Jazz, whats good?

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These are two good artists to start with, I concur.

Wes Montgomery - Guitarist.
Thelonious Monk - Pianist.

They're both "Bebop" musicians, which typically was jazz where there were a few musicians per band. There is a song structure and then often there are numerous solos; usually at least one per song.
Thelonious Monk's band had no guitarist, Wes Montgomery's band had no saxophonist, and they both had bassists, drummers, and pianists.

Just for a short summary, again, good to start with. With Thelonious Monk, I also recommend his Straight No Chaser album; one of it's songs, Kojo no Tsuki, is just amazing. But... some of the songs' lengths might be intimidating, just for a warning; don't let it repel you, just sit back and listen, with a different mindset.

If you like this, I also recommend Miles Davis (the album Kind of Blue) and John Coltrane (the album Blue Train) - also really good listens.

Wow, no one included the Jazz Master. Shows how much you all know (:mrgreen:).
I've mentioned him on another Jazz thread and I'll mention him on this one: Art Tatum.

Absolutely amazing, the parts from 0:24 to 0:34, 1:09 to 1:12, and the convoluted ending in this improvised piece (one of my favorites) of his called "Yesterdays":
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Cs_zb4q14[/youtube]

I like Jazz, especially Ornette Coleman, Dave Brubeck, Mingus, Miles Davis and John Coltrane

sadly I don't have a very big jazz collection right now

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Sun Ra Arkestra
Miles Davis (I'm partial to his 1969 to 1976 "Electric" era)
Peter Brotzmann (LOTS of Squiggly Free Jazz Tenor Sax squeal & skronk)
Grachan Moncur/Jackie McClean
Centipede
Min Bul/Terje Rypdahl
Art Ensemble of Chicago
John Coletraine

Also, not 'Jazz' per se, but I'm incuding these as the Jazz influence is strong enough to be lumped in as Jazz:

Fela Kuti & The Afrika 70/80
James Chance & The Contortions
Koenji Hyakkei/RUINS
Plastic People Of The Universe
Saccharine Trust
Urban Sax

I like jazz fusion a decent amount. I listen to lots of Japanese jazz fusion. Jazz fusion was big in Japan, and the Japanese make utterly fantastic jazz fusion for some reason. I think it's more their attention to detail.

So for some Japanese jazz fusion people:
Toshiki Kadomatsu
Masayoshi Takanaka
Hitomi Tohyama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCNEyKjybHc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx7fSYNVFJo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOcP0UEq8KI

Also, I quite like Shakatak for non Japanese jazz fusion. Unfortunately, I don't really know much about stuff not jazz fusion. I got Herbie Hancock's Speak Like a Child album in mp3, and Magic Windows on vinyl. I got a bunch of various 78s of jazz, too, but haven't really given them a serious listen. But yeah, Japanese jazz fusion, pretty sweet music to me.

me too, I like "b*****s Brew" and "On The Corner"

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13esKUJr1hM[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xpq1pLk-sA&feature[/youtube]

I like that song.

A new Young lady, showing us that Jazz isnt dead - not even her best just Random...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-rWNAQx1ZE[/youtube]


Mongo Santamaria. One of my fave latin Jazz masters, Percussionists, and Bandleaders
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBOituceCyE[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LTZYHeI1ko[/youtube]

Medeski Martin, and Wood. Energetic, funky, versitile. Here they are with John Scofield, someone ELSE worth listening to.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgyHqJ4U1UE[/youtube]

Charlie Hunter. 1 man- 2 instruments (really)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM0y8CnHp9A[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vRL8WweWMw&feature=related[/youtube]



Bela & the Flecktones :
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmoA8FwqF9I&feature=related[/youtube]

Antonio Carlos Jobim:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ScQszabm18[/youtube]

Joao Gilberto:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTZgJTyxB-M[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6w3a2v_50U[/youtube]

Gil Scott-Heron: Funkjazz - one of the great Poets of our time Listen to what he has to say.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD_9Ph8KiVM&feature=related[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOBVa6Gg6PA&feature=related[/youtube]

also I've recently discovered Electro-Swing

Yeah Jazz is pretty good.

Instrumental Jazz for me.

Grant Green!

Lyle Mays