| Originally posted by Zurg I just picked up a copy of "Kind of Blue" at Costco today at an unbelieveable price of $7.99!!! At this kind of price, it's worth picking up extra copies to give to my friends. And yes, it is the remastered version. Zurg |
| Originally posted by bkelly mikejazz, I thought I had every Tommy Flanagan CD or record available but I do not have that one. Is it good? Hell, it would have to be good, it's Tommy Fanagan! WHen was it released? What label? Best Brian |
| Originally posted by Audio&Me I've recently heard Diana Krall and thought very highly of it. I love Miles/Coltrane. But that's about as deep as my jazz knowledge goes. The thing is, a lot of the jazz that I've heard both live and on CD, is that they all sound the same, kind of tasteless. Is this mainstream? It seems as if everyone samples everyone elses work. What wonders me is that everyone else loves it (at the clubs and cafes). Could someone point me in the right direction? I'm looking for more stuff that sounds comparably good (different, but still really good) to Miles and Diana. |
| Originally posted by scottder My musical tastes are expanding, one area they are expanding into is Jazz. I picked up Kind of Blue and really enjoyed it. I was curious about more modern artists as well, for a relative Jazz newbie, what are some good places to start. Scott |
| Originally posted by bkelly Sovkkiller, Do not despair, once you get into it "all jazz does not sound alike". It is true that jazz is a musical language all its own and that it is continnually borrowing ideas from its history but there is much more to it than that. Unfortunately, jazz is getting pretty far removed from the harmaonic basis so much of the music is based on. In other words, unless you are 100 years old you were probably not around when "I Got Rythgym" or "How High the Moon" was a current song and when the modern jazz players started using the chord structures from these songs to base their improvisations on. Today, with countless reharmonizations of these tunes and new "jazz tunes" being written with their own unique chord structure we are getting pretty far removed even from that era. The only thing I can suggest is do everything you can to learn more about the make-up of jazz musically and it history and the great players. The fans of jazz music are a different breed and are generally very knowlkedgeable about the music. You might also try listening to the underlying chord structure when an improvistaion is happening and try and pay attention to what the piano player (for an example) is playing and try and listen to what the soloist is playing against that. This all takes awhile but in the end it is worth it. I actually know listeners that are so wise to what is happening that the musicians pay strict attention to what they have to say. Best Brian |
