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All Inclusive "Recommend Me For Music" Thread
KharBevNor:
Does anyone know any jazz (or anything really) that sounds like this:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=D0A71F6B22E9AADA
Banana_Hammock:
Thanks for all the suggestions.... I've got some listening to do now.
darkhorizons:
OH! Good thing this was here!
Guys, I have to do a Jazz solo sometime next month. And yes. I listen to a bit of jazz, but not enough to pick out a quality solo out of the mess.
I need some sort of jazz ballad I can sing without much difficulty. I'm a Contralto with a relatively limited range. Any help would be appreciated greatly!
Kai:
I think everyone in here should go out and buy Archie Shepp's St. Louis Blues. that is a beautiful jazz album.
Inlander:
--- Quote from: Fipher ---If you're looking for big band type jazz, Frank Senatra is King while Glenn Miller is like his brother who didn't get the throne because of some minor detail in the law of the crown.
--- End quote ---
You have got to be kidding me. Frank Sinatra's great, but he is far from being the be-all and end-all of big band.
BIG BAND:
- Duke Ellington: anything from the early 1940s (the "Blanton-Webster" band), especially from 1940. Tracks to keep an eye out for: "Jack the Bear", "Ko-Ko", "Morning Glory", "Concerto for Cootie", "Cottontail", "Never No Lament", "Bojangles", etc.
- Count Basie: most recordings from the late 1930s through to the mid-to-late 1950s. Lots of great albums in the '50s especially: Chairman of the Board, the Complete Atomic Basie, Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings. Also look for compilations of the Decca recordings of his "first testament" band from 1937-39.
- Benny Goodman: the Carnegie Hall concert from 1938 is a classic. The sound-quality's band, but the music's great, especially in the second half.
- Gerry Mulligan: very different from the above-mentioned names (all of whom are swing - Mulligan is modern jazz), but his Concert Jazz Band from the 1960s was terrific. There are a few live recordings out - get any of them.
I don't have time right now to write out an exhaustive list of jazz essentials, but I'll try to get back to this thread soon. In the meantime, I'll suggest the following proven technique of getting into new music: if you hear an album you like, find out who's playing on it. Then find out who else they played with. Buy albums by those people. And so on - pretty soon you'll have a chain of cool albums you like, and you'll be learning more all the time.
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