazz. I've tried listening to it, and I have nothing against it, I just don't care for it.
No problem, Jazz is not for all tastes. But I think some kind of Jazz can be. For instance, jazz ballads. If a person likes instrumental music, chances are he'll like jazz ballads too. Coltrane plays wonderful ballads: Naima, Nancy, Every time we say goodbye, My one and only love, In a sentimental mood and others. Chet Baker is another musician who can please a broader audience, especially when singing his songs.

Anything by Django Rhinehardt and the Hot Club of France.

These are my particular favourites today.
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and Grover Washington A Secret Place but I can't find an image of that.

A Love Supreme


Coltrane

Jazz makes it tough to choose... there are so many different flavors of jazz and so many good artists and albums in each. Here's some of what I've had on recently...

Weather Report - Heavy weather
Diana Krall - Only trust your heart
Kansas City Sound - One for the bishop
Stan Getz - The silver collection
Praful - Pyramid in your backyard
Boney James - Pure
Branford Marsalis - Eternal
Charlie Parker - The best of the Verve years
Fourplay - Yes please
Thievery Corporation - The mirror conspiracy
Dave Brubeck - Time out
Chris Botti - When I fall in love
Fela Kuti - Unknown soldier

I'll stop now, but I could go on for ever

I'm just getting over a big Miles phase, went into a short Monk phase and am currently in a major Coltrane phase.

These two are in my car at the moment

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(Love McCoy Tyner. Was there ever a better match for Coltrane?)

haha. lotek, I actually played a track off that RTF album last week on the local radio where I'm a DJ.

- in fact, every monday and thursday from 6-8pm we play naught but jazz: www.wxdu.org/listen

I'm brand new to jazz. So far, what I've been told to expect is not what I've found. My current favorite is Thelonious Monk, and far from being deep and eclectic, I've found his stuff really accessible.

That's a great idea for another thread. The best "intro" jazz albums. I'll start a new thread.

Has anyone ever been able to fathom Pat Metheny's "Zero Tolerance For Silence"?
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Dear God. What was the man thinking? Here's a pretty entertaining review from Amazon.com: "Let me begin by saying that I hold three music degrees, one of them a doctorate. I've studied and appreciated lots of modern music/electronic/experimental/acid jazz/you name it. And I'm a huge Pat Metheny fan. But this is the worst damn thing I've ever heard."

That said, I like "One Quiet Night" a lot.
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