The Jazz & Blues Recommendation Thread

[v2gls]

Also,
Hank Mobley - Soul station
Grant Green - Idle moments
Art Blakey - Moanin

[v2gls]

I am looking for jazz in this style https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scZxGiy_t_k
In general, groovy style with instense drumming and not fast or complex saxophone parts..
Any suggestions??

[Mr. Charlie]

A Zen master coulda written this:

Nina Simone - Feeling Good

[Mr. Charlie]

Where ya gonna run to, huh?

Nina Simone - Sinnerman

[Mr. Charlie]

Easy - D'ya Dig'

[dwill123]

[grindy]

Great jazz with strong classical (and possibly folk?) influences.
Very melodic and accessible, but still complex.

[Mr. Charlie]

Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone

[Lisnaholic]

Yeah, I like Nina Simone too, though I would've posted Strange Fruit as my fave.

My rec today is the opposite of Muddy Water's rough blues singing - it really follows on more from grindy's post of Aziza M.Z., which is really beautiful. Regina Carter has made some mainstream and collaborative jazz albums, but much more interesting imo are two more recent albums; the charming Reverse Thread (2010) in which she explores her African heritage in twelve faultless tracks, of which this is an example:



Her next album, Southern Comfort came out in 2014, and she'll tell you about it herself if you listen to the two tracks here. Unfortunately, I can't find much of this album on the internet, so any help would be appreciated.

[grindy]

Never heard of Regina Carter. That's some great musicianship. Will have to check out those albums.
If you can't find music on the internet, use soulseek. It's the program for downloading unfindable stuff.

Glad you dug Aziza. She's not only an amazing pianist, but also a very accomplished singer.
Here she is doing an azerbaijani, operatic twist on scat singing.