The Jazz & Blues Recommendation Thread

smijuly · 09-22-2014, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Arbitter05

Hi people,

i'm a big rock and punk fan myself, but i'm trying to expand my horizon.

Can you guys point me towards some good jazz & blues songs & bands?
Like good stuff to start of with?

I would really appreciate it, greetz

I suggest to listen such performers

Lizz Wright, Gregory Porter, Dianne Reeves, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Raul Midon

Especially, I like to watch live concerts.

Rosemary86 · 12-03-2014, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arbitter05

Hi people,

i'm a big rock and punk fan myself, but i'm trying to expand my horizon.

Can you guys point me towards some good jazz & blues songs & bands?
Like good stuff to start of with?

I would really appreciate it, greetz

Hi, there is giant steps, I heard different variations/arrangements on that one on the radio. how bout C-jams blues?

DeadChannel · 12-08-2014, 02:01 AM

I got some earlier in my introduction thread, but I'd sure appreciate some free jazz suggestions. ..

**Frownland** · 12-08-2014, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadChannel

I got some earlier in my introduction thread, but I'd sure appreciate some free jazz suggestions. ..

In addition to what I already recommended, here's some more current free jazz albums.

Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres
The Thing - Bag It!
Zu - Asmodeo

I think you'll especially like the last two, being a noise fan.

DeadChannel · 12-08-2014, 08:17 PM

Great, definitely some stuff to look at as soon as I my laptop back/ get a stable connection.

Thank ya.

Jathon Delsy · 12-10-2014, 11:20 AM

I reckon that the best blues is by Robert Johnson- it's easy to find CDs of all his output. This guy is the original, a seminal influence over all that followed. He is raw, basic, unaffected, gutsy, as blues should be but rarely is. He sings like he's possessed by a voodoo charm, his immediate driving guitar playing shows a genius of technique and understanding of the instrument that is unequalled in his idiom, and he really sounds like he knows what he's singing about when he sings about whores, pimping, hard drugs, jumping trains, devilish curses, fast love, etc, as opposed to other singers who are just singing about it- this guy lived it, or at least it certainly sounds like it.

bluestate · 12-23-2014, 08:32 AM

So I'm a newbie here. I've spent a large part of the year digging through Monk, Coltrane, Davis and Hancock. Mingus is up next. Where should I start?

What are the top 2 or 3 albums by him?

bluestate · 12-23-2014, 08:32 AM

So I'm a newbie here. I've spent a large part of the year digging through Monk, Coltrane, Davis and Hancock. Mingus is up next. Where should I start?

What are the top 2 or 3 albums by him?

**Frownland** · 12-23-2014, 11:59 AM

The Clown and Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. Mingus Ah Um is awesome too.

MasterBaggins · 12-28-2014, 08:37 PM

I'm wanting to find more jazz fusion now that I'm listening to Jean-Luc Ponty again. I need to get verything by Return to Forever, and maybe Chick Corea - Electric Band, and I've got all of Weather Report, so I'm looking for more fusion. Maybe even stuff that's mixed with world music, I duno, but I just love rock and jazz, or jazz and really anything else mixed in with it, since it almost always guarantees excellent music and intricate stuff and great musicians.

12-10-2014, 11:20 AM	#376 (permalink)
Jathon Delsy Groupie Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 25	I reckon that the best blues is by Robert Johnson- it's easy to find CDs of all his output. This guy is the original, a seminal influence over all that followed. He is raw, basic, unaffected, gutsy, as blues should be but rarely is. He sings like he's possessed by a voodoo charm, his immediate driving guitar playing shows a genius of technique and understanding of the instrument that is unequalled in his idiom, and he really sounds like he knows what he's singing about when he sings about whores, pimping, hard drugs, jumping trains, devilish curses, fast love, etc, as opposed to other singers who are just singing about it- this guy lived it, or at least it certainly sounds like it. __________________ The Twisted Troubadour of Fleeting Fantasia

12-23-2014, 11:59 AM	#379 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	The Clown and Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. Mingus Ah Um is awesome too. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

12-28-2014, 08:37 PM	#380 (permalink)
MasterBaggins Delicious Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Admundson-Scott Antarctic Research Center (Kansas) Posts: 66	I'm wanting to find more jazz fusion now that I'm listening to Jean-Luc Ponty again. I need to get verything by Return to Forever, and maybe Chick Corea - Electric Band, and I've got all of Weather Report, so I'm looking for more fusion. Maybe even stuff that's mixed with world music, I duno, but I just love rock and jazz, or jazz and really anything else mixed in with it, since it almost always guarantees excellent music and intricate stuff and great musicians. __________________ WARNING: THIS USER FOLLOWS THE FOUR F'S (flirt, fail, fornicate, fart)

12-08-2014, 02:01 AM	#373 (permalink)
DeadChannel Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Canada Posts: 1,259	I got some earlier in my introduction thread, but I'd sure appreciate some free jazz suggestions. ..

12-08-2014, 08:17 PM	#375 (permalink)
DeadChannel Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Canada Posts: 1,259	Great, definitely some stuff to look at as soon as I my laptop back/ get a stable connection. Thank ya.

12-23-2014, 08:32 AM	#377 (permalink)
bluestate Groupie Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: PA Posts: 16	So I'm a newbie here. I've spent a large part of the year digging through Monk, Coltrane, Davis and Hancock. Mingus is up next. Where should I start? What are the top 2 or 3 albums by him?

12-23-2014, 08:32 AM	#378 (permalink)
bluestate Groupie Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: PA Posts: 16	So I'm a newbie here. I've spent a large part of the year digging through Monk, Coltrane, Davis and Hancock. Mingus is up next. Where should I start? What are the top 2 or 3 albums by him?