Jazz me up!!

DekuStick

Lovin' time, chillin' time, any time.

I've got quite a bit of Jazz but I thirst for more.

Just dump all your favourite jazz musicians here.

Bonus points for flute :whistle:

Ado-san

Just saw Chris Potter (saxophone) live last weekend.

Un-freaking-believable.

Spoom182

Don Ellis, specifically the song Indian Lady.

DekuStick

Ado-san wrote: »

Just saw Chris Potter (saxophone) live last weekend.

Un-freaking-believable.

Oh I'm mighty jealous. I love Chris Potter.

Trentus

James Morrrison. The Australian multi-instrumentalist. There's a bunch of downloads on his site. Even some scores and stuff. I highly recommend Scream Machine. The version of Basin St Blues he's got on the site is awesome too. And he does a beautiful version of Shadow of your Smile on alto sax (don't think it's on the site though).

Allen Vizzutti is awesome too. Herbie Hancock (Cantaloupe Island was one of the first charts I learned to improv on).

Solvent

On the topic of Aus jazz, I vote Jamie Oehlers, sample some here. I only have one of his recordings actually, The Assemblers. And it's damn fantastic. It's pretty modern, but not the honky-squeaky modern, the funky but still definitely jazzy modern. It's all-round great really.

On the topic of honky-squeaky, and because he's really about the only flutist I listen to, Eric Dolphy. He's a multi-instrumentalist, woodwinds. His Out to Lunch album I quite like.

But really I think the coolest just regular easy to listen to not too weird jazz is Hank Mobley. I reckon Soul Station is my fave of his albums. (Genre-wise, I think you'd classify it as hard-bop.) Also check out some of his awesome solos on Kenny Dorham's record Whistle Stop, and when he was younger he played with Art Blakey in the Jazz Messengers.

Trentus

The Cat Empire are pretty awesome, but I don't think you can class them as just jazz. I recall reading a comment about their new album in the paper a little while ago. He said "it's not as quirky as their other albums, but that's definitely a good thing". All I could think was "fuck you guy!". I love tracks like Protons, Neutrons, Electrons (has a great flute part. just little flits, but they make the song!), and the Manifesto is a great one too. The Wine Song is fantastic. Point is, their quirkyness is what makes them so awesome.

He's not australian, but Maynard Ferguson has done some great things too. I love how he'd always try to keep jazz alive, trying to modernise it a bit and get people interested in it.

Solvent

Trentus wrote: »

The Cat Empire are pretty awesome, but I don't think you can class them as just jazz. I recall reading a comment about their new album in the paper a little while ago. He said "it's not as quirky as their other albums, but that's definitely a good thing". All I could think was "fuck you guy!". I love tracks like Protons, Neutrons, Electrons (has a great flute part. just little flits, but they make the song!), and the Manifesto is a great one too. The Wine Song is fantastic. Point is, their quirkyness is what makes them so awesome.

The Cat Empire are great, but I don't know if I'd recommend them to people asking for jazz- I call it just party music, it's like jazz/rock/reggae/hip hop. Also, interestingly enough, the three tracks you listed are not what I'd call their best... Although the Wine Song is great to sing with drunken mates. As my favourites I'd list 'In My Pocket', 'How to Explain' and 'The Chariot'.

EggyToast

More modern, but I enjoy some of the Ben Hans Trio stuff on "Drums! Bass! Guitar!" I also get a kick out of Bernd Heitzler, et al's "Bass Trio." Some jazz standards but pretty minimalist w/o a lot of modern "noodling."

Tarantio

I've been enjoying Medeski, Martin & Wood a great deal recently. It's pretty much the only jazz I listen to, so I don't know much about how to compare it.

Great, though.

Zifnab

If you're into jazz trumpet, I'd strongly recommend Sean Jones. Unbelievable.

LiveWire

Madeleine Peyroux -- her albums are fantastic. GET THEM!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DgvguMwkqtk

Martin

I don't know how much or what era you're into, so I'll just list some of my favorites. If you've already checked out Chris Potter, try David Binney, Alex Sipiagin, Donny McCaslin, Mike Murley, Kelly Jefferson (especially Murley and Jefferson) etc. Can you tell I'm a horn player? Haha. You probably have most of them. Oh, Wayne Shorter Quartet is amazing, Maria Schneider or the Mingus Big band for larger ensembles.

Post back what you think if you find any of these, not a ton of people talking about jazz these days.

Dark Moon

I'm a piano player myself, so my stuff tends to be piano-centric. That being said, it is also awesome. Check out Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett and some Oscar Peterson. My favourite albums are probably My Spanish Heart, The Sun Bear Concerts and Night Train, respectively.

Also give some old Mingus and some newer Mingus Big Band stuff a listen. It's all fantastic.

limester816

Gotta start with Miles Davis and John Coltrane, they pretty much founded contemporary jazz. After that I would go into the 60's a bit, Andrew Hill, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Thelonious Monk.

There's so much, man, it's hard to recommend artists, it's all about discovering new people for yourself and liking particular musicians. If you hear someone on one record you like, go buy an album of theirs, and so on.

DekuStick

limester816 wrote: »

Gotta start with Miles Davis and John Coltrane, they pretty much founded contemporary jazz. After that I would go into the 60's a bit, Andrew Hill, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Thelonious Monk.

There's so much, man, it's hard to recommend artists, it's all about discovering new people for yourself and liking particular musicians. If you hear someone on one record you like, go buy an album of theirs, and so on.

I've got the radio fixed on 91.1fm all the time, which is Toronto's jazz station. So I'm always loving every song they play and listening closely for names.


Thanks a bunch to everyone who's helped me out. I'm digging a lot of these artists.