i always heard good jazz songs in the cafe i went to.. but i was too afraid to asked who played it.. urgh... please..
2007-08-12 10:55:16 · 17 answers · asked by diyah 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Jazz
Mr Luis Armstrong and Mrs Ella Fitzgerald are always a good way to start...
2007-08-12 21:18:09 · answer #1 · answered by ele 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on if you prefer smooth jazz to cool, be-bop, etc. You can't go wrong (among the instrumentalists) with Miles Davis, Theolonius Monk, John Coltrane, Art Pepper, Chet Baker, or Art Blakey. If your definition of jazz includes swing, etc., get ahold of some Count Basie, especially his "April In Paris" cd. If you really want to fly, anything with Basie and Sinatra together is wild. As for female vocals, Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter, Annie Ross, Susan McCorkle, Cleo Laine, and/or June Christy will give you a wide range.
2007-08-12 18:11:52 · answer #2 · answered by Tony 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jazz covers a lot of different forms of music from the last 80 years or more. Go to shoutcast.com, download the Winamp player, and check out their internet radio offerings in the jazz genre. Alternatively, go back to that cafe and work up the courage to ask who they're playing. Or look around - if they play CDs, some places will display the case(s).
2007-08-12 21:59:35 · answer #3 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Miles Davis. John Coltrane. Stan Getz. Billie Holiday. Charlie Parker. Ella Fitzgerald.
Look up 'Jazz music' on Google. Try 'em all!
2007-08-12 18:04:51 · answer #4 · answered by chewyladdie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the Mile Davis' - Kind of Blue is the best piece of jazz ever put out. If you're into the more upbeat modern jazz, try Modeski, Martin and Wood.
2007-08-14 15:57:36 · answer #5 · answered by jaytee556 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one mentioned "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis. My personal favorite and, I believe, the greatest jazz album of all time.
I agree with Arsenio, Kenny G is NOT jazz. He drove the nail in his own coffin when he overdubbed himself over on top of a thiry-year-old Louis Armstrong record, on the track "What a A Wonderful World", an act of incredible arrogance.
2007-08-14 12:55:15 · answer #6 · answered by galacticsleigh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are good answers but 1) Kenny G. is NOT jazz, we've already discussed this, and 2) no one has mentioned fusion jazz, which is great if you are into rock. Check out Weather Report during the Jaco Pastorius/Peter Erskine tenure; Pat Metheny (his first seminal album has Jaco on it), Return to Forever (or any Chick Corea or Al Dimeola), Billy Cobham, Steve Kuhn, John McLaughlin... Hey, what did Kenny G. say when he stepped into an elevator?
"This music RULES!"
2007-08-12 18:33:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I like Billie Holliday and anything from Ella Fitzgerald and Etta James. Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong are the best male jazz artists. I also like Madeleine Peyroux and Eartha Kitt . They are fantastic.
2007-08-12 18:21:44 · answer #8 · answered by Robert G. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im imaginging that if was in a cafe, it would have been something reasonably easy on the ears (doesnt mean its bad or soft). miles davis put out 4 classic albums (with john coltrane). "steamin with the miles davis quartet", "relaxin", "workin", and "cookin" 'with the miles davis quartet. they are full classics, but accessable. if youre looking to get into jazz, id start there. i listen to very very complex free jazz that many people just say is noise, but i still listen to those 4 albums, because theyre classic.
2007-08-12 18:21:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
listen to your local jazz radio station, and internet jazz radio stations, and when you like a song, pay attention to who is was. (you can call your local station and ask.)
also if you live in a city, go to an old record store, not a chain but an independent one, and ask them for advice.
2007-08-12 20:13:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋