The Jazz & Blues Recommendation Thread

[Bane of your existence]

Well those dudes aren't cool jazz, but if you want some good **** look up Miles Davis ("Birth of the Cool"), first. After that look up Stan Getz and Lee Konitz. Should get you through the week.

[danilo87]

Or check out Hank Mobley. Smooth and kind of underrated in my opinion.

[crazed]

I'm enjoying That's It!, the new album from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. It's also their first album of all new material in 50 years.

[John Wilkes Booth]

I'm looking for some recommendations on Dizzie Gillespie albums. So far I have At Massey Hall and A Musical Safari. I like both... probably my favorite though is a few of the tracks on A Musical Safari. Long Long Summer, Pau De Arara, Kush. I'll also take Latin American/African jazz that has the same vibe.

[crazed]

Picked up the new album from Chicago blues guitarist Lurrie Bell recently. Blues in My Soul is a fine mix of originals & covers, and is recommended for anyone who enjoys old-school Chicago blues.

[Gavin B.]

Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

I'm looking for some recommendations on Dizzie Gillespie albums. So far I have At Massey Hall and A Musical Safari. I like both... probably my favorite though is a few of the tracks on A Musical Safari. Long Long Summer, Pau De Arara, Kush. I'll also take Latin American/African jazz that has the same vibe.

Dizzy Gillespie at Newport is good. Also Diz and Getz, which is his album with Stan Getz. I met Dizzy Gillespie in 1988 at a book signing for his autobiography and still have a gig poster that he signed.

[crazed]

Black Jazz Signature, a various artists collection compiled by Theo Parrish.



Tracklisting:
1. Doug Carn – Trance Dance
2. Gene Russell – My Favorite Things
3. The Awakening – March On
4. The Awakening – Convulsions
5. The Awakening – Jupiter
6. Calvin Keys – Criss Cross
7. Rudolph Johnson – The Highest Pleasure
8. Walter Bishop Jr. – Those Who Chant
9. The Awakening – Mirage
10. Calvin Keys – B.E.
11. Rudolph Johnson – Time and Space
12. Walter Bishop Jr. – Blue Bossa

[Frownland]

Anthony Braxton Quartet - 12 Compositions

This quartet features Braxton on woodwinds, Marilyn Crispell on piano, Mark Dresser on bass, and Gerry Hemingway on drums. Braxton's style of jazz is very uncompromising, and results in a unique album from this creative quartet. Consisting of (you guessed it) 12 compositions that rely on written elements as well as improvised structures mapped out by Braxton. This album is awesome, imo, and if you're a fan of jazz, you'll at least be in for an interesting listen.

Here's an example of a Braxton composition that entails of improvisation:

[Lord Larehip]

An older clip of Braxton with a young Miroslav Vitous on bass (he's 65 now). This is a Coltrane number. Despite being named Tony Braxton, he is not related to Toni Braxton as far as I know.


Anthony Braxton - Impressions - YouTube

[Frownland]

^^^Superlative, as one should expect from Braxton. I've never heard of Vitous beyond his work with Larry Coryell. And no, he is not related to Toni Braxton, but he is the father of Tyondai Braxton.