Recommend me jazz?

Question

Don't know much about jazz but I know what I like.
Charles Mingus
John Coltrane
Soweto Kinch
Wayne Shorter
Herbie Hancock
Miles Davis

That's the kind of jazz I like, can anyone recommend me some similar stuff? Preferably the less obvious stuff as I might already have some of that.

Answer 1

I don't know any of those people, but some jazz that i like is
Wynton Marsalis
Ray Charles did some jazz
Duke ellington

Answer 2

A good way to explore jazz is to take the albums you like and look at the sidemen who played on the album Ususally the sidemen have become leaders of there own band and cut a few albums.

For instance I believe even to this day "Kind of Blue" is the best Jazz album ever made. Check out the albums of the folks who recorded on that album: Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, or Cannonball Adderley [sp.]

Another Miles Davis I highly recommend that I think is his second best album is Miles Smiles.

Other albums to consider:

Kenny Garrett - Pursuance: Music of John Coltrane
McCoy Tyner - Infinity
Thelonius Monk - Monk plays Ellington
Tom Harrell - Live at the Village Vanguard
James Carter - JC on the Set
Brad Mehldau - Art of the Trio: Vol 1
Sarah Vaughn - At Mr. Kelly's
Wynton Marsalis - Live at Blues Alley Vol 2
Branford Marsalis - The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born

Enjoy

Answer 3

You are into some of the best stuff out there, from a great period of jazz exploration.

Try the Blue Note Records artists of the mid 1960's, and other artists from around then. I know what I am talking about, I think you should try these.

Andrew Hill-Point of Departure
Booker Ervin-Freedom Book
Eric Dolphy-Out There
Prince Lasha and Sonny Simmons-Firebirds
Bobby Hutcherson-Dialogue.
Tony Williams-Lifetime.
Sam Rivers-Contours.

These musicians were in the same community as the ones you mentioned. They all played on each other's albums.

You can read accurate reviews of these albums at http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=30:.

Answer 4

You could start by checking out some classics: Wes Montgomerey Joe Pass Django Reinhardt More Contemporary: John Scofield Pat Metheny Al Di Meola But there's so many more. People like Les Paul, Frank Zappa, Chet Atkins, Freddy Greene, etc. Once you've done some digging with these guys, you're sure to find the musicians you like and would like to study. Joe Pass is probably the best to study for chordal melodies and fundamental jazz guitar.

Answer 5

Jackie McLean
Dexter Gordon
Archie Shepp
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Stitt
Pharoah Sanders
Chet Baker
Sam Rivers
Keith Jarrett

Answer 6

Not sure whether it would fall into the jazz category, but check out Tom Waites.
I would start early with 'Closing Time' then move on up through the years. Some of his stuff is quite weird, but amazing all the same!

Answer 7

Try Eric Dolphy. He was in Coltrane's band at one point, and also Mingus' - Mingus loved him. He was a wonderful player and composer, a gifted multi-instrumentalist (he played alto and flute but I personally think his best instrument was bass clarinet). The 'Memorial Album' sessions have some of his finest work, IMO. His Blue Note album 'Out To Lunch' is usually considered his masterpiece but it's not the best place to start.

Alternatively, if you like Shorter and Hancock, you might love Joe Henderson. A fantastic tenor player in the post-Coltrane vein, but very much his own man, a gorgeous player of ballads.

I'm a guitar player and jazz guitar is a sorry genre, but I love Sonny Sharrock. He played with Pharaoh Sanders and Herbie Mann before going out on his own. He reinvented jazz guitar and took it away from polite comping and imitations of Charlie Christian (not that Christian isn't brilliant), and moved instead into sheer intensity and noise. He played like Hendrix before Hendrix. Fabulous player. He died fairly young (53, not nearly as young as Dolphy (36)) but made some gorgeously rowdy music.

Answer 8

You could try Jaco Pastorius - an amazing American musician and songwriter widely acknowledged for his virtuosity of the fretless bass
For the obscure, try the Fuzzy Logic Ensemble - an Irish crew, very progressive but really good (You can catch them on MySpace.com)
For brilliant guitar playing, with a classical twist you have Preston Reed - amazing!
And for fun jazz, with just a touch of the C&W (and thats not as bad as it sounds) check out Honor Heffernan - brilliant female vocalist.
You can catch all these through myspace. Enjoy!

Answer 9

Frank Sinatra. He is the greastest Jazz singer ever. And try to search up Ella Fiztgerald. They are both the greatest!

Answer 10

Chris barber and his jazz band,, the old fashioned love dogs,,
George chizzam,,,,Bert midler(i think that's how you spell Bette) not the bet midler of today ,, this Bette sang with Louis Armstrong ,, bex Beiderbecke,, akerbilk, these should fire you up a bit try them on youtube first they may be there somewhere GOOD HUNTING