I'm afraid to ask, but does anybody listen to jazz? And no, I'm not talking about Queen's 1978 album. If there is such thing as a miracle, then please talk about your favorite jazz artists. I'd love to hear about them and/or even listen to them.
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I'm not a Jazz buff, but I do enjoy listening to Jazz on this satellite radio station.
Mostly they play the best known names like Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis & Ella Fitzgerald.
However, I personally enjoy just about everything from old school jazz.
Mostly they play the best known names like Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis & Ella Fitzgerald.
However, I personally enjoy just about everything from old school jazz.
One guy: Herb Ellis.
And for the more modern, Pizzarelli.
And for the more modern, Pizzarelli.
I sense Caspar coming to this thread.
That's great to hear, Mr. Jingles. Those are three really great jazz musicians. Miles Davis is an incredible trumpet player, and his invention of 'cool jazz' is even more incredible. As for Armstrong, without him we might not have even heard of Miles Davis. And as for Fitzgerald, she's an amazing vocalist.
I have only recently gained interest in jazz. As a music education student, I'm given the option of either concentrating in classical or jazz trumpet. I chose jazz my first semester, and in that time I've learned to really appreciate this great American treasure. I sometimes think I listen to more jazz than Queen -- imagine that!
At any rate, I have strong admiration for Chuck Mangione and Maynard Ferguson. There are others of course, but those have been my main influences lately. You can see both of them performing together in the following clip. You will also see Fitzgerald and various other jazz lengends.
If you're new to jazz, treat yourself. You might even like it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZzaaHVLcFQ
I have only recently gained interest in jazz. As a music education student, I'm given the option of either concentrating in classical or jazz trumpet. I chose jazz my first semester, and in that time I've learned to really appreciate this great American treasure. I sometimes think I listen to more jazz than Queen -- imagine that!
At any rate, I have strong admiration for Chuck Mangione and Maynard Ferguson. There are others of course, but those have been my main influences lately. You can see both of them performing together in the following clip. You will also see Fitzgerald and various other jazz lengends.
If you're new to jazz, treat yourself. You might even like it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZzaaHVLcFQ
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[b]Marcos Napier wrote: [/b]
One guy: Herb Ellis.
And for the more modern, Pizzarelli.
[/QUOTE] I'm not familiar with them actually.
[b]Marcos Napier wrote: [/b]
One guy: Herb Ellis.
And for the more modern, Pizzarelli.
[/QUOTE] I'm not familiar with them actually.
What about John Coltrane or Count Basie or the great "Sir Duke" himself Duke Ellington.Charlie Parker too i suppose.
I was introduced to Jazz way back in high school. The Stage Band had a phenomenal teacher who loved and lived the music, and brought his love of it to his classes. I wasn't in those classes but loved being around them. The sound was contagious, fun, popping and... I don't know how to put this... group-oriented (?), It seemed each instrument fed off the others, the audience fed off the band and in return the band fed off the audience. Solos were a riot with all the cheering and "Yeah Baby!" stuff being shouted out. :-)
I've actually had the fortune to see some of my favorite jazz artists here in NY at the Blue Note. I saw and loved Spyro Gyra, Carmen McRae, Diane Shuur, Larry Carlton, Dr. John (I'm not sure he'd be classified as jazz, though), RAY CHARLES (yes! In person!!!), Joe Sample and Dizzie Gillespie. Louis Armstrong is right up there with my favorites though he passed on long before I was frequenting places like the Blue Note. A couple of other favorites - David Sanborn, Sammy Price and Patti Austin.
Wow. I'm glad you started this topic. I'm going to pull out some old albums and see if there's a way I can play them again. (albums as in LPs, not CDs).
I've actually had the fortune to see some of my favorite jazz artists here in NY at the Blue Note. I saw and loved Spyro Gyra, Carmen McRae, Diane Shuur, Larry Carlton, Dr. John (I'm not sure he'd be classified as jazz, though), RAY CHARLES (yes! In person!!!), Joe Sample and Dizzie Gillespie. Louis Armstrong is right up there with my favorites though he passed on long before I was frequenting places like the Blue Note. A couple of other favorites - David Sanborn, Sammy Price and Patti Austin.
Wow. I'm glad you started this topic. I'm going to pull out some old albums and see if there's a way I can play them again. (albums as in LPs, not CDs).
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[b]Steven wrote: [/b]
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[b]Marcos Napier wrote: [/b]
One guy: Herb Ellis.
And for the more modern, Pizzarelli.
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Herb Ellis played in the Oscar Peterson Trio. Once I saw him do a rendition of Jobim's Wave that was absolutely fantastic. And he was quite old already then (he's 80something now).
[b]Steven wrote: [/b]
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[b]Marcos Napier wrote: [/b]
One guy: Herb Ellis.
And for the more modern, Pizzarelli.
[/QUOTE] I'm not familiar with them actually.
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Herb Ellis played in the Oscar Peterson Trio. Once I saw him do a rendition of Jobim's Wave that was absolutely fantastic. And he was quite old already then (he's 80something now).
I'm a great jazz fan. I'm not overly fond of the available New Orleans and Chicago jazz from the '20s (only the extremely commercial bands ever got recorded) or the swing-era (same reason), but post-WWII jazz might just be my favorite style of music.
Eric Dolphy (flute, bass clarinet and alto saxophone) is probably my favorite musician, followed closely by John Coltrane and Charles Mingus. Miles Davis, who was mentioned before, also produced some fine work, though I appreciate him more for the musicians he gathered around him than for his own playing. He did not, I might stress, invent cool jazz. The *name* originates with an album by him that was indeed *recorded* before cool became the hit of the decade, but only released in 1957 when everyone was making cool jazz already. The name "Birth Of The Cool" was invented by the producer, I think. Precedents for cool can be found long before Miles Davis' nonet recordings, though. Ben Webster and Lester Young seem to have kicked off the subdued style of playing so characteristic of cool, and the American West Coast had a number of groups I'd classify as cool as early as the mid 1940s.
What I like best in jazz is the improvisational aspect, and as such I'm very partial to the style called "modal jazz", which became popular during the late 1950s and was the first to throw off the yoke of fixed chord progressions, and to structure the music merely by assigning one or more scales to each section of a composition, giving much more freedom without needing to resort to atonality or polytonality. If anyone is interested, I can highly recommend the album "Olé" by John Coltrane as a fine example of this style.
Eric Dolphy (flute, bass clarinet and alto saxophone) is probably my favorite musician, followed closely by John Coltrane and Charles Mingus. Miles Davis, who was mentioned before, also produced some fine work, though I appreciate him more for the musicians he gathered around him than for his own playing. He did not, I might stress, invent cool jazz. The *name* originates with an album by him that was indeed *recorded* before cool became the hit of the decade, but only released in 1957 when everyone was making cool jazz already. The name "Birth Of The Cool" was invented by the producer, I think. Precedents for cool can be found long before Miles Davis' nonet recordings, though. Ben Webster and Lester Young seem to have kicked off the subdued style of playing so characteristic of cool, and the American West Coast had a number of groups I'd classify as cool as early as the mid 1940s.
What I like best in jazz is the improvisational aspect, and as such I'm very partial to the style called "modal jazz", which became popular during the late 1950s and was the first to throw off the yoke of fixed chord progressions, and to structure the music merely by assigning one or more scales to each section of a composition, giving much more freedom without needing to resort to atonality or polytonality. If anyone is interested, I can highly recommend the album "Olé" by John Coltrane as a fine example of this style.
I'm listening to it sometimes.
Scott Joplin & Louis Armstrong. *thumbs up*
Scott Joplin & Louis Armstrong. *thumbs up*
Scott Joplin is ragtime, not jazz.
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Scott Joplin is ragtime, not jazz.
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He is. -.-
Ragtime is the part of the Jazz. If you want to act some 'smart little fuck', inform yourself before posting. :)
[b]ThomasQuinn wrote: [/b]
Scott Joplin is ragtime, not jazz.
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He is. -.-
Ragtime is the part of the Jazz. If you want to act some 'smart little fuck', inform yourself before posting. :)
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[b]Ms. Rebel wrote: [/b]
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[b]ThomasQuinn wrote: [/b]
Scott Joplin is ragtime, not jazz.
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He is. -.-
Ragtime is the part of the Jazz. If you want to act some 'smart little fuck', inform yourself before posting. :)
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No, you gotta inform yourself. What you said would be the same as saying Blues is part of Rock. Ragtime came before Jazz and influenced it.
[b]Ms. Rebel wrote: [/b]
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[b]ThomasQuinn wrote: [/b]
Scott Joplin is ragtime, not jazz.
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He is. -.-
Ragtime is the part of the Jazz. If you want to act some 'smart little fuck', inform yourself before posting. :)
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No, you gotta inform yourself. What you said would be the same as saying Blues is part of Rock. Ragtime came before Jazz and influenced it.
Okay, sorry my bad. He influenced Jazz music. Calm down people. Everything's going to be alright.