[falkon72]

After a friend gave me the Headhunters cd for Christmas, I've wanted to start a collection of jazz .

Since I know nothing about it, I'm looking for suggestions of just the best jazz tracks

Thanks in advance!!

I Love Chameleon!

 

[Magic77]

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Originally posted by falkon72 After a friend gave me the Headhunters cd for Christmas, I've wanted to start a collection of jazz . Since I know nothing about it, I'm looking for suggestions of just the best jazz tracks Thanks in advance!! I Love Chameleon!

If you like Headhunters by Herbie Hancock you should also like these releases from Herbie Hancock:

"Thrust"
"Secrets"
"Man-Child"

 

[falkon72]

yep i will

any more suggestions?

 

[Andrew Pielet]

Jimmy Smith-Blue note Try "The Sermon" you can pick it up for $8-9 at a Borders. Or, my fave, "The Worm".

 

[falkon72]

any jazz will do.
It doesn't have to be fusion or even be similar to Herbie Hancock.

 

[ArChaos]

Take a look at this thread
http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showt...&threadid=7334

 

[Magic77]

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Originally posted by falkon72 any jazz will do. It doesn't have to be fusion or even be similar to Herbie Hancock.

Get into Miles Davis; one of the greatest ever:

"Bitches Brew"- Fusion
"E.S.P."- Acoustic
"Kind Of Blue"- Acoustic
"In A Silent Way"- Fusion

 

[JMT]

Also check out:

- Any Weather Report album

- Chick Corea and Return to Forever

 

[Cap'n Dan]

Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi recordings are excellent fusion (jazz & funk)

Also try "normal" jazz... 50s hard bop and previous...

Maybe it's 'cause I'm a trombonist, but by any standard, really, JJ Johnson's recordings are PHENOMENAL jazz.

 

[jaskin]

Chameleon's pretty funky. Use to be able to play the bassline couple of years back. For lighthearted Jazz I would recommend Dave Brubeck's Time Out and Norah Jone's Come Away with Me. For the funky stuff go for Weather Report especially when they had Jaco Pastorious with them.

 

[elrod-tom]

For me, nothing does it like Miles Davis' Kind of Blue