Jazz Music is ****ing awesome..

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fXNxkPZP6A&feature=watch_response

It's only recently that I started to really get into pure jazz, after visiting a couple of jazz bars/clubs and I realized that I realized the pure non-syncopated melodies blended where blues,myxolidian or middle-eastern raga scales knew no boundaries. And all that bad ass drumming as well with all those odd-time signatures..

I know the jazz genre is pretty huge, there are all kinds out there so please post more awesome tunes as such or more.
 
I've been trying to get into more as well, but it's pretty daunting to break into, especially when the bulk of it sounds a bit dull to my ears. Must be all that metal ruining it for me.

Anyway, I've posted him around here before, but check out some Avishai Cohen. His stuff has a nice contemporary feel to it which makes it easy to get into, but he doesn't shy away from complex playing/songwriting. I'd advise you to start with Continuo and Gently Disturbed, but that's mostly since they have one of my favourite drummers on. :)

Edit: lol, wifes. That's a typo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij1hjQkpg24

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CjLUwmzYwM
 
I've been dying to get into jazz good and proper as well but I have no idea where to start.
The kind of jazz I'm interested in are the kind of songs you hear in old lounges and noir detective films.

That Avishai Cohen stuff is ace though, definitely going to check his stuff out.
 
I think the best entry point is the giant of the 50s, the heyday of jazz, like Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Charlie Parker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kotK9FNEYU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GgXqIf9h4s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1n4yr4SmA4

This is my all time favourite jazz track though, for the sheer energy by all the performers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRm6xG0agtE

And if you want really avant-garde and experimental jazz, check out Miles Davis' Bitches Brew from 1970. There is no other album in the world that sounds like that.
 
John Coltrane and Charlie Parker are awesome. Though I think I'm liking those bands that are a mix of the bebop and modern smooth jazz style. Been tabbing a couple of Charlie Parker songs onto guitar for play recently though, like donna lee, good stuff.

As for that band bad hat..pretty awesome too..though it's more of jazz fusion rock but I'm liking it too..
 
Django Reihardt is very good, but one of my friends has been listening to him non-stop for six months now.

I just can't listen to him no more. :( Did you know one of his hands was pretty ****ed up? Still an amazing guitarist. :p

Can't say I've been listening to jazz that much, but its sweet, especially Coltranes stuff. :)
 
Yeah. Hand was pretty much paralyzed for the most part, yet he kept playing. Yeah I'm a bit burnt out on him myself after listening a year straight.
 
Hm. People posting Coltrane. I like his Improv and I really like his compositions but I don't like listening to him too much. Doesn't have my favorite sound.
 
I've always been a fan of big band jazz, thank you high school jazz band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-L-olUmacQ

Also Ferguson has lips made of steel.

Also, this reminds me that I need to get my lips in shape for marching band again. Taking a semester off from playing has absolutely killed my range and endurance.
 
Really want to head over to Chicago some time, never seen the states, just to chill in the Jazz clubs.
 
Love these guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j_uKF4e0Fg

Also, my top jazz albums include these--they are all incredible. It's just a shame that Youtube is so lacking in the jazz department.

Stop - Don Lanphere Quintet
Blues and the Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson
A Night in Tunisia - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Rhythm is My Business - Lewis Nash
Back to Back - Hugh Fraser/Jean Toussaint
Sunday at the Village Vanguard - Bill Evans Trio
The Italian Sessions - Chet Baker
Emergency and The Collection - Tony Williams Lifetime (It's technically jazz fusion but his drumming cannot be beat.)
 
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