2007-05-16 09:35:11 · 13 answers · asked by Suzanne S 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Jazz
Check out the soundtrack to Ken Burn's "Jazz" documentary. You'll get a sampling of the progression of jazz from it's beginnings to about the 1970s, with most of the important artists and tunes of their times. It's a great starting point for a new listener.
2007-05-18 08:41:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rock & Roll. I've never been into the whole hip hop/rap thing, country is awful, heavy metal is too screamy, jazz and classical (sorry if this offends anybody out there) is more for old people. If I had to put them in order, it'd be Rock, Hip Hop, Heavy Metal, Jazz, Country, then Classical.
2016-05-19 23:48:28 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue, Sketches of Spain, Birth of the Cool
John Coltrane: Giant Steps
Dave Brubeck: Time Out
Wynton Marsalis: Standard Time, vol 2
Joshua Redman: Wish
Charles Mingus: Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
>>> all favorites of mine.
Enjoy discovering!
2007-05-16 09:46:19 · answer #3 · answered by person 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you still like the rock influence, listen to The Bad Plus. They have some really unique stuff in sort of a jazz/rock style. Check them out.
2007-05-17 09:49:44 · answer #4 · answered by tregelaphus 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll add Pat Metheny, early Herbie Hancock, and Brother Jack McDuff,
And for something really wierd, try Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. They're kind of a Bluegrass/Jazz fusion.
2007-05-16 21:47:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Besides the albums mentioned above, I also recomend Thelonious Monk's Straight, No Chaser.
Also, Miles Davis, In a Silent Way..
2007-05-16 12:39:01 · answer #6 · answered by Scott V 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Miles Davis b!tches brew
Charles Mingus any album
Grant Green any album
get some Frank Zappa also
2007-05-16 10:00:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Diana Krall
2007-05-16 09:45:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
depends on what you're into. for big band jazz-glenn miller, benny goodman, duke ellington. for bop-miles davis, the jazz messengers, dizzy gillespie. As someone mentioned, miles davis' "Kind of blue" is a great start. i also recommend duke ellington's "mood indigo". get anything from glenn miller too.
2007-05-16 12:17:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Out to Lunch by Eric Dolphy
2007-05-16 09:50:22 · answer #10 · answered by Hoopo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋