Good jazz music...?

Question

I want to listen to some jazz, but I have no idea what to get. What is a good CD that I could start out with?

Answer 1

These albums that I am suggesting are easy to like. Yes, Charlie Parker and Dizzy were great, but not for beginners. These albums are perfect for all listeners, and they are all jazz classics.

Miles Davis Kind of Blue album. It's a great album for a beginner, and it's great even if you've heard a whole lot of jazz. Get it.

Thelonious Monk is another great and important master of jazz. I suggest that you start out with the Monk's Dream album.Monk swings the hardest of any jazz musician, in my little opinion.

Roland Kirk's album , The Inflated Tear really turned me onto jazz. I still enjoy it and respect it.

Grant Green's Matador album is a great album, centered around the guitar playing, although McCoy Tyner is at his best (piano player from Coltrane's band). It's another great album that's easy to like.

Wayne Shorter's album Speak No Evil is a great album that you really have to hear. I can't even talk about it. The whole band is amazing.

Herbie Hancock's album, Maiden Voyage is another great and easy to like album. Freddie Hubbard is at his best through the whole album (on trumpet, fluglehorn). It's a concept album, and it really does flow like the sea, as Herbie intended it to.

Horace Silver plays piano with soul. The songs are great and so is the band. Everything works on this album called Song For My father. It's another easy to like album too.

Please trust these suggestions. These are classic albums. They are accessible to any listener. These albums are the best place to start with. I know what I'm talking about.

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Answer 2

nonetheless i'm no professional i discover the question exciting. i could initiate with the help of observing the kit, the musical contraptions that are at present utilized in the two classic and jazz music. the main obvious i can think of of is the piano. 2 valuable properties in taking part in the piano : rhythm is given with the help of the left hand and melody with the help of the main ideas-blowing hand. This holds genuine in the two classical and jazz music. What approximately musical formation , you will detect quartets and quintets in the two classic and jazz music. There could desire to be a lead device : to illustrate flute in classic and saxophone in jazz. There must be bass too, which holds genuine in bithe musical genres. There are orchestras, to play classical symphonies and standards in jazz. in terms of making a music, you will detect super soloists in the two classical and jazz music.

Answer 3

I think Teaim's list is GREAT to start with, but once you start getting more accustomed to jazz, I recommend listening to the Ray Brown Trio's "Summer Wind -- Live at the Loa." The group features Ray Brown on bass, Gene Harris on piano, and Jeff Hamilton on drums. They form an exceptional rhythm section trio and every song on it is absolutely amazing. You can practically feel the musicians' hearts beating through the recording. It's one of my very favorite CDs and I recommend it to anyone who is able to appreciate it. Like I said, this is probably not the first album for you to get, but once you begin to understand the music, it is sure to inspire you further.

Answer 4

the first three jazz cds that I owned were John Coltrane's "Giant Steps," Miles Davis's "Kind of Blue," and the Nina Simone compilation, "The Blues." of these three, "Giant Steps" actually proved by far the most captivating for this then novice listener of the genre...

Answer 5

Right on, Teaim! I could not have picked any better recordings for this new listener. Kirk might be a little more esoteric, but the rest are perfect!

Answer 6

OMG! You have to get Italia by Chris Botti (trumpeter). I highly recommend the 2nd song, Italia (features Andrea Bocelli), it's really soothing and romatic, it's almost like you've been transported to the shores of Italy.

Answer 7

My father in law is a Jazz buff and recommends:

- Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker Carnegie Hall Concert.
- Blues in the night New York Trio with Bill Chablap, Jay Leonhart and Bill Stewart.
- Four Duke with Jay Leonhart, Joe Beck, Gary Burton and Terry Clarke.

Answer 8

First you have to define the genre of Jazz that you want, New Orleans style, Chicago style, Fusion, New Age, Funk, Improv, etc. I have 8000 jazz .mp3's

The first answers are right on time, if that's the style you're thinking of, but...

If you have Yahoo Instant Messenger ver 8. I can send you examples of all styles and you can listen to decide.

Answer 9

I agree that the Miles CD is very important, but better to start with is The Dave Brubeck Quartet's TIME OUT CD! "Take Five" off that CD has been voted the "best" and the "most famous" etc. jazz song on Yahoo Answers and other sites. The Brubeck CD also offers more jazz variety than KIND OF BLUE. I love "Take Five" but I think the best one on the CD is "Blue Rondo a la Turk"! I could offer other suggestions if you let me know about your tastes in music. Brubeck, for instance, comes out of the classical, "serious" music school. Miles comes out of the "school of hard knocks". There are others that come out of R&B or Rock, etc. Email me.

Answer 10

I think, hands down the most influencial and famous jazz album ever is Miles Davis's Kind of Blue. You should buy that.