Jazz music fans, could you give me some suggestions?

Question

Lately, I've been enjoying a certain style of jazz, like the music on these albums:

Eric Dolphy-Out to Lunch
Wayne Shorter-The All Seeing Eye
Herbie Hancock-Speak Like a Child

They are all mid to late 60's Blue Note albums. I would like to hear more of this adventerous and melodic style of music, but I don't know of any more. Any suggestions? Thank you.

Answer 1

Well if you listen to Wayne Shorter, Hancock and Dolphy,, there was this free jazz movement in the 60s with Ornette Coleman as its leader he played with E. Dolphy, Haden, La faro on drums... anything by Ornette Coleman tenor sax later switched to alto, (way too much material to mention) he played from blues to bebop to a very unorthodox jazz style, he rarely played standards, but has a famous versions of the very few he did such as "Embraceable You" a la Coleman and Monk's "Criss-Cross" improv .. explore the carreer of this genious..there are no boudaries for this man, Jerry Garcia played guitar on his album "Virgin Beauty" later Ornette joined Grateful Dead live and played "Stella Blue" "The Other One" among others, he still plays live recently with popular trio "The Bad Plus and recorded a new album in 2006,

Can suggest Dexter Gordon played his tenor sax with Charles Mingus, Louis Armstrong among other greats, if you think you might enjoy bebop he's the man his unique sound on Zoot Sims, curious fact while in Denmark he became friends with the Ulrich family, who was going to imagine he would become Metallica's drummer..if Lars had one cool thing was his Godfather yeah was Dexter Gordon

Miles Davis fusion days I supposed you checked out everything by him already lol

Try some of the resurrection cats.. John Scofield worked with Mingus, Billy Cobham.. 90's album "Time on my Hands" with J Lovano, Charlie Haden, Jack Dejohnnette highly recommend "Grace under Pressure" with Guitarist Bill Frisell, Haden, and great Joey Baron on drums also with Metheny "I can see you house from here"

Mike Stern played in Billy Cobham's fusion band then he later joined Miles Davis Group if you can get your hands on "We Want Miles" album you'll know what Im talking about ..amazing he also played with the great Jaco Pastorius, Pat Martino, sax players Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, and later with Michael Brecker, Bob Berg, and David Sanborn among other greats..
albums I may suggest Standards (and other songs), Between the Lines, Jigsaw comes with a Miles tribute "Chief", Is What It Is, Odds or Evens, Give and Take with JackDejohnette and John Patitucci this album being more jazzier and espontaneous..full of improv..

Pat Metheny early recordings with some of the greatest in the genre 80/81 with Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Michael Brecker, and Jack DeJohnette
Shadows and Light '80 with Joni Mitchell (album also features Lyle Mays, Jaco Pastorius, Michael Brecker and Don Alias
also Parallel Realities Live 1990 with Jack Dejohnette, Dave Holland, & Herbie Hancock) Pat Metheny Group stuff is amazing some albums fro late 80s early and mid 90's
Still Life (Talking), Letter from Home, The Road to You ,We Live Here

I could sit here and suggest stuff for days, but I find these aforementioned albums and musicians a must, please dont deprive your senses of such sonic wonders, I cited different styles, but they all were either part or influeneced by that period you mentioned..

Cheers, and Happy Listening

Answer 2

Try the CD "everything must go" by Steely Dan.
its fantastic.

Answer 3

Jazz suxs Rock n Roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!