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racketboy - Feb 8, 2004

		racketboy	Feb 8, 2004
		I've kinda dabbled into listening to some Jazz music but don't really know where to go from there. All I have right now is bascially Nora Jones and Dianna Krall. So if anybody knows of some good artists to look into, lemme know. Thanks

		it290	Feb 9, 2004
		Hmm, well, I'm more into the classic and free jazz scene, and these are all pretty standard, but I recommend: Dizzy Gillespie John Coltrane Bessie Smith Ornette Coleman Miles Davis Lester Young Nat King Cole Sara Vaughn Also, not totally jazz, but as far as newer stuff goes, Martin, Medeski & Wood are pretty good, and I also recommend the Ninja Tune label in general for some jazzy type beats.

		dnguyen800	Feb 9, 2004
		Ninja Tune is cool if you want hip hop beats with jazz or whatever, here are some artists I recommend from Ninja Tune: Jaga Jazzist... weird stuff, maybe you'll like it. There are mp3s you can download on the site. Cinematic Orchestra... You might like this more than Jaga Jazzist, I do. There are samples, but they post one song a day. "All THat You Give" is great, it just takes a while for the song to start.

		racketboy	Feb 10, 2004
		Originally posted by it290@Feb 9, 2004 @ 07:33 AM Hmm, well, I'm more into the classic and free jazz scene, and these are all pretty standard, but I recommend: Dizzy Gillespie John Coltrane Bessie Smith Ornette Coleman Miles Davis Lester Young Nat King Cole Sara Vaughn Also, not totally jazz, but as far as newer stuff goes, Martin, Medeski & Wood are pretty good, and I also recommend the Ninja Tune label in general for some jazzy type beats. Any specific albums you recommend from these? My library has a number of them, but it would save me a little trouble if I knew which ones were best. Thanks to both of you, BTW, for the recommendations

		Presley Fire	Feb 16, 2004
		Hmmm, lets see... Joe McPhee... Gold Sparkle Band... The Vandermark 5... Oh dear, I'm such a epitonic.com whore.

		Darsh	Feb 16, 2004
		I can't believe nobody mentioned Duke Elington. He kicks ass!

		AntiPasta	Mar 4, 2004
		sorry for bumping this old topic...     Ninja Tune is cool if you want hip hop beats with jazz or whatever, here are some artists I recommend from Ninja Tune: are they in any way connected to The Herbaliser? They made some jazz song where there's some constant sampling of a slowed-down voice saying "Niiiiiiiiiiiinja" and stuff, now it suddenly makes sense...

		dnguyen800	Mar 4, 2004
		If you look at the artists page on the Ninjatune website, http://www.ninjatune.net/ninja/artists.php..., The Herbaliser is one of the artists listed, so YES they are related!

		it290	Mar 4, 2004
		Any specific albums you recommend from these? My library has a number of them, but it would save me a little trouble if I knew which ones were best. Thanks to both of you, BTW, for the recommendations Whoa, I missed this post way back. Anyway, here are some specific albums I can think of: Miles Davis - The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions, Four & More John Coltrane - Blue Train, The Very Best of John Coltrane, The Atlantic Years Ornette Coleman - Dancing In Your Head, Tone Dialing Sara Vaughn - The Divine Sara Vaughn Hmm, that's stuff I can think of that I have on tape/CD. I have quite a few others, but they're mostly 12" singles and 45's.

		essell	Apr 18, 2004
		aye the cinematic orchestra are good. red snapper are quite similar to the cinematic orchestra, but admittedly a *little* less jazz. the bad plus are a really good "proper" contemporary jazz band... they do a sublime cover of aphex twin's "flim", and an interesting cover of blondie's "heart of glass"

		Juuli	Apr 18, 2004
		Kenny G Rocks

		Berty	Apr 19, 2004
		Old jazz is great, but the new stuff is just musical masturbation

		Presley Fire	Apr 19, 2004
		Isn't masturbation a good thing?

		it290	Apr 19, 2004
		Old jazz is great, but the new stuff is just musical masturbation Nah, I hear some good new stuff occasionally, you just have to stay the hell away from those 'smooth jazz' type radio stations. I'm fortunate to have a really nice jazz radio station (KUVO) here in Denver, you should check out their webcast sometime.

		racketboy	Apr 19, 2004
		Yeah I don't like that modern, "Smooth Jazz" stuff But Norah Jones is great I just picked up the "Blues" DVD box set from my library and will be checking it out soon. Hopefully I can learn about some good artists there

		icefuzion	Jun 24, 2004
		Try Cowboy Beebop OST 1. It is tight as hell.

		Dud	Jun 24, 2004
		Originally posted by icefuzion@Jun 24, 2004 @ 09:08 PM Try Cowboy Beebop OST 1. It is tight as hell. :agree That's the only Jazz album I've ever bought. I'm usually not a big fan.

		icefuzion	Jun 24, 2004
		Well you could check out http://www.wwoz.org/... durning 4pm - 7pm CENTRAL TIME. They play nice jazz on aradio webcast.

		Darsh	Jun 25, 2004
		Originally posted by mountaindud@Jun 24, 2004 @ 10:09 PM :agree That's the only Jazz album I've ever bought. I'm usually not a big fan. I don't know many people who like it personaly, but I like the classic hot kind. I don't much care for the new wave elevator music as I call it myself.