[gloco]

I gotta admit, i have been very curious about jumping into these two genres for a long time. I plan on taking a music shopping trip to Manhattan tomorrow, so what artists/albums should i pick up to start me off? The only Jazz (and your all gonna laugh) is a Louie Armstrong Great Hits and a few Keb Mo cds for Blues. I can go with either CD/Vinyl. TIA!

George

 

[jdstewart]

Dont know much about blues. Miles Davis is a pretty sound start for jazz... Kind of Blue or Birth of the Cool.

Any Blue Note by the likes of Nina Simone too

 

[gloco]

Oh yea i should've also pointed out, i'm more interested in instrumental jazz over vocals, but i'll take on some Jazz singers as well

George

 

[dotrat]

Let me recommend Etta James on three discs:

Mystery Lady Songs of Billie Holiday

Time After Time Jazz Standards

Gardenia More Standards

Also Buddy Guy:

Feels Like Rain

Damn Right I got the Blues

Enjoy!

 

[beowulf]

If you want to stray away from the traditional, I'd strongly recommend "Sex without bodies" from Dave's True Story.

One of the most interesting CDs I found last year.
Great vocals, very interesting lyrics and sound engineering is excellent.

It's on the Chesky label.

Well worth the price for the sound quality alone.

 

[Braver]

get Coltrane - Blue Train. 'swingt de pan uit' as we say here in Holland

great almost film-noir atmosphere!

 

[gloco]

Keep dropping em...i plan on picking these up to start off with! If i "likey" I'll start getting more! I'm basically looking for Jazz like Dave Brubeck's "take five" and Duke Ellington's "take the A train"

This is my "kind" of Jazz!

George

 

[sapphiremodena]

Anyone here like Marcus Miller? Just listened to a couple of his songs, I really like "Nikki's Groove".

 

[BenG]

As far as contemporary folk type blues I really like Doug MacLeod -
Unmarked Road
Whose Truths, Whose Lies?

 

[SWS]

New old-style jazz: Diana Krall

BBAOAT: MFSL's Muddy Waters: Folk Singer (w/ Buddy Guy tearing up the acoustic guitar in the background) Absolutely amazing.

 

[gloco]

Thanks for the Muddy Waters recommendation!

George

 

[pigmode]

Blues? Led Zepplin! "Lyin', cheatin', hurtin', That's all you seem to do..."

Sorry. What about BB King or Johnny Lee Hooker?

 

[gaineso]

The Brubeck/Desmond collaboration was probably best known for "Take Five", actually written by Paul Desmond. It's form the album "Time Out".

You might want to try "Time Further Out". They got into more improvisational stuff and more time signature experimentation. Fun music.

 

[MacDEF]

Some jazz "standards:"

Miles Davis: A Kind of Blue
John Coltrane: Blue Train
Dave Brubeck: Take Five
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
Charles Mingus: Ahh, Um
Herbie Hancock: Headhunter

These are some of the most famous "must have" jazz albums, all of which are excellent.

You might also pick up the Ken Burns Jazz CD box set, which has five CDs of every style of jazz imaginable -- great for figuring out what you like and don't like!

 

[gaineso]

MacDEF

Take Five is actualy from the album "Time Out". Take Five, as I said previously, is the most well known from the Brubeck/ Desmond collaboration.

The Quartet was:
Dave Brubeck -- Piano
Paul Desmond -- Alto Sax
Joe Morello -- Drums
Gene Wright -- Bass