Jazz Recommendations

[rskarvan]

Hi all,

I want to expand my listening from mostly pop and rock to include some good jazz. Can people make a few recommendations of some jazz favorites? What I'm looking for is more/less a top twenty all time jazz favorites list.

Thanks.

Ron

[bobman1235]

My Top 3 :

Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Charlie Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Miles Davis - Complete Birth of the Cool

Other great names :
Vince Guaraldi
Herbie Hancock
Thelonius Monk
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong

[Frank Z]

We just did this recently....
http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/sear...earchid=618795

[Demiurge]

New stuff by Pepsi is okay.

[aaharvel]

Bob how does "Complete Birth' compare to Kind of Blue? I've never listened to it, and well, Kind Of Blue, even non-jazz listeners like myself are familiar with.

SACD maybe?

[candyliquor35m]

After 1 listen, Dave Koz - The Dance has become my favorite

[aaharvel]

David Koz is good stuff. My mom got me into his stuff. Albeit she is a huge (cough Kenny G cough Yanni cough) fan.

[Refefer]

Wynton Marsalis is amazing. He's also still alive.

Honestly, one of the best trumpet players I've ever heard.

[candyliquor35m]

David Koz is good stuff. My mom got me into his stuff. Albeit she is a huge (cough Kenny G cough Yanni cough) fan.

I can finally say I've moved away from listening to Kenny G :o but Pat Metheny - Letter From Home is still probably the CD I've listened to the most my whole life. A nice mix of piano and guitar. He plays the guitar so fast and accurate, it's hard to tell whether it's a piano or guitar playing.

[bobman1235]

Bob how does "Complete Birth' compare to Kind of Blue? I've never listened to it, and well, Kind Of Blue, even non-jazz listeners like myself are familiar with.

SACD maybe?

Not sure if it's available in SACD format. I don't personally have it on SACD.

I would say it's almost as well-known as Kind of Blue. It's quite a bit earlier (10 years or so), so a little less.... refined, i guess, than Kind of Blue.

[Early B.]

I can finally say I've moved away from listening to Kenny G

I never thought in a million years I'd own a Kenny G CD. Then one day I was listening to the radio and there was a beautiful rendition of "Summertime" being played. When I found out it was Kenny G, I was like, "Dammit!"

Long story short -- I recently bought one of his CDs of classic remakes and a couple of songs on there are excellent.

[billbillw]

When I started getting into jazz, I used NPRJazz's "Basic Library" as a starting point. The website used to have more detail, but you can still find quite a bit of info here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=4565717

[dane_peterson]

I'm a big fan of Arturo Sandoval - Hot House. More of Latin Groove, but it has great brass. Rhythm of Our World is actually what I'm currently listening to. :)

[jkn]

This is kind of interesting from allaboutjazz.com - columns about building a jazz collection from many different era's and styles. It's hit and miss... http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/arti...php?in_type=72

My personal favorites are 60's era Blue Note records, a lot of Herbie Hancock, and it's hard not to like Miles. We toss on the traditional jazz channel on XM a lot.