The Jazz & Blues Recommendation Thread

Sneer · 02-22-2011, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ThePhanastasio

For Jazz:

Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
Don Wilkerson - Elder Don
Peter Brotzmann - Machine Gun
Peter Brotzmann - Guts
Peter Brotzmann - Right As Rain
Surrender To the Air - Surrender To the Air
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch
Kenny Drew - Undercurrent
John Coltrane - Interstellar Space

Those (for the most part) verge on the more experimental...to say the very least. But anyway, if you're interested in checking 'em out and need a link, I'm just a PM away.

Gold.

Phantom Limb · 02-23-2011, 07:44 PM

Does anyone know of any good "progressive" or "experimental" big band albums?

**Janszoon** · 02-23-2011, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Abearmauledme

Does anyone know of any good "progressive" or "experimental" big band albums?

Do you mean "big band" as in swing music or just in terms of large jazz ensembles?

Burning Down · 02-23-2011, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Abearmauledme

Does anyone know of any good "progressive" or "experimental" big band albums?

In terms of experimental jazz, I only know of one big band - the Globe Unity Orchestra. I'm not as familiar with this sub-genre of jazz, so if anyone knows of any others, please enlighten us

. I find that the best progressive/experimental jazz music is done by smaller groups or soloists. Check some of these out anyways and see what you like.

Globe Unity Orchestra - Drunken in the Morning Sunrise

Django Bates - Interval Song

Sun Ra - Ancient Aethiopia

More artists are listed in this article: Avant-garde jazz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**Janszoon** · 02-23-2011, 08:11 PM

I was just going to come back and post some Sun Ra but I see Burning Down beat me to it.

Well anyway I thought this was pretty entertaining video:

Also, Charlie Haden's album Liberation Music Orchestra might fit the bill. It's a pretty fantastic album.

Burning Down · 02-23-2011, 09:30 PM

I also like Sun Ra's album Space Probe, and especially the 18 minute masterpiece that is the title track. He recorded it by himself with just a Mini-Moog synthesizer. However, I heard somewhere that this record is no longer in print...

Jedey · 02-24-2011, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Abearmauledme

Does anyone know of any good "progressive" or "experimental" big band albums?

"The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix"

derek · 03-09-2011, 08:02 PM

Obombration · 03-19-2011, 03:55 AM

A recommendation for the recommendation thread

Lloyd Miller

Bloozcrooz · 04-07-2011, 05:16 AM

I can tell im going to be on a Pinetop Perkins kick for a while.

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