I can't believe that there is 3 pages and Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Duke Ellington, Nat king cole and Count Basie!! Blasphemy!! You can just youtube any of the mentioned names to find gooooood jazz music.
Basically the majority of music they've made/perform is goood

Here's a little sample

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Tiger Rag which you could say Art Tatum is most known for.

shawster

Canada2485 Posts

July 30 2011 23:07 GMT

#44

great basketball team

great music as well

happyness

United States2400 Posts

July 30 2011 23:13 GMT

#45

KeithJar I have a feeling you play the piano

You're right those guys need to be recognized.

I can't believe there hasn't been any Free Jazz yet! You must all be enlightened:

Even if you don't like this kind of music, you have to appreciate Cecil's talent

Albert Ayler: what a boss

How fucking powerful is that?

LoKi-

United States121 Posts

July 30 2011 23:15 GMT

#46

I'm actually headed out to Telluride Jazz Festival on Monday to play with my quintet and watch some jazz in the mountains. Was there last year too - saw Stanley Clarke and Chuchito Valdez, among others, and it was pretty incredible.

My favorite's gotta be Art Blakey:

These guys are INCREDIBLE:

I won't post any more vids, but I also love:
Joshua Redman
Brian Blade
Terence Blanchard (saw him @ blues alley on Thursday, it was incredible)
Donald Harrison
Billy Cobham
Wayne Shorter
Medeski, Martin & Wood
Freddie Hubbard
Eric Dolphy
Charles Mingus

In addition to the pretty obvious "classics" that it seems everybody likes (in my mind at least), such as Davis, Coltrane, Peterson, and Monk.

UserErrOr413

United States178 Posts

July 30 2011 23:21 GMT

#47

Phil Woods was always my favorite.

From back in the day with the Quincy Jones Band in Europe.

GeneticToss

Canada188 Posts

July 30 2011 23:22 GMT

#48

Moldwood

United States280 Posts

July 30 2011 23:36 GMT

#49

(cheetos cheetah) "Sorry guys, my pool game ran late at the jaaaazzzz club."

Jaco Pastorious

"Opus Pocus" youtube it!

Zanzabar Haberdasher

United States510 Posts

July 30 2011 23:38 GMT

#50

Crimson Jazz Trio. My favorite.

happyness

United States2400 Posts

July 30 2011 23:45 GMT

#51

@mewvolk I like that Abraham Burton & Eric McPherson quartet. My knowledge of modern jazz(as in Jazz in the past thirty years) is pretty bad and it's often hard to find the good stuff, so thanks for that

Manit0u

Poland17182 Posts

July 31 2011 00:38 GMT

#52

You guys should take a look at something. Just got my first CD (unfortunately it's the 4th one, still waiting for others to be available in the store but already ordered) and I'm freaking loving it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verve_Remixed

I must say that the idea behind this collection is amazing. For the lazy: It's a set of several CD's, each with classic jazz/blues/funky tracks being remixed (don't worry, they don't suddenly turn into club music, it's the old feeling with a new vibe). Each volume comes with 2 CD's, 1 of them are remixes and the others are original performances. Some of the names include: Nina Simone, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, Ramsey Lewis Jr., Oscar Brown and others.

And so you don't feel left alone:

reking

Norway73 Posts

July 31 2011 01:17 GMT

#53

On July 31 2011 08:13 happyness wrote:
KeithJar I have a feeling you play the piano

You're right those guys need to be recognized.

I can't believe there hasn't been any Free Jazz yet! You must all be enlightened:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yomesyf8GFY
Even if you don't like this kind of music, you have to appreciate Cecil's talent

LoKi-

United States121 Posts

July 31 2011 03:46 GMT

#54

On July 31 2011 08:45 happyness wrote:
@mewvolk I like that Abraham Burton & Eric McPherson quartet. My knowledge of modern jazz(as in Jazz in the past thirty years) is pretty bad and it's often hard to find the good stuff, so thanks for that

Glad to hear it, man!

I hadn't heard of them, either; my drum teacher went to school with Eric McPherson, and that's how I found out about 'em. I highly recommend the album "Cause and Effect."

A lot of the other stuff mentioned (but not linked) in my post is also "modern jazz" that is pretty similar - particularly Terence Blanchard and Joshua Redman. Check it out - you might like it

nuclear_nub

65 Posts

July 31 2011 07:26 GMT

#55

What this thread needs is some Bill Watrous...

...and some Duke Ellington.

Legatus Lanius

2135 Posts

July 31 2011 08:04 GMT

#56

joe pass is one of my favourites, i like his ellington stuff

Manit0u

Poland17182 Posts

August 19 2011 10:38 GMT

#57

Didn't really know which thread would be suitable for it... So boss!

bloken

22 Posts

August 19 2011 11:01 GMT

#58

surprised there aren't more bill evans fans in here : /

...and how can we leave out adderley, probably my fav alto player of all time

also i really have a soft spot for george benson of all people haha, such a musical soul and happy person

one of my favourite renditions of take 5 (chessey i know :D)

if you want to get into new school stuff i don't mind jaga jazzist

plz enjoy

Mattibuddi

Denmark6 Posts

August 19 2011 11:15 GMT

#59

Lately i've been listening alot to the pianist Robert Glasper. He's doing some really cool hiphop/jazz crossover aswell as his own more standard jazz compositions:

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Enjoy! :-)

Edit:

On July 31 2011 05:54 Divergence wrote:
Huge jazz fan here.

Another guy that is super killing is Robert Glasper. He is as much a jazz musician as he is a hip-hop musician. He plays with guys like Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco, Q-Tip and other "altenative" hip-hop artists. If you're into hip-hop definitely check out his stuff.
Here's a video (with good sound) of him playing some more free form stuff with his trio.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1q-t11OgBA

This tune kicks ass. Maiden Voyage (Herbie Hancock) mixed with Everything in its Right Place (Radiohead)

Sorry didn't see this before i posted. Good to know that others have similar taste!

tarpman

Canada717 Posts

August 19 2011 15:35 GMT

#60

I'm in Vancouver for LinuxCon. I wandered into O'Doul's last night looking for a place to have a drink and hear some music and I ended up having the great pleasure of meeting Tony Foster and listening to his trio:

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I don't know who the personnel are in that video but the guys he had with him last night were great. I was especially impressed by the intensity and focus of Joe Poole on drums.

BTW I also attended the Port Townsend jazz workshop this year. Were any of you at that? I have to run but I'll try to post about it later.

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