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I'm gona start listening to jazz and give it a try.

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FearoftheNight

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Decided to expand my musical horizons. Can I have some recommendations to some of your favorite jazz tunes both cool and smooth, new and old? 🙂

actually guys i wanted to be alittl more specific...looking for something that's very smooth/emotional or something thats very chill that you leave on while your doing stuff around the com
 
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

Kind of Blue is a great 'starter' album as it has a bunch of different styles on one album. And anything else by him (Sketches of Spain, PLays for Lovers, The Complete In A Silent Way, etc.).

If Miles D. isn't your cup of tea, tell me what you didn't like about him and I can probably recommend someone else.
 
Oscar Peterson, Charlie Parker, Charlie Mingus, and The MAN... Miles Davis for REAL JAZZ.
You can get Herbie Hancock, Stanley Clarke, Alphonso Johnson, George Duke, Chick Corea, Return to Forever for modern Jazz.
These are just a few....
I'll try to add more as I think of them.
edit: Dave Brubeck's album Take 5 is required listening, Stan Getz is also one artist on the "must Have".
If vocalists are what you want, Start with Billie Holiday and listen to the effects of heroin on her performances. It's readily apparent. Even when she's at her "worst" she's light years more emotive than many of today's artiist's.
 
Kenny Garrett.........pretty much any album of his is good. He mixes a lot of different orient chord structures into his later music which makes it interesting in a jazz setting.
 
there's the classic such as "In the Mood,"

Um, you can try some Glen Miller, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and heck, Kenny G.

But here is one song I reccommend 100%. It's called "Cruise'n for a Blues'n," or something like that. It is one of the best when the whole sax section does it's solo....very good.
 
Gotta put in some Sir Duke (Duke Ellington) for starters.

A lot of people aren't into Thelonius Monk, but I dig it.

If you want something as a intermediary to jump over to jazz, look into St. Germain. He's kinda a house-y electro jazz combination. He usually spins with a jazz quartet. Pretty cool stuff. Was supposed to see him on 9/13 but then 9/11 happened and he couldn't get through customs or something. Pissed me off hardcore.

 
If your definition of jazz is rather loose, Eomir Deodato probably fits in well. I like jazz, but have to be in the right mood to listen to more "classic" definitions of it such as Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock - but Deodato is sort of a mix between it and classic rock, with a latin influence.. good stuff. Reminiscent of Santana.
 
I prefer the newer lighter jazz. Paul Hardcastle, Euge Groove, Boney James, Etc. Actually, tunes by these folks rock my system more than just rock or pop, so I find it really relaxing to sit down and listen to some of this jazz.

System: Pioneer Elite 54TX receiver, Polk RTi8 speakers w/real cherry veneer, (2) 12" Shiva-based subs powered by (up to) 450 watts each.

 
Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, Les Mcann, Eddie Harris, Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Rich, Wes Montgomery ...



 
Originally posted by: Semidevil
there's the classic such as "In the Mood,"

Um, you can try some Glen Miller, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and heck, Kenny G.

But here is one song I reccommend 100%. It's called "Cruise'n for a Blues'n," or something like that. It is one of the best when the whole sax section does it's solo....very good.
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Kenny G - putting that name next to miles davis is a crime.
 
some good suggestions thus far... im also going to throw in miles 'birth of the cool' because i love 'moon dreams' and 'deception'. and dave brubeck's 'time out' (which has the aforementioned 'take five' on there and the catchy 'three to get ready')
 
Id recommend the following CDs for a old school jazz newb:


Getz/Gilberto
Sonny Clark, Cool Struttin'
Count Basie: The Complete Atomic Basie
Herbie Hancock: Headhunters
The Dave Bruebeck Quartet: Time Out


For Smooth jazz just buy some compliations and decide for yourself, there are alot of decent
bands out there , I recommend finding a few from the "Higher Octave" lable...
http://www.higheroctave.com/ca...GenreID&value=1016




 
Bossa Nova is probably one of my favorite styles of jazz so I have to recommend the album Getz Gilberto as recommended above.
Another stellar album is the Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas.
 
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