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Jazz that is currently happening
Bastardous Bassist:
So, I was talking with some people, and there seems to be a bit of support on the subject of discussing jazz! It's no secret that I like jazz. The thing is, I discuss my love of jazz with people and one name always comes up: Miles Davis. I have nothing against Miles. The guy made some amazing music. If you haven't listened to some of his work, do so now and prepare to be moved. The thing is, I've always liked the stuff Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock (and the rest of his second quintet) did without him more. I think the compositions are more interesting and more fun to play over (I'll be honest, I always approach the subject of jazz as a guy who plays it).
Now here comes my main point. All of that stuff has been around for forty years. It's awesome, but it's not exactly current, which makes it not exactly relevant to modern times. All of the guys from that quintet (with the notable exception of Tony Williams) are still making music, too so it's not like we've only got hack musicians playing jazz these days. So let's talk about what's happening today with jazz. It's incredibly vibrant music and I think that it has more energy than pretty much any of the more popular genres of music these days. So, without (further) ado, here are some of my favorite artists of modern-day jazz:
Chris Potter (my bass teacher in college actually used to play with this Columbia, SC native a lot)
Dave Holland (played with Miles and has a similarly great ability to spot fantastic younger musicians)
Brad Mehldau (Art of the Trio Vol. 3 is of my favorite albums ever made and one of my friends in college listened to his Live in Tokyo album every day)
The Bad Plus (seriously, listen to these guys. If you listen to nobody else I've listed, find these guys)
I can put up some albums if somebody sends me easy instructions on how to do so (I hear mediafire is pretty cool, but I haven't really looked into what to do). What do you guys and gals listen to?
Melodic:
you, show me jazz
Bastardous Bassist:
As a bit of awesomeness to give people a bit of a taste: here is Chris Potter's Underground ripping it up. I have forgiven this group for not having a bassist, because Criag Taborn is a badass on the Fender Rhodes.
KickThatBathProf:
--- Quote from: Bastardous Bassist on 27 Sep 2009, 15:12 ---Chris Potter
Dave Holland
Brad Mehldau
The Bad Plus
--- End quote ---
YES. Also,
Medeski, Martin, & Wood (kind of unfortunately associated with the jam band circuit, but still very good)
Benny Green (sort of a Neo-Hard Bop pianist)
Kevin Mahogany (FANTASTIC vocalist. Coming to my school next moooooooooooooooooooonth)
As for the whole mediafire thing, it is very easy. You just turn the album into a .rar file (or something similar) and upload it to mediafire (that part is easy they tell you what to do pretty well on the site).
Bastardous Bassist:
I've seen MMW three times now, and they're tons of fun. As far as Benny Green and Kevin Mahogany, they're actually a bit too traditional for me.
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