[Rainer.]

Also... get Pat Metheny's Letter From Home, some Return To Forever, might as well pick up Steely Dan's Aja, not necessarily jazz, but it's still awesome.

[natedawg5280]

Originally Posted by Rainer.

Also... get Pat Metheny's Letter From Home, some Return To Forever, might as well pick up Steely Dan's Aja, not necessarily jazz, but it's still awesome.

Mmmm... my big band covers the song 'Aja'. I love it.

Originally Posted by Flyingv4victory

Guitar: Joe Pass & George Benson

Two guitarists to add are Bill Frisell and John Scofield. Also Lee Ritenour.

[MJ_Avalanche]

Let's go all out and throw Mike Stern, John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell, and Fareed Haque in there, too.

[Rainer.]

Originally Posted by natedawg5280

Mmmm... my big band covers the song 'Aja'. I love it.

Seriously? I've always wanted to find a big band arrangement... Whose arrangement is it? Do you know?

[Insane Drummer]

Originally Posted by natedawg5280

Ehhh.. thats bluegrass, not jazz.

Actually it is Nu-Grass/Fusion.

[natedawg5280]

Originally Posted by Rainer.

Seriously? I've always wanted to find a big band arrangement... Whose arrangement is it? Do you know?

I don't have the folder with me at home, but I can check at rehearsal Wednesday. I'll get back to you.

Originally Posted by InsaneDrummer

Actually it is Nu-Grass/Fusion.

[FlyingV4Victory]

Norah is far from jazz.

My feeling is she has many jazz tendancies in her vocal approach. If you stuck her in front of a jazz quartet to do say...God Bless The Child, Autumn Leaves, or The Man I Love. You'd find her handling herself quite well. She may not have the overall range of someone like Ella, but she could hold her own. I wish she would do a strictly jazz project.

Might as well pick up Steely Dan's Aja, not necessarily jazz, but it's still awesome.

Listen to "Peg" on Aja and you'll hear jazz/rock fusion at it best. The guitar solo by Jay Graydon is soooo sweet. I love the first few chords you hear at the head of the song...

G6/9 - F#7#9 - F6/9 - E7#9 - Eb6/9 - D7#9

[Ax]

How was Gene Krupa and Glenn Miller not mentioned already?

[bread man]

Some of my favourite Jazz records;

Dave Brubeck - Time Out
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear

And I'd also recommend getting a Billie Holiday compilation because she's so great.

[DaGeek]

Wow, lots of suggestions. I'm gonna need to get a few albums, methinks.

[dogfood]

i started out on compilation albumns. i had this one calledjazz on a summers day
it had heaps of good stuff, like miles davis, dave brubeck, louis armstrong, weather report, jimmy smith.

these days i like listening to: Diana Krall, Duke Ellington, and the crazy stuff they play on aeroplanes and the free samples you get on new computers

[taiko]

When I was a kid my mom ruled the house after the early Saturday cartoons went off. One of the albums she played was The Sound of Music Soundtrack. From there I heard John Coltrane's and later Grant Green's version of My Favorite Things. That experience would say pick a song and see how different artist interpreted it. And for most modern songs will lead you to Smooth Jazz as a start point.

Somehow I discvered my father's copy of Freddie Hubbard's First Light. From the liner notes on that album I made outward circles discovered George Benson before he hit big for an example. That would suggest take someone you like and see who he worked with.

I woulds suggest Ken Burns' PBS series on Jazz. That should give you an overall look at the historian's ideal of what were the important moments and representative styles of jazz, at least until 1970. 70's fushion and beyond were barely touched.

[Folk_guy]

Originally Posted by natedawg5280

Ehhh.. thats bluegrass, not jazz.

I wouldn't call Bella Flex Bluegrass!!! To a bluegrasser those would be fighting words. His most popular stuff is pretty far from Bluegrass. I'm also not sure I'd recommend listening to him to a new Jazzer either. If you want to start with the earlier jazz styles and work your way forward, I would start with Louis Armstrong's "Complete Hot Five and Seven Recordings", then move up to Maybe some Big band stuff Benny Goodman, Glen Miller, etc. Then Maybe some Be-bob: Dizzy Gelespie (sp?), for some more modern stuff Chick Corea, Weather Report, Stanley Clark. Lots of choices out there, but buying CDs can get expensive. Get down to the local library, and start borrowing whatever they have. Listen to anything and everything you can get your hands on, some you'll like some you won't, but you'll learn what you like before you invest a lot of money.

[tyronelab]

Ray Charles has some good jazz albums as well. Genius=Soul=Jazz has some good jazz band songs by him.

[dogfood]

*bump*

found this cool list:

1. Blue Train - John Coltrane (from Blue Train)
2. Song For My Father - Horace Silver (from Song for My Father)
3. Moanin' - Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers (from Moanin’)
4. Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock (from Takin’ Off)
5. Lazy Afternoon - Pete La Roca [& Joe Henderson] (from Basra)
6. The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan (from The Sidewinder)
7. Midnight Blue - Kenny Burrell (from Midnight Blue)
8. Cheese Cake - Dexter Gordon (from Go)
9. Footprints - Wayne Shorter (from Adam’s Apple)
10. Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock (from Maiden Voyage)
11. Oliloqui Valley - Herbie Hancock (from Empyrean Isles)
12. Speak Like A Child - Herbie Hancock (from Speak Like a Child)
13. Mr. Kenyatta - Lee Morgan (from Search for the New Land)
14. Blue Lace - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (from The Freedom Rider)
15. The Gigolo - Lee Morgan (from The Gigolo)
16. Pretty Eyes - The Horace Silver Quintet (from The Cape Verdean Blues)
17. Bonita - The Horace Silver Quintet (from The Cape Verdean Blues)
18. Witch Hunt - Wayne Shorter (from Speak No Evil)
19. Dance Cadaverous - Wayne Shorter (from Speak No Evil)
20. Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter (from Speak No Evil)
21. Penelope - Wayne Shorter (from Et Cetera)
22. Mahjong - Wayne Shorter (from Juju)
23. Free For All - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (from Free for All)
24. The Egyptian - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (from Indestructible)
25. Here I Am - Donald Byrd (from Byrd in Hand)
26. French Spice - Donald Byrd (from Free Form)
27. Arietis - Freddie Hubbard (from Ready for Freddie)
28. Weaver Of Dreams - Freddie Hubbard (from Ready for Freddie)
29. Tanya - Dexter Gordon (from One Flight Up)
30. The Moontrane - Larry Young (from Unity)
31. Passion Dance - McCoy Tyner (from The Real McCoy)
32. Peresina - McCoy Tyner (from Best of McCoy Tyner: Blue Note Years)
33. Good Old Soul - Tina Brooks (from True Blue)
34. Punjab - Joe Henderson (from In N’ Out)
35. El Barrio - Joe Henderson (from Inner Urge)
36. Mode For Joe - Joe Henderson (from Mode for Joe)
37. 8/4 Beat - Bobby Hutcherson (from Sticks Up)
38. Bouquet - Bobby Hutcherson (from Happenings)
39. Dave's Chant - Bobby Hutcherson (from Medina)
40. Ghetto Lights - Bobby Hutcherson (from Dialogue)
41. Our Thing - Joe Henderson (from Our Thing)
42. Refuge - Andrew Hill (from Point of Departure)
43. The Brown Queen - Andrew Hill (from Passing Ships)
44. Plantation Bag - Andrew Hill (from Passing Ships)
45. Love And Hate - Jackie McLean (from Destination Out)
46. Soft Blue - Jackie McLean (from Jacknife)
47. Euterpe - Sam Rivers (from Contours)
48. Gazzelloni - Eric Dolphy (from Out to Lunch)
49. Essence - Donald Byrd (from Electric Byrd)
50. Xibaba - Donald Byrd (from Electric Byrd)