"Why Americans Don’t Like Jazz"
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Thats fine...you don't need to get into anything you're not going to enjoy...watching the Ken Burns documentary might be a good primer for (most) of the different eras and schools of Jazz and give you an idea of what is what. Even getting a few of these albums might not hurt to get started if you're not sure where to start with the small group style stuff:I guess I just don't like the really avant-garde stuff. Give me jazz standards
http://www.amazon.com/Kind-Blue-Miles-Davis/dp/B000002ADT
http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Train-John-Coltrane/dp/B0000A5A0T/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_z
http://www.amazon.com/Time-Out-Dave-Brubeck-Quartet/dp/B000002AGN/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_z
http://www.amazon.com/Saxophone-Col..._title_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-2&qid=1406849840
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...F8&child=B004V8CXSE&qid=1406849894&sr=1-1</a>
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...F8&child=B000VZIPC4&qid=1406849938&sr=1-2</a>
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Cha...qid=1406849992&sr=1-5&keywords=charlie+parker
http://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Blue...music_a_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=11QQDE2N64CRZC7SDZKC
http://www.amazon.com/The-Genius-Of...usic_a_37?ie=UTF8&refRID=11QQDE2N64CRZC7SDZKC
http://www.amazon.com/The-Sidewinde...usic_a_40?ie=UTF8&refRID=11QQDE2N64CRZC7SDZKC
http://www.amazon.com/Song-For-Fath...usic_a_13?ie=UTF8&refRID=1EEPETTY1C9HP7ZQCG4M
I can't find any of the Wes MOntgomerey albums I like other than the complete Riverside collection which is $150 but this seems cool: http://www.amazon.com/Smokin-At-The-Half-Note/dp/B000W223FG/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_12
I LOVE this one: http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Blue-H...eywords=george+benson+beyond+the+blue+horizon
There are so many great albums out there but its hard to know what is good without some research.
LittleSnakes
V7alt
Excellent choice. Another great live album that is a desert island album IMO:
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Vill...8-1&keywords=bill+evans+trio+village+vanguard
Elias Graves
Common misfit
Elias Graves
Common misfit
These guys are about the only style of jazz I can dig, you crazy cats.
Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
You guys know there's actual jazz being made this century, right?
Yer shittin' me.
Psychotronic
Bored Silly
Jazz tends to be elitist and exclusionary. Most people can't be bothered fighting that or trying to fit into it. I found the jazz guys in college so repulsive as humans that I wanted nothing to do with it. I could've had a better appreciation for it, I think, had they all not been such douchebags.
Tig
Fucktangular
I like to watch jazz played live, because I enjoy watching the musicians display their musicianship and creativity in a live setting. However, I rarely listen to recorded jazz. It's just not my thing.
I rarely listen to studio jazz albums, preferring live performances and recordings for the musician's interplay and the crown jewel of jazz, improvisation.
JC777
g00b
Some styles definitely.
Kerouac
weird musical dildo
I guess I just don't like the really avant-garde stuff. Give me jazz standards
Im the other way around.
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Flamencology
You don't deserve koa.
Every style of music has shitty fans.
I think that jazz is, by its nature, the most democratic musical style ever. You can't think of a style of music that jazz hasn't miscegenated with.
Psychotronic
Bored Silly
No, I don't mean fans so much as the jazz musicians themselves.
That is my experience with college age music students in general.
Kerouac
weird musical dildo
That is my experience with college age music students in general.
Yup. I can't count the number of college students that are pursuing their masters that have tried to come teach and they fail miserably because they're ego doesn't allow them to prosper.
