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Demonoid · 12-06-2008, 06:01 PM

Does recommendation from 'smaller' Jazz fans count?

Other than Jazz fusion, I'm not really big on jazz except for the usual well known stuff.

Jazz sub-genres confuses me sometimes. I'd be happy if anyone could just name the sub-genres and an album along with it. In layman's terms and from whatever I've listened to, you could try these -

Horace Silver - Song for my father(easy listening stuff)
YouTube - Song For My Father-Horace Silver

Andrew Hill - Point of Departure(avant-garde'ish sound)
Couldn't find any track from this though.

Try and get your hands on some Zimbo Trio stuff as well

. They've got some great bossa nova stuff, especially some of the earlier releases. Most of the tracks on youtube seems scattered and all over the place. I'll just post whatever came up first.
YouTube - Zimbo Trio: zimbo samba (Farout Recordings)

Other than those, my knowledge is restricted to more of the popular choices already posted here.(and many more I don't know of yet, which I'll discover thanks to this thread

) I mean, holy ****, just browsing through some of these record labels leaves me with hundreds of names and releases.
There are many Jazz-related stuff as well. Some of it is ambient, and others are just too weird to even be considered avant-garde Jazz.(I'll just name them if you are interested)

As for Jazz-fusion, I'm restricted to the one's with a progressive structure. I'm not sure about fusion with other styles(although there are a few metal bands as well) but anyways, apart from the usual Mahavishnu Orchestra and Soft Machine, you could try -

Return to forever - Romantic Warrior(thanks Lucifer_sam for this

)
YouTube - Return To Forever - The Sorceress

Magma - S/T
YouTube - Magma - KobaÃ¯a

Bill Bruford - One of a Kind
YouTube - Bruford - Fainting in Coils

Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour
YouTube - Brand X Nuclear Burn

Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
YouTube - Al Di Meola - Flight Over Rio

Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue
The Un-Merry-Go-Round - Part 1, Part 2

If jazz fusion really didn't appeal much, oh well, not a big deal. For me, it surely does feel a lot different from the usual stuff discussed here.

12-06-2008, 06:01 PM	#22 (permalink)
Demonoid Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 734	Does recommendation from 'smaller' Jazz fans count? Other than Jazz fusion, I'm not really big on jazz except for the usual well known stuff. Jazz sub-genres confuses me sometimes. I'd be happy if anyone could just name the sub-genres and an album along with it. In layman's terms and from whatever I've listened to, you could try these - Horace Silver - Song for my father(easy listening stuff) YouTube - Song For My Father-Horace Silver Andrew Hill - Point of Departure(avant-garde'ish sound) Couldn't find any track from this though. Try and get your hands on some Zimbo Trio stuff as well . They've got some great bossa nova stuff, especially some of the earlier releases. Most of the tracks on youtube seems scattered and all over the place. I'll just post whatever came up first. YouTube - Zimbo Trio: zimbo samba (Farout Recordings) Other than those, my knowledge is restricted to more of the popular choices already posted here.(and many more I don't know of yet, which I'll discover thanks to this thread ) I mean, holy ***, just browsing through some of these record labels leaves me with hundreds of names and releases. There are many Jazz-related stuff as well. Some of it is ambient, and others are just too weird to even be considered avant-garde Jazz.(I'll just name them if you are interested) As for Jazz-fusion, I'm restricted to the one's with a progressive structure. I'm not sure about fusion with other styles(although there are a few metal bands as well) but anyways, apart from the usual Mahavishnu Orchestra and Soft Machine, you could try - Return to forever - Romantic Warrior(thanks Lucifer_sam for this ) YouTube - Return To Forever - The Sorceress Magma - S/T* YouTube - Magma - KobaÃ¯a Bill Bruford - One of a Kind YouTube - Bruford - Fainting in Coils Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour YouTube - Brand X Nuclear Burn Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy YouTube - Al Di Meola - Flight Over Rio Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue The Un-Merry-Go-Round - Part 1, Part 2 If jazz fusion really didn't appeal much, oh well, not a big deal. For me, it surely does feel a lot different from the usual stuff discussed here. Last edited by Demonoid; 12-06-2008 at 06:06 PM.