Jazz for beginners, recomendations.

[rumple]

I want to get into Jazz, any body recommend 3 CD's to get me going.

[vixen1700]

Not really into Jazz myself, but I heard this album years ago in a pub in Camden and it's been a firm favourite ever since. Great jazz saxophone playing with the added twist of a synth in parts of the backing tracks.

http://www.amazon.com/Mama-Rose-Archie-Shepp/dp/B0...

Great for just sitting back and getting into late at night. Highly recommended.

[GnuBee]

3 that I keep going back to...

Abdullah Ibrahim Trio - Cape Town Revisited
Miles Davis - The Essential Miles Davis
Portico Quartet - Knee-Deep in the North Sea

You don't need to be a Jazz musician to "understand" either of them and neither sounds like 3 blokes rolling down some stairs followed by their instruments

[goldblum]

Try Thrusk or even the Jazz legend Jackson Jeffrey Jackson..Nice.

Really nice.

[0a]

Keep an eye out for the live sessions on Radio 3.

[goldblum]

rumple said:

I want to get into Jazz, any body recommend 3 CD's to get me going.

You need to decide on what sub genre really.I mean,piano jazz,saxophone,trumpet,be-bop,jazz-rock etc,etc

[Apache]

Some Caro Emerald would be a good place to start


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75vjDHbHxeI&fea...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74LXx0wSqMI

Edited by Apache on Wednesday 2nd May 19:09

[Dennis99]

Jazz fm on dab radio?

http://www.jazzfm.com/

[Justin Cyder]

Don't listen to jazz, you'll go blind.

[rhinochopig]

TBH Jazz is best experienced live. Have a look for your nearest Jazz fest and see what you like.

http://www.traditional-jazz.com/ John Petters does some cracking events and is part of a very very good Fats Waller tribute group.

You could also try Louis Prima as a good entry into Jazz - Everyone likes 'I'm the king of the swingers' and he sung it.

E.g. I'm Just a Gigolo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIRIsKG95lg&ob=...

When you're smilin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXYRkp2HZto

[GetCarter]

As mentioned, that's an impossible question to answer. Jazz is a VERY big genre.

Only thing I could add is that when I heard this, back in 1977, I quit my job, went to music college and became a jazz musician. It sounds dated now, but back then it was JUST what I needed to hear. (I've been a musician ever since, due in large part, to this one album).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae0nwSv6cTU

ETA: You really need to listen to all 6 mins to get it.

Edited by GetCarter on Wednesday 2nd May 20:21

[rumple]

Thanks for your replies, given me some food for thought, ill be getting some of you recommendations on my Ipod (sorry it wont be vinyl) and go from there, i already brought a louie armstrong cd, really liked it, how does he stack up to the modern Jazz artists.

[rhinochopig]

And this is why you should see Jazz live...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0_3t5WsO2Q&fea...

It's the fun of the solos, the interaction between the musicians, that make it; it's as much a visual art as it is a musical one. And you MUST have a cold beer in your hand to truly enjoy the experience

[Davidos]

I would start here:

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/kind-of-blue/id20...

[kiteless]

As GetCarter says, you post a very difficult question OP; jazz goes from lairy Trad a la New Orleans stuff, to very musically cerebral be-bop.

For me personally, I'd also go with the above poster who mentioned Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. But I would also recommend something by Thelonius Monk or Jim Hall. Certainly the latter two are jazz legends, but are - I think - more accessible by beginners than someone like Charlie Parker.

[davepoth]

The best thing I can suggest is:

www.wwoz.org

Which is New Orleans' community radio station. About 75% of the output is jazz, and when I say jazz it really is the whole gamut of the genre. You'll find out pretty quick which bits of it you like. As a previous poster said, Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" is well worth it.

[goldblum]

Try Charles Mingus, Blues and Roots.It's fairly accessible with some tracks you may recognise whilst being about the coolest thing since..I dunno.Better than Davis I reckon.

[goldblum]

GetCarter said:

As mentioned, that's an impossible question to answer. Jazz is a VERY big genre.

Only thing I could add is that when I heard this, back in 1977, I quit my job, went to music college and became a jazz musician. It sounds dated now, but back then it was JUST what I needed to hear. (I've been a musician ever since, due in large part, to this one album).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae0nwSv6cTU

ETA: You really need to listen to all 6 mins to get it.

Edited by GetCarter on Wednesday 2nd May 20:21

Not heard that in ages.

[Miguel Alvarez]

I'm a bit of a fan of Dave Grusin, Pharoah Sanders, Ramsey Lewis, Ahmad Jahmal, Earl Klugh etc.

[NiceCupOfTea]

GetCarter said:

As mentioned, that's an impossible question to answer. Jazz is a VERY big genre.

Only thing I could add is that when I heard this, back in 1977, I quit my job, went to music college and became a jazz musician. It sounds dated now, but back then it was JUST what I needed to hear. (I've been a musician ever since, due in large part, to this one album).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae0nwSv6cTU

ETA: You really need to listen to all 6 mins to get it.

Edited by GetCarter on Wednesday 2nd May 20:21

Great tune - I prefer it in big band flavour though TBH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcEKAWZ1Nbk